Hi David, On Nov 28, 2007, at 11:51AM, David Poehlman wrote: >Esther and all, > >This provokes a thought. I've not had the time to do it yet and maybe I'm >not the right one anyway but it would also be interesting to describe the >behaviour you get with different configurations of tracking options. >Anything else play into this? I think it might speak mouse after delay. > >Any takers?
I've retitled the subject line of this post. I usually either have all cursor tracking options checked, or all but "VoiceOver Cursor Tracks Mouse Cursor" checked. If you really had a mouse attached you'd certainly want this last disabled in case you bumped your mouse. Dan Keys commented that he saw more unstable behavior with this last option checked: <excerpted from recent discussion in mailing list archives at:> http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40macvisionaries.com/msg18973.html Hey esther, your message made me think of this. Just a little note about unchecking the VoiceOver Cursor tracks Mouse Cursor option. If the computer feels as if every time you try to navigate and things get a little skittish, buy unchecking this option, it usually makes things work better. In fact, I usually leave it unchecked. Sometimes I turn it on if I'm going to work with user accounts or something like that. It's the only one of those six options that I ever uncheck. Just my observation. <end excerpt> I know that other list members prefer to leave that box unchecked as well as Mouse Cursor tracks VoiceOver Cursor and use control-option command-F5 or control-option shift command-F5 to move mouse to VoiceOver cursor or VoiceOver cursor to mouse cursor instead, but I find that sometimes I can't make those operations work. And maybe things are different under Leopard? >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Esther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Josh, <snip> >Also, I have a suggestion for additional content on lioncourt.com. >How about a page describing preference options, and suggested >configurations? I know there are different opinions, especially >about things like cursor tracking options, but it would be really useful >for new users to see how people set up their VoiceOver preferences >and what goes into the selection -- how stable they think things >are (if they lose focus in an app), what applications they use, >whether they're on a laptop or a desktop (and use a mouse). > >I'm thinking about things like web page browsing options, hiding >bookmark bars (or even address bars -- since you can always >easily bring this back with option-command+f when you run a >Google search), whether to turn image loading off, etc. > >Then there's the discussion of different mail preference settings like >whether you want to hide the preview window. > >I was thinking about this, especially since some of the problems >I've heard from Jed and others seem to stem from never having >set up their options, even these many weeks after they've started >using their Macs. Even reading the manual, it's not always >immediately obvious what the benefits are of doing things certain >ways. That's what I most enjoy finding out about on the list from >the experiences of other users. > >Sorry to highjack your nice Quick Tip post with these comments!
