Interacting, once you get used to it, is actually a wonderful thing. It allows me to quickly skip across frames in web pages and groups of buttons, tables, etc.
Harry On Jan 14, 2013, at 4:12 PM, Kerri <[email protected]> wrote: > I have to say that this is true when I became a mac user. What I found tough > was that blasted interacting, I still detest it vehemently. But forgetting > windows completely for me, was not a huge help because of the concepts that > are the same across the board. > On 2013-01-14, at 4:51 AM, erik burggraaf <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You know, As an instructor, some times I find this advice helpful and >> sometimes not. While it is useful at times to torpido peoples >> pre-conceptions, it is true that a number of concepts are the same across >> the board, such as file browsing, email reading, and copying/pasting. Some >> users Won't move on without their creature comforts. How do I read the >> title bar? So, if I give them a keystroke that lets them read the title of >> a window, even if I have to then explain about the application chooser since >> they are on the same keypress, it makes them feel better having that handy. >> >> I could honestly take both sides or approaches to this. Depending on which >> one seems to be most helpful to the person I'm sitting in front of. >> >> Best, >> >> Erik Burggraaf >> Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the >> ontario disability support program at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog >> Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 >> or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com >> >> On 2013-01-10, at 5:30 AM, Kliphton A M <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The one thing that someone told me helped the most. Forget everything you >>> know about windows! The 2 systems are as different as night and day, so >>> open your mind, and learn the new OS, because even though your not a knew >>> computer user, the system is new to you. Once you do this, everything will >>> start to make more since. >>> >>> Kliphton Senior >>> (Email&iMessage) [email protected] >>> (Twitter&Skype) kliphton72 >>> (Personal blog-read at your own risk!) http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com >>> (Life Journal) kliphton.wordpress.com >>> http://facebook.com/kliphandsharrie >>> >>> On Jan 9, 2013, at 11:28 AM, David Hole <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi folks. >>>> >>>> As far as I know, there are many here in this group who are helping >>>> blind people switching from Windows to Mac. >>>> Do you have any strategies to help them get fast into the VoiceOver >>>> commands, and how they can "distance" them selves from the Windows >>>> platform, and learn Mac the best way there is? >>>> For example, is the best way to first learn to use VoiceOver with the >>>> QuickKeys, or the hard way with so many keys pressed at once some >>>> times? >>>> What about what to learn first, do you learn them a piece of software >>>> (such as Mail or Safari) or how the OS and how VoiceOver interacts >>>> with it before going into apps? >>>> >>>> All comments on this is really welcome. >>>> >>>> Best regards David >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
