I meant it literally: cmd-l in Chrome loads a page, cmd-l in Safari does not. VO focuses on that page, so Safari not focusing is a consequence of Safari not loading that page.
On 8/15/12, Christopher-Mark gilland <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm a little confused about your example with the address bar with command > l. Can you give me step by step something to try in Chrome, then have me > try it again in Safari so I can specifically interactively see the > difference in what you mean? Sorry, I'm just more a hands on person. > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alex Hall > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 5:08 PM > Subject: I just switched back to Safari from Chrome, here's why > > > Hi all, > Ever since getting the mac, I was told Chrome would serve me better; it > was faster, easier, and vo would not be "busy" as much. Now, though, I have > decided to make Safari my default browser, and here's why. > > > * Reader: the reader feature is amazing. I opened an article from twitter > and was faced with a bunch of social network links and other junk I didn't > want to read before I could find the article text. I remembered Reader, and > thought I'd try it. I pressed cmd-shift-r and... wow! The article's title > was a level one heading, and right below that was the article text. This > will save a lot of time in the future. > > > *Text Selection: I don't need it much, but now that we can select text in > Safari and not in other web browsers, I like knowing I have the option; in > Chrome, this would be impossible, or nearly so > > > * Speed: I don't find Safari any slower than Chrome, and neither browser > gives me busy messages. > > > * Downloads: I haven't tried it, but I hear there's a keystroke to show > download progress. I like this, as I had nothing but problems downloading > more than one file in Chrome, even if the files were downloaded separately > and not simultaneously. > > > * The address bar: in Chrome, cmd-l brings me to a field in which I can > type a url or a search term. That would be fine if it didn't also load a > page on whose content vo focuses, thereby causing me to have to find the > address bar all over again. In Safari, nothing of the kind happens; cmd-l > jumps me to a (properly labeled and hinted) edit field and leaves me there. > > > That's all I have for now. If anyone has questions, let me know. If anyone > is using Chrome, I suggest you take another look at Safari, especially the > latest version (version 6 I believe). > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap > > > > -- > 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. > > -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) [email protected] -- 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.
