Yep, I totally agree with you. Personally, I used jaws before I got a Mac. And while I still use windows for most of my daily tasks, I find I'm starting to use the Mac more and it's much more enjoyable and simple.
None of this on the Mac:"Microsoft windows dialog. Windows suffered a arer and needs to close. Harddrive formatting has been scheduled for next reboot. Send arer report button."
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Hi, Chris, Donna, and everyone, I was one of those in the small minority who came to the mac from window-eyes. I have been able to divorce myself completely from that connection of how I did something with window-eyes so ho do I do it on the mac and with vo. But everyone is different, and some actually will learn better the new system while at first referring to the old in their minds. So, we need to be tolerant of everyone's learning style. Because, in the end, it doesn't matter how you get there, as long as you arrive. And the more help you can get along the way, the luckier you are, that's for sure. And I've been very fortunate in that! Just remember, be patient and tolerant of others, and most of all, be helpful and informative! Thanks from a fairly newbie! Marcy On Jul 31, 2009, at 10:27 AM, Chris Hofstader wrote: Hi, Over the past decade or so I have been on a number of different lists with Donna. She, like most of us did at some point (excepting of course David and Lioncourt who have Macintosh accessibility in their DNA <laugh>) will ask some newbie questions. Coming over from JAWS or some other Windows SR or orca and GNU/Linux systems the questions will certainly contain a bias as our expectations will be preset by the learning we have already done in the past. Donna, on the other lists from where I've known her, has always provided a lot of help to newbies once she has learned how to approach a task. It is my not at all humble opinion that Donna is a terrific asset to any online community that is interested in technology and people with vision impairment. I think it would be a valuable exercise but also one that will take a lot of time and effort to create a document with a name like, "VoiceOver Eye for the JAWS Guy" or something similar that provides basic tutorial information about VO but also provides a "this is how you did it with JAWS but this is a Macintosh with VoiceOver and we do things this way..." Maybe someone could even write a little program that just presents a table with JAWS Way, VO Way as columns for major functions and a detail button for functions with no direct analogues on the other platform. Obviously, someone could add Window-Eyes, HAL, System Access and orca but with a worldwide market-share of over 90%, JAWS is the most likely screen reader one would be leaving to start using a Macintosh. Everything from how VO speaks the character at the insertion point to table navigation is very different from the Windows and GNU platforms. A little understanding and patience and we'll make a new friend and add a terrific mind to our community. Peace, cdh . On Jul 31, 2009, at 9:35 AM, brandon armstrong wrote:donna I'm sorry but i am getting real tired of your pointless questions on this list. you are coming to the point where i don't want to be here anymore and i am on the virg of unsubscribing period. Please stop asking questions that relate to windows on the mac. thanks. Brandon On Jul 30, 2009, at 8:16 AM, Donna Goodin wrote:Hi all, Recently, when searching for text on a webpage using command-F, I saw a button that said 2 results found, but I seemed to have no way to actually see the results. How do you view results when searching on a webpage? Thanks, DonnaClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.com Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverUsers can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxwith 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Webinterface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.com Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverUsers can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxwith 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Webinterface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.com Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverUsers can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxwith 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Webinterface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover-- Wordy Mom Think positive, ...be positive, ...your cup is always half full.Click on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.com Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
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