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
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>> 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
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>>> 
>>> 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
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