Hi Mackers andslackers, I just installed Snow leopard through an upgrade process, and i have to say it was quick and easy. When getting into SL, nothing was bugging in terms of old apps. or maybe all the apps i use are compatible.
I do have a problem when writing mails, as in not all the keys i press are spoken as in leopard. Now, i've spent about a couple of hours checking out the trackpad commander and started assigning actions to various gestures, mainly combining command and swipes or multitaps. As i went about assigning differentactions to different combinations of gestures and key, i noticed bugs when i interact with tables, or popup menus. If, for example, i gotone command three finger swipe down assigned to toggling the veil on and off, the vo and left or right arrows were doing weird hings, jumping list rows or pressing in the same list for assigning actions. Also, i wanted to assign a command triple three finger tap to toggling the trackpad commander on and off, though the action was correctly assigned, the action didn't work. Same goes for closing windows for which i wanted to use command pinch close. It was telling me that the windows close action wasn't assigned. I do really like the concept, as it is great for going around preview, web pages and text editors. It gets a bit getting used to with a the available commands, and assigning your own has to be carefully recorded on a text dcument so as to refer oneself to it. Or better yet, think through the actions to your own liking, then write it down before assigning them. This process is long, but once completed the experience can be very intuitive and new. I really hated having this big slab in the middle of my hands and not being able to do anything with it. There are also custom applescripts you can assign to the gestures, and automator actions. I haven't found the shotdown action in the list of available actions. and tapping is limited to up to three fingers. When you think about it, it's around 31 different gestures you can make. Adding it a combo of the three modifiers command, option and shift, that makes about 124 customizable commands for whatever you want. Ok. i might have calculated wrong, but this is just a general idea. If these bugs i aforementioned are fixed, this can well become the defacto way of interacting and doing stuff with the trackpad. Really exciting. For those of you lucy to have the multitrack, get writing and storming for your own set of gestures. And for those waiting with the older trackpads, Consider seriously getting a mutlitrack, either via a new purchase (in which case you sell your old one somehow) or hope you can use your iphone as the trackpad, in which case you can sort of have your remote book reader and music editor. The possibilities are endless. In the end, i'm really glad to have gotten SL, it just needs a bit more stability with the trackpad and it's annexed commander menu. Hope this sort of helps. best Yuma --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
