I'm not sure what the poster is calling a problem. Other than that I agree, it can be hard to unlearn old ways.
----- Original Message ----- From: "kaare dehard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 9:28 AM Subject: Re: VO and tracking cursor in text fields Dave: this is the most usable for me explanation of what's going on. We all have to remember that this isn't windows, and old habits sometimes have to die a hard death. For me the migration has been fairly smooth but this as well as web usage were the two issues that gave me the most difficulty when making the transition. On 23-Nov-08, at 8:25 AM, David Poehlman wrote: > This is explained in a recent message and has been explained in > various ways > several times since we started using the Mac. If you are having the > *problem* I think you are having, it boils down to the fact that the > cursor > is actually between characters. if you move right and hear a > character and > then move left, you will hear that same character so if you want to > delete a > character, move right till you hear it and hit delete, if you want > to insert > beginning before a character, move left till you hear the character > and > insert. This is not a bug, this is not a problem and infact is more > precise > than what we get in windows which has always confused me. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Victor Tsaran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS > X by > theblind" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 4:45 AM > Subject: VO and tracking cursor in text fields > > > Hello all, > I am sure I am not the first one to ask this but... Is there a > work-around to get VO track the cursor correctly in text fields and > multiline fields? > Currently, it is very difficult to read and edit in textedit or on the > web because the current character under the cursor is not accurately > reported. > > Thanks, > Vic > > >
