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On Jul 21, 2011, at 9:21 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > Could you not hit escape to get out of Launchpad? > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Workman" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 2:25 AM > Subject: Re: Launchpad > > >> After playing with this for a bit, there seem to be some accessibility >> problems. Though, that said, this doesn't strike me as a very useful tool >> for blind people. >> >> First off, you don't seem to be able to navigate by pressing letters. If I >> could find an app or a folder by pressing the first few letters, that might >> be useful, but this doesn't work as far as I can tell. >> >> Secondly, you can't command tab or command accent your way away from >> launchpad. In fact, I wasn't even able to navigate away using the >> application chooser. I could only move away by choosing an app. >> >> Honestly, for a blind person that is comfortable with using the keyboard, >> there are faster ways of launching apps. You could get to finder with the >> application chooser, hit command shift A to bring up the applications menu, >> and type the first few letters to find the app. Or you could use the doc >> with VO D and then use keyboard navigation to find the app. Or, what I do, >> use keyboard maestro to set a macro that launches the applications folder >> and frequently used apps. >> >> Launchpad seems to me to be one of several Lion features, including >> full-screen apps, mission control, and new gestures, that do little if >> anything at all for blind people. >> >> Still, I think there's enough accessibility enhancements and other features >> that justify the low price tag. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Marc >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Austin Seraphin" >> <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 11:50 PM >> Subject: Launchpad >> >> >> Ok so has anyone figured this out? I really hoped for an iOS-style home >> screen, and it definitely seems similar. But how does one move apps around >> with VoiceOver? I tried dragging and dropping, including with the cool new >> commands VO-comma to mark and VO-period to drop. Nothing worked. I really >> really hoped that a double-tap and hold would work, like in iOS, but no such >> luck. Any clues? >> >> - Austin >> ROAR! >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
