Brian, I'm with you. I can't bring up the preferences at all anymore, and the one time I did, nothing was labeled. I just want to create an alias, but I can't because it is not accessible. I seem to be able to check mail, but beyond that, nothing works reliably with Voiceover.
-- Have a great day, Alex [email protected] > On Feb 19, 2014, at 2:08 PM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey Tim, > > Again thanks for kicking me in the head to remove gmail from my computer and > migrating everything over to iCloud, as that part worked well, and since > completely removing my gmail account from the desktop my computer is back to > running much better, and mac mail isn't having any problems. > > I had to use VO command shift space bar to actually enter anything in a text > field on iCloud, tabbing and shift tabbing did not take me in to the text > fields. Will have to check if I have that setting checked that you mentioned > as I thought I did. >> On Feb 19, 2014, at 10:59 AM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Brian, >> >> In addition to what John mentioned, you could also use the tab-key to more >> easily move around the site then either press return or VO-space to activate >> an item. One thing that I've always made sure that I've done is to check >> the box in the Advanced pane of Safari Prefs that tells the Mac to highlight >> items when pressing the tab-key. The bonus to this action is that pressing >> Option-tab will take you directly to Edit fields. This seems to make many >> problematic web-sites at least usable. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >>> On Feb 19, 2014, at 12:07 AM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> Ok, so I am making the jump from gmail to iCloud. I was told I would need >>> to use the iCloud website to create my rules if I wanted the messages to >>> follow those rules across devices. First I had to reload the iCloud website >>> three times as VoiceOver wouldn't even allow me to enter my Apple ID. I >>> finally was able to enter text in to the Apple ID box, and got in to the >>> site which is unbelievably poorly designed to work with VoiceOver. I think >>> it might even be less user friendly than gmail basic html site is. So I >>> finally get to the filters or rules forget what they are called, and sure >>> enough the same exact thing that happened at the log in screen is happening >>> now where I can't enter text to create a rule. It's not one of those thing >>> where you can enter text but VoiceOver won't read it, it just doesn't allow >>> me to enter text, I am even getting an error beep when I try to enter text. >>> Anyone know of any other way to create rules that will apply on multiple >>> devices? The only thing I can think of is having to create the same rule on >>> 3 devices which is going to be a royal pain. Really amazing how poorly the >>> iCloud site works with VoiceOver. >>> >>> -- >>> 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.
