versions behind with regard to my screen reader window-eyes, and for
this reason, and because voice over was a part of the operating
system,
I am interested in the mac, but have some questions regarding the
quick
start tutorial. Maybe this is unfair, for I am looking at this
from a
windows perspective, and I realyze that with the mac, you have to
throw
windows concepts out the window, but why are they having you worry
about navigating complex tables, when you are new to the operating
system, since one may not know voice over? The screen reader meerly
should be voicing what a sighted person sees on the screen, and I
found, possibly, looking at this through the unfair lenses of
windows,
that it seems that a lot of options were left out, for example, why
isn't there some type of smart table mode, where the screen reader
reads the contents of the table as you down arrow through it, so
that,
if you have to interact with a button at the bottom of a table, you
can
do that, because, to me, interacting with a control, means,
checking a
check box, or radio button, not meerly the privilege of reading the
information one needs to read, and if they started out with
complicated
tables, then, why didn't it take you to an imaginary web page, where
with the safari browser, you could navigate links and such? Is
there a
way to get in to the voice over control pannel to change inflection
and
such, or does one always have to access these options through the
quick
start tutorial? Remember, I know nothing about the mac, and I
appologize for looking at this thing from the unfair vantage point
of
windows, but seeing that I've never seen a mac, nor even an xp
machine,
I have only my limited knowledge to go on. I think there should be
some type of instant tutorial, available from anywhere within the
mac
environment, so that, if one has trouble navigating complex
tables, he
can be guided through the table by the tutorial. I felt frustrated,
hearing some of the tutorial, because I felt like, you weren't
exactly
describing what you were doing, though, I will say, thank you for
doing
this podcast, that a mac friend of mine downloaded, and put on
sendspace, so I could hear it, and at least, now, when I go look
at a
mac, I'll have a much better concept of what to do, and how to
approach
things. Is control option right and left arrow, the only way to
move
the cursor around, and can you use the right and left arrows by
themselves to do things like spell a word? Does voice over have a
manual to read? I think it is neat that the macs seem to be built
much
better than windows machines. If the concepts behind the mac
could be
explained, rather than meer instructions for getting things done,
then
I think some of the frustration I felt could be dealt with, but I'm
not
upset at you guys, just one thing at a time, and let's not worry
about
complicated tables until we get there, but maybe future editions of
quick start, will give you just what you need to know, and then you
can
learn, a little at a time, until you master the operating system.
Thanks for reading this, but these were some questions I had, and
one
more, if you don't mind, if you only had to plug in the key board,
mouse, and power cord, then, in a situation where a person was
using a
high speed connection, like I am, then, where does the ethernet
cable
go, because there was no mention of any ethernet connections for dsl
or
cable and such. Once again, thanks for reading this, but I am
curious
about the mac.
Marty
