well, to each his own. My point was that tab is there and for me for
some reason, it's easier to use, less prone to error...
--
Jonnie Apple Seed
With his:
Hands-On Technolog(eye)s
On Mar 4, 2006, at 3:00 PM, Jerry Halatyn wrote:
Yes, indeed, let's try this again. Regardless of whether something
starts with the same letter, it's possible to type the first two or
three letters and focus jumps right to the item. For example, to get
to the displays button in System Preferences, one need only tabl once
to get into the scroll area and type d i s and the Display button is
in focus. Using only the tab key, one would have to press tab
anywhere from nine to twelve or more times, depending on what panes
are installed in the system and which view option is selected. Again,
if you know which pane you want, it's actually more efficient to type
the first letter or two or even three, rather than hitting tab a
dozen or more times.
Of course, to each, his own, David, but the fact of the matter is,
first letter navigation is more efficient both timewise and keystroke-
wise.
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Poehlman"
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Sorry, let's try this again. I use tab. I find tab to be more
efficient because some have the same first letter.
--
Jonnie Apple Seed
With his:
Hands-On Technolog(eye)s
On Mar 4, 2006, at 1:43 PM, Jerry Halatyn wrote:
If you know which pane you need to get to, it takes less
keystrokes to use first letter navigation.
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Poehlman"
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Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: Can't open System Preferences!
H actually just tab and hit enter to open one.
-- Jonnie Apple Seed
With his:
Hands-On Technolog(eye)s
On Mar 4, 2006, at 9:50 AM, Jerry Halatyn wrote:
Actually, once the System Preferences window is opened and
VoiceOver is focused on the Back button, one can simply hit Tab
to land in the scroll area with the various buttons for each pane
and then use first letter navigation to jump to specific buttons
and then press space bar to open that pane. Alternatively, one
can choose from the menu bar as well.
HTH
