Hi Donna, The simple explanation is that Voiceover's trackpad gestures are quite independent of the things sighted people do with the trackpad. We had them long before a lot of sighted people did. VoiceOver completely takes over the pad for its own use when you turn on Trackpad Commander. Hope this helps, Zack On Jul 22, 2011, at 7:17 AM, Donna Goodin wrote:
> 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 gesture 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. > 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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