Thanks, Justin. This will make it easier to explain what's going on when I send my note to [email protected]. It probably also explains why sometimes the arrows and tab key seem to do something and sometimes they don't.
Best, Anna On Sep 11, 2009, at 11:46 AM, Justin Harford wrote: > > Hello > > One thing I can say is that the tab key sort of works under the mac. > The thing about it is that it is not disabled, but that it is just not > working with vo. This goes back to the issue of the broken cursor > tracking in iTunes. The keyboard cursor is moving through the lists, > its just that vo is not reading what is under it. > > Justin > On Sep 11, 2009, at 9:01 AM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> I thought I figured out a way to pick a particular artist from the >> playlist browser, but when I went back and tried again, it didn't >> work. The method I tried involved stopping interacting with the >> column >> browser, typing a few letters, arrowing around a bit, and starting to >> interact again. iTunes 9 seems really shaky; sometimes something >> works, and sometimes it doesn't. >> >> Thanks to Google, I did figure out how to get albums to show as well >> as artists in the new Column browser, the iTunes 9 successor to the >> playlist browser. Once you turn on the browser with Command-B, go to >> the View menu. There's a Column Browser submenu where you can check >> or >> uncheck columns such as artist, album, and genre. You can also change >> the location of the browser; it can be on the top or on the left of >> the screen. Changing this setting appears to have no effect on >> accessibility. >> >> Another area for serious concern is that there appears to be no way >> to >> move between different sections of the iTunes window. Ironically, >> navigation is better in Windows in this area; in Windows F6 takes you >> between the Source list, the search box, and the track list. With >> itunes 8, Tab served some of this function; at least it usually took >> me to the Source list and search box. Tab sometimes does something >> with iTunes 9, but often it has no effect at all. It's tedious and >> time-consuming to have to VO-arrow through every control to get to >> what you want. >> >> Finally, while access to the store is certainly better on the Mac >> than >> in Windows, it leaves a lot to be desired. Has anyone figured out a >> way to get around in a long list of songs and preview the ones they >> want? I searched for the Essential Michael Jackson and got a table >> which, if I VO-Right Arrow through it, shows one song after another, >> with preview images, song titles, and buy buttons. However, if I try >> to interact with the table so I can move up and down a column to see >> quickly what the tracks are, it doesn't work. The table is reported >> as >> containing only three rows, which is obviously ridiculous, and all I >> see is the preview for the first track and the buy button for the >> last. I've tried the regular VO interact command and also VO-Equals, >> but neither works. Furthermore, pressing Enter on a Preview image >> results in unpredictable behavior. sometimes I am asked if I want to >> buy a track, and sometimes a different page entirely loads. >> >> I plan to write all this to [email protected], but I'd like >> confirmation of the problems first. >> >> It's ironic that Apple improved the accessibility of the Mac and >> iPhone but decreased it significantly in iTunes. I think the more >> constructive comments they hear from the more people, the better. >> >> Best, >> Anna >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
