I train people on the use of JAWS. Some of my clients come to me with a rudimentary knowledge of a few of the MS ribbon UI shortcuts, as they have previously used Window Eyes or NVDA. But their training is not complete, and there are many MS ribbon UI shortcuts they don't know. Plus, they readily admit that they think the ribbon UI is perhaps MS's worst design choice in the history of computer user interfaces.
For these clients, I'd love to show them how the virtual ribbon interface works, as it is much more like the traditional menu / submenu interface that has dominated computing for decades, and still dominates Linux and OSX platforms, basically everything except MS Office. When I turn on the virtual ribbon, they almost universally prefer it to how they've been using the ribbon UI previously. However, they are woefully disappointed to learn that the few MS ribbon UI commands they are familiar with, immediately cease to function as soon as the virtual ribbon is enabled. This makes the transition difficult for them. If only there were a hotkey to enable or disable the virtual ribbon, so that they could easily switch back to the old interface until they figure out how to do the same thing in the virtual ribbon. How many times I've heard this from my clients, I can't tell you. A hotkey to enable / disable the virtual ribbon would really ease the transition from the MS ribbon UI to the JAWS virtual ribbon. -Paul > -----Original Message----- > And I for one see no point in being able to switch back/forth between them > as a toggle function; you either use them or you don't. But that's just my > opinion, which is subject to criticism.\ > > Dave Carlson > Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and pioneer _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
