Hi, You can get Webkit from http://www.webkit.org
Some things do work better, some things do not. The Ebay site is an example. It works better with Webkit. Regards, Nic Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: [email protected] AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Dec 2, 2009, at 12:02 AM, James & Nash wrote: > Hi Ray, > > You wrote: >> The subject line pretty much says it all. Now, when I open mail. it always >> or most often says: >> "Mail busy busy busy busy"... then it says "Mail ready" then goes back to >> being busy busy ETC. Does apple know about this? > > I do not know if they know about this, as I have not experienced this myself > - and I am not sure why you are experiencing this issue. It seems more and > more that people are experiencing different issues - some of which may be VO > related. I don't remember different issues cropping up so much in the days of > Tiger - ah well, perhaps this is the price we pay for progress. > >> Another small point. Isn't there an e-mail address we can write to Apple >> about any accessibility issues? I think it would be nice if we were told >> what an application is doing rather than just being told busy busy busy ETC. > > You can send any accessibility issues and comments etc to: > [email protected] > > It would be nice to know what an application is doing, but applications can > do a number of different things depending on what they are. Also, I think > that the reason we are told that an application is busy and not what it is > doing is because sighted people cannot tell what the application is doing. If > it is not working, or is being slow, I do not think it tells them why. Apple > has always treated us as if we are sighted computer users - which is nice and > refreshing. >> >> How much better is Web Kit than Safari really? > > Safari is based on WebKit - it is the engine of Safari just as Gekko is the > engine of FireFox. There are nightly builds of WebKit which can be downloaded > if you want to use the bleeding edge code, but I do not know where to get > them from. I personally am waiting for FireFox to become accessible on the > Mac, but this will take some time due to the open source nature of FireFox > and the philosophy of Mozilla - which i personally agree with. > > HTH > > TC > > James > On 1 Dec 2009, at 22:03, Ray Foret jr wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> The subject line pretty much says it all. Now, when I open mail. it always >> or most often says: >> "Mail busy busy busy busy"... then it says "Mail ready" then goes back to >> being busy busy ETC. Does apple know about this? >> >> Another small point. Isn't there an e-mail address we can write to Apple >> about any accessibility issues? I think it would be nice if we were told >> what an application is doing rather than just being told busy busy busy ETC. >> >> >> Thanks. >> >> PS. How much better is Web Kit than Safari really? >> >> >> Sincerely, >> >> The Constantly Barefooted Ray >> >> Now a Mac user!!! >> >> Phone >> +1 (985) 360-3614 >> E-mail: >> rforetjr at comcast.net >> Skype Name: >> barefootedray >> >> -- >> >> 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. >> >> > > -- > > 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. > > -- 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.
