As I recall, only one of mine was unchecked. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Keys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 7:14 PM Subject: Re: Cursor Tracking Options and VoiceOver Behavior [was Re:Mac-cessibility Quick Tip #5]
Hi, Just another interesting comment. Both in Tiger and Leopard, the two Mouse Tracking options for VO are unchecked. I suspect that perhaps Apple might have a reason for doing this. What does anyone else think. Dan On Nov 28, 2007, at 3:01 PM, Esther wrote: > 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! >
