Well, it's one way of avoiding all the multi-finger keystrokes. I like the idea personally, but in my experience the trackpad commander on a macbook doesn't work nearly as well as the IOS touchscreen interface unless I'm trying to type and accidentally hit it with my palm. Then it works wonders taking me all kinds of places I never meant to go.
You'll get a lot of feedback from people who find it really useful, but I think it's kind'a gimicky . Best, Erik Burggraaf Introducing the Ebony consulting announcements list, A monthly newsletter about services, events, promotions, and other information on access technology consulting. To read more and subscribe, Visit: http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/mailman/listinfo/ebony-promos_erik-burggraaf.com Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2011-07-25, at 5:09 PM, Geoff Shang wrote: > Hi, > > My wife and I were pondering on the subject of trackpads in relation to using > VoiceOver, and we thought we'd tap into the collective whisdom here. > > What, if anything, does a trackpad allow you to do that you can't do with the > keyboard? Or is it merely another interface to the same commands? > > I know some of you have varius macbook models where a trackpad comes as > standard, but we have an iMac and want to know if a trackpad is something we > should consider purchasing. But we're not going to buy one if all it does is > make Mac OS X feel more like iOS. > > Any thoughts will be appreciated. > > Thanks. > Geoff. > > -- > 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.
