One more note on this, mouse keys in windows will not work with the new keyboard. I turned them on and pressed the fn key with correct chars and all I got was the chars echoed.
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby theblind" <discuss@macvisionaries.com> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 7:03 PM Subject: Re: lovely new keyboard: Yes, The option key pressed 5 times when set to do so does turn mouse keys on and off. there is no indication that it has done so other than the actions of the keys when you press them but at least we still have mouse keys. I wonder if we then still have numpad commander and will check that out. I know the keyboard senses use, but want a way to know when it's on or off incase I fiddle with it in my sleep while the omputer is off but I gues it won't even urn on if there isn't anything to connect to. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <discuss@macvisionaries.com> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 6:16 PM Subject: Re: lovely new keyboard: Hi David, You wrote: DP: >My new bt keyboard arrived friday >The biggest gripe I have against it is that there is know way to >independantly determine its power state. The disk shaped button to switch >power presses but does not indicate with any non visual feedback whether >you >are powering or unpowering the keyboard. And Jason added: >JC: I have discovered that when holding down the >power key for about 2 seconds (or longer) the keyboard will turn off >and no amount of key presses will turn it on again until you press the >disc-shaped power button. Hope this helps a little. According to the Apple product description: Sleek and compact, it has low-profile keys that provide a crisp, responsive feel and function keys for one-touch access to Mac features. Intelligent power management conserves battery life by automatically powering down the keyboard when you’re not using it and turning it on the instant you start typing. You also wrote: DP: >Also, one other thing to watch out for. when you are putting in the >batteries, the posts should be face down. I had them facing up figuring it >to be like most devices I've seen but that was opposite their correct >orientation which is powsts down. I remember that Cheryl had trouble with ptting in the battieries, too. >I'm happy to answer any questions I can an hope this helps someone. A few days ago we were talking about mouse keys along with the fact that there is no longer a num lock key on the new MacBook keyboards (at least since December or January). But I recall that Thuy described his keyboard in early December, and he was able to use mouse keys. So do they work for you or have they "gone the way of the dodo"? Here's an excerpt from his post in the mail archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40macvisionaries.com/msg24585.html > On Dec 10, 2007, at 01:11PM, Thuy wrote: > >Hi Cheryl. That's exactly right about the power button being on the > >other end of the battery compartment. One thing that you will need to > >be aware of is that if you set the 'enable mouse keys' in the > >universal access preference pane, most of the keys on the wireless > >won't work. That happened to me and I thought that mine was broken, > >and it took a lot of fiddling to figure out what the problem was. The > >way to get round it is to check the checkbox in the universal acces > >preferences to let you switch the mouse keys on and off, and the > >keyboard shortcut to toggle it is option key five times. It's a bit > >annoying sometimes like when you want to control click on a weblink to > >choose to open a stream in itunes. You have to make sure that the > >mouse keys aren't on, then move the vo cursor to the link, route the > >mouse to the vo cursor, press the option key five times to enable > >mouse keys, press control-fn-i to control click and bring up the > >context menu, press option key five times to disable mouse keys, arrow > >through to the action you want to take e.g 'open with itunes' and > >press the enter key. All a bit long-winded I know, but it's doable! > >Hope this helps. Inquiring minds would like to know! Cheers, Esther P.S. In case any of you are wondering about using the mail archive search I bookmark the mail archive search page: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40macvisionaries.com/ and when I VO-keys right arrow to the search text field I typed: from: "Thuy" wireless keyboard VO-keys+right arrow tells me there are 3 matches and gives me links and a short bit of context like a Google search. If you tab to the "refine search" link you'll be taken to the search syntax description and can find out more about using date ranges or Boolean arguments.
