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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!
>> 
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