The "extras" are really a group of icons, and not so much menus. HtH, Teresa On Aug 30, 2012, at 7:10 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
> I emailed apple about using just arrows to move around extras menus, but this > is their response. I wonder if these menus are different from normal menus > visually? The use of the word "menu" led me to believe that they are the > same, but now I'm not so sure. Anyway, I thought others would find this > useful if they had thought of the same thing I had, namely that it is odd and > frustrating to need to use vo keys with arrows and space to navigate extras > menus. > > Begin forwarded message: > >> Please include the line below in follow-up emails for this request. >> >> Follow-up: 225319663 >> >> Hello, >> >> Thank you for your email. The Menu Extra should be thought of as a button >> that you are pressing to reveal additional information. Because of this, you >> are required to use the standard VO keys to move left and right and interact >> with that item and it's information or options. >> >> Apple Accessibility >> >> Hello, >>> First, thank you for making extra menus, such as those for Dropbox, >>> available to VO users. I realize this is a small thing, but please consider >>> it nonetheless. When you move to an app's menus, you can arrow through them >>> with just the arrow keys and down arrow to open any one of them. With the >>> extras menus, though, you have to vo-left/right and must vo-space on a menu >>> to open it. This seems to be a large inconsistency in the user experience, >>> which is unusual for Apple products. Again, I realize it isn't a huge deal, >>> but please look into making the extras menu work in the much more >>> convenient way that app menus do. Thanks for your time. >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > [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.
