Not seeing this in chrome, pressing command+l works the same way it does in safari On Aug 15, 2012, at 5:00 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
> 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. > -- 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.
