Oh, how odd! It is a trackpad gesture, but you have to have trackpad off. That seems a little less than intuitive. Thanks, wouldn't have figured that one out. Best, Donna
On Jul 22, 2011, at 10:04 AM, Ronald McEwan wrote: > It does not work if trackpad commander is turned on. You would have to set > up a gesture to do it. > > > In the Journey, > > Ron > > On Jul 22, 2011, at 7:52 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > >> Ron, are there any caveats to this? I hate to sound like a broken record, >> but that's not working over here, either. >> Best, >> Donna >> >> On Jul 21, 2011, at 2:17 PM, Ronald McEwan wrote: >> >>> Pinch three fingers and thumb to bring up LaunchPad. >>> >>> >>> >>> In the Journey, >>> >>> Ron >>> >>> On Jul 21, 2011, at 12:01 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: >>> >>>> I was under the impression that there was a mouse jesture while track pad >>>> commander was disabled that a blind, or sighted person could do to slide >>>> launchpad into view, but I can't for the life a me remember what it is. >>>> does anyone remember? >>>> >>>> Chris. >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: Austin Seraphin >>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 1:48 PM >>>> Subject: Re: Launchpad >>>> >>>> I don't know about worthless. I actually think it might have some cool >>>> potential. It does have a few differences than a standard grid view. >>>> Firstly, in theory, you can drag and drop applications like in iOS. This >>>> includes dropping one application on top of another to form a folder. Many >>>> blind people already know about this from having an iDevice. I'd kind of >>>> like a nice home screen or three with some cool folders. The launchpad >>>> also has another interesting feature: in addition to looking in >>>> /Applications (off the root), it also looks in ~/Applications (off the >>>> home directory). I could imagine some interesting uses for that. But as >>>> you've pointed out elsewhere, we have several quite handy ways to launch >>>> applications. >>>> >>>> - Austin >>>> >>>> On Jul 21, 2011, at 10:53 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >>>> >>>>> Yup, >>>>> >>>>> It works its just worthless. lol. Its just basically viewing apps in a >>>>> grid view. >>>>> >>>>> Ricardo Walker >>>>> rwalker...@gmail.com >>>>> Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 >>>>> www.mobileaccess.org >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 21, 2011, at 9:57 AM, Mary Otten wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Daniel, >>>>>> There was a post on this list from someone who said that launchpad >>>>>> doesn't seem to be a very useful tool for blind folks, and then he >>>>>> detailed some of his reasons. >>>>>> Mary Otten >>>>>> motte...@gmail.com >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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. 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