I bought a separate USB-powered num pad for my macbook, thinking mostly of if/when I get VM fusion up and running. I'm hoping it might let me do standard jaws commands, but so far, the num pad doesn't seem to work as expected, and what's frustrating is that I specifically bought an apple brand numpad to insure maximum compatibility. Either the numpad commander in VO isn't as neat as I've been lead to believe, or it just doesn't like the num pad for whatever reason. Thankfully, I'm only out about $8, but I, for 1, would prefer a keyboard with all the buttons, even if they had to be a bit smaller. Just my $0.2. Missy
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Neil Barnfather - TalkNav Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 3:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: a macbook pro question? Mary, the reason for the loss of the number pad on iMac's and things, is that a lot of folk now have such machines in their living rooms and other locations, and as such, they move the keyboard from location to location, I for example might sit with my blue tooth keyboard on my lap, in these instances, the overriding majority of users do not want a number pad, don't miss it, and in fact, to have it there, is just taking up unnecessary space. todays world is all about maximising space and foot print. this does not mean I agree, I do a lot of accountancy, and would rather have a number pad for this. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, for all your accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com URL: - www.talknav.com e-mail: - [email protected] Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 On 6 Jul 2011, at 04:29, Mary Otten wrote: I too like the Apple BT keyboard compared with other possibilities. But I don't think they should tout it as full sized when it is not. I wish Apple had bucked the unhappy trend of cutting out certain keys on these keyboards. They get a lot of things right, but not this time, IMHO. It reminds me of what happened with num pad commander, which was introduced, and then shortly there after, Apple decided to quit making keyboard with numpads on them, even for the desktop line. What possible sense is it to make a dinky keyboard for an IMac? Surely desktop real estate is not in such short supply in that instance? Mary Mary Otten [email protected] -- 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.
