Hello Matt, If Eric's computer is too old to take Mountain Lion, it won't take Mavericks. It isn't a question of the existing OS but the hardware of the machine.
Cheers, Anne On 24 Oct 2013, at 17:28, Matt Dierckens <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > Unfortunately, Eric can't upgrade to ML, but I think he can to Mavricks. > Didn't Tim cook say that its possible even on Snow leopard? > > Matt Dierckens > [email protected] > Assistive Technology Trainer > IOS and Macintosh User support > Windsor area > > > On 2013-10-24, at 11:24 AM, Mike Arrigo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A lot of the busy issues were fixed in mountain lion, you may want to update >> your operating system. >> Original message: >>> The new Safari 6.1 went on my Lion system today and now some voiceover >>> issues have developed. >> >>> 1. Web Item rotor no longer shows all headers on a google search, or on >>> some other pages. >>> 2. on any web page where there is a tweet text field, any attempt to enter >>> text there results in the browser going busy and forcing a force-quit. >> >>> also, when scrolling through google searches, the website info on each >>> search gets repeated at each new element (be it text, links or headers). >> >>> there is also inconsistent behavior when trying to open links using the >>> VO+shift+M context menu. SOme options that should show up (like open link >>> in new tab or page) don't more than half the time. >> >>> Since I am totally blind and have to depend on both voiceover and Safari to >>> work properly, when they don't, I am basically left trying to get both to >>> work again. In one case, installing an add-on to solve captchas resulted in >>> voiceover completely crashing and then refusing to restart on CMD-F5. >> >>> THese issues are entirely unacceptable and are required to be fixed >>> immediately. >> >>> As an aside, similar issues crop up with google-chrome with the same >>> frequency. Don't even ask about FireFox (it works barely some of the time). >> >>> You folks need to repair this. I am also copying this to 2 related mailing >>> lists. >> >>> Please take care of this, POST HASTE! >> >>> -eric >> >> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
