Hi,
I switched to the Mac in June. It's been an enjoyable experience. However, I still use Windows with Boot Camp for scanning and a few other things. The web browsing is fantastic on the Mac. I make heavy use of the QuickNav feature. Now I just need to get rid of this Dell and get a Macbook pro and I'll be set. > Subject: Re: my 2 months with a mac > From: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:09:33 -0500 > To: [email protected] > > > Hi list, > > I just wanted to agree with Anne. Web rotor is the thing I use most > and love it! I made the switch to Mac in June of this year and found > that while I run into some problems which are annoying and some times > frustrating, VO and safari have been easier for me than the years of > window screen readers. A major problem was on certain newspaper or > news sites, pressing comman+ VO+ h would not take me to the next > heading. Instead I'd get a message, "safari is busy" which would > last some times as long as two minutes. I installed snow leopard ten > days ago and now I don't have that issue at all. I have other minor > annoying ones, but not that. > > I started using dos in 1993 and was introduced to windows in 1996. I > toyed with it but much prefered dos until I was forced to make the > full time switch to windows in 2000. I made the cold turkey switch to > Mac this year and just recently read that a major obstacles for > switchers from windows to Mac is the tab key usage. Yet, all those > years of using windows, I actually never used the tab key to move > around a site. I guess I never even realized I could have until read > NFB's article review on VO. BTW, thank you to NFB. Their review and > response to the firestorm post VO review was one of the final straws > which helped me decide Mac was the way to go!! > > Israel Antonio > Sexy Isra > > On Oct 21, 2009, at 11:30 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > > > > > Hello Donna, > > > > There are several commands that make web-browsing easier on the Mac. > > > > First, you have the Web Rotor (VO-U), which you can use to look at > > headers, links, auto web spots, and so on. I use the Headers menu when > > reading articles from New SCientist. I go to the Headers menu and type > > "1" which takes me directly to the start of the article. I press VO- > > Space to go to that header, then VO-A to read the whole article. > > > > You then have the Item Chooser (VO-I). This is very useful if you know > > some of the text you're looking for. Just type a few letters and the > > number of items in the menu is reduced drastically to those containing > > the letters you've entered. Once again, VO-Space will put you in the > > right field. > > > > Then you can set a short-cut to switch between DOM and Groups mode. > > For normal purposes, I prefer Groups mode, but for reading articles, > > DOM works much better as it reads all links where they appear in the > > text, whereas Groups mode puts all the links within one group at the > > end of that group which often adds up to complete nonsense. > > > > You then have all the other navigation features such as jumping from > > header to header, visited link to visited link, etc. > > > > The habit that all previous Windows users have to break is that of > > tabbing around all the time. When you first start using VO, you should > > forget that the Tab key exists and learn to live without it. Once > > you're familiar with the Mac and VO, tabbing can be very useful, but > > at the beginning, it's a great way of getting nowhere! > > > > I've never been a Windows user, so I'm no good at answering questions > > that relate to Windows, but I've been using Macs for around 13 years > > (I used OutSpoken before VoiceOver came out). I'm a translator, so I > > have to use the Internet for research all the time and I find it very > > quick and easy. I have no sight at all, so I'm not cheating by looking > > at the screen! > > > > I hope this brief explanation is of use to you. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Anne > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
