Ah Donna, ok, I guess some might find pressing the VO-keys and the d for the Dock a little tricky with one hand. I've gotten into the habit of doing this for a while, so I forget that not everyone can easily do this or would even want to do this. On Aug 10, 2009, at 9:26 AM, Donna Goodin wrote:
> > I suppose it's not actually crossing your hands, but I dislike the > Go to > Dock and desktop commands, because they require moving your right > hand over > to the other side of the keyboard. > Donna > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Howell >> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 9:20 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Keyboard Help >> >> >> Ah, yeah well sure enough as I consumed some additional coffee and >> checked again, mine does as well. :) I was temporarily confusing my >> bluetooth keyboard. However, I've still found few cases where it was >> difficult to execute any VO command where I'd have to cross my hands >> etc. >> On Aug 10, 2009, at 6:03 AM, Marie Howarth wrote: >> >>> >>> my external has one on the left and one on the right. >>> but only use the vo keys on the left. >>> >>> On Aug 10, 2009, at 10:54 AM, Scott Howell wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Funny, my external Mac keyboard has only one control key on the >>>> left >>>> side. I'm not sure what key sequences would require crossing your >>>> wrists, but of course everyone is a little different in their >>>> approach >>>> or physical abilities to press different key strokes. Of course >>>> you >>>> can always lock the VO-keys by using VO-; (semicolon) or if your >>>> using >>>> an external keyboard, you always have the Keypad Commander. I >>>> think >>>> you'll find some features in Snow Leopard, which will give you >>>> greater >>>> flexibility as well. >>>> On Aug 10, 2009, at 4:39 AM, Mark Baxter wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> This is the major drawback to VO for me; on a Macbook, there is >> only >>>>> one control key, on the left side. This means that, unless you've >>>>> got >>>>> seven fingers or are strangely double-jointed, sometimes you have >> to >>>>> cross your hands at the wrists. This doesn't happen very >>>>> frequently, >>>>> though, and it's not a huge inconvenience. I do wonder about the >>>>> wear >>>>> and tear on the keyboard, though, and am hoping that Snow Leopard >>>>> will >>>>> have a work-around for this. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Mark BurningHawk Baxter >>>>> >>>>> Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 >>>>> MSN: [email protected] >>>>> My home page: >>>>> http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.49/2294 - Release Date: >> 08/10/09 06:10:00 > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
