I have no problem with vo keys on all my laptops. sometimes, I have to lock them but I find that even with a full keyboard this is the case.
----- Original Message ----- From: "erik burggraaf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 8:41 AM Subject: The VO Keys was Re: webkit I have one problem with the VO keys and that is that on a laptop keybord they are only on one side of the bottom row. I find this a huge inconvenience on all three OS' I use on here. Best, erik burggraaf Certified Technician Assistive Computing LTD Support and training Sales department: 888-828-2445 Support and Training: 888-255-5194 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website coming soon On 14-Nov-08, at 9:15 PM, Jacob Schmude wrote: > Perhaps what would be best is to make the VO key, or keys, user- > configurable. Come to think of it, all the commands should be user- > configurable. I like the vo keys personally, as they stay out of the > way of my application keys. But I can see how not everyone would, > and I think providing a configuration option would solve both > issues--I want the VO keys the way they are, you want to change > them. We could have our cake and eat it too :). > > > On Nov 15, 2008, at 00:11, David Truong wrote: > >> I truly think Voice-over should change the vo-keys to be vo-key. >> To me it's >> ridiculous to have to press two keys before you've even pressed >> another key >> making it 3 just to activate a screen reading command. Ah well, >> you guys >> have gotten use to other such stupidities before. So I guess I'll >> have to >> as well if I want to use the mac smile. Please don't flame me as I >> still >> love my mac pro smile. But I just hate having to press more keys >> than I >> should. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jacob >> Schmude >> Sent: Saturday, 15 November 2008 11:04 AM >> To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS >> X by >> theblind >> Subject: Re: webkit >> >> Hi Esther >> Actually ,they do work, but there as been a change in the Webkit code >> base. For access keys, you must now press ctrl+option and the letter. >> Needless to say this is annoying as all get out, as it interferes >> with >> just about every Voiceover key combination around. >> >> >> On Nov 14, 2008, at 19:58, Esther wrote: >> >>> Hi Mike, >>> >>> Yes, if you start up WebKit it will look as though Safari is >>> running, except that things like VO-Shift-M on Web page links will >>> bring up the contextual menu and other such fixes. You really are >>> running Safari, but the underlying engine powering it has some >>> fixes. On the slightly negative side (for me), the access keys for >>> the Mail Archive site for this list at: >>> >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> >>> don't work under WebKit right now, so I can't use Control-I to shift >>> the list of posts to a set of links indexed by date, and Control-C >>> to shift the listing back to links ordered by content into threads. >>> (Or navigate through threads to read the next post with Control-n >>> and the previous post with Control-p; or use the analogous commands >>> of Control-f and Control-b to move forwards or back by date). This >>> went away in September, but the fix will appear in an upcoming >>> WebKit build. Until then, I fire up Safari to read and search the >>> Mailing List archives for this list, but use WebKit for most >>> everything else web-related. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Esther >>> >>> >>> On Nov 14, 2008, at 2:13 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >>> >>>> Hi everyone. I decided to give the latest nightly build of web kit >>>> a try, one thing I noticed, when running the webkit application, it >>>> shows as safari, and even calls itself safari 3.1, is safari still >>>> loading but using the newer web kit engine instead? So far, it's >>>> working really well. >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > >
