Re: keyboard shortcuts for Skype

2009-07-25 Thread Simon Cavendish
Hello, Just to add to this, Anne Robertson once gave a very good description of setting up new keyboard shortcuts which should still b available in the archives of the discussion group. I can't off-hand remember the url for the discussion archive - sorry not to be very helpful. The

Re: really dumb questions about RSS readers, but...

2009-07-25 Thread Jude DaShiell
Cell phones can sometimes subscribe to rss feeds. The apple hot news feed was offered to me by my Nokia N75 phone when I visited the apple web site a while ago, but not all feeds are compatible with cell phones. It's an old version of netscape the phone has on it for its new browser that

Re: Where might i find a plugin for isync?

2009-07-25 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi and thanks very much for this, i managed to download the plugin. Now the fun begins.:-) /Krister 24 jul 2009 kl. 17.44 skrev Abdul Kamara: Greetings, I sympathize... Much of the site appears to be festooned with flash animation-- which they do provide the option of deactivating...

apple garageband?

2009-07-25 Thread a radix
Hi everyone, I could not find too many recent reviews of this program but I udnerstand its part of the ilife suit which I think is included with os x. I have always enjoyed listening to music andin the past I played piano and saxophone. Garage band seems like a nice tool tolearn music on the

Re: running leopard on a pc?

2009-07-25 Thread ben mustill-rose
In order for this to work, you would have to obtain a modified osx image that is floating around the internet. There are reports of people running these in vm's but the biggist problem that your going to run into is hardware incompatabilities. If I were in your situation, I would look up if your

15 inch vs 17inch

2009-07-25 Thread a radix
Hello, Am I right in thinking thatthe only difference between the 15 inch and 17 inch laptops is the screen? I mean you can get the top config on the 15 inch right? Also, i know all the laptops have the glossy display but can you also get the matte display or can you only do this for the 17

Re: 15 inch vs 17inch

2009-07-25 Thread Scott Howell
To the best of my knowledge yes, you can get pretty much the same stuff on the 15-inch as the 17-inch. Of course check either on the site or call Apple's sales department to verify, but I'm pretty sure. I think the difference is some items are standard on the 17 that may not be on the 15

aim acount on mail

2009-07-25 Thread Marie Howarth
has anyone set up an imap aim account with success? I can send emails, but it seems to not want to download from the server. am I missing something? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries

Re: aim acount on mail

2009-07-25 Thread Marie Howarth
yes. I can send mail but receiving it is a problem. I've followed several steps online instructions, and the email is going to the account, I checked on the web. On Jul 25, 2009, at 3:29 PM, patrickneazer wrote: Hello Marie and all: Are you attempting to do this in apple mail? On Jul

Re: aim acount on mail

2009-07-25 Thread patrickneazer
Hello Marie and all: Are you attempting to do this in apple mail? On Jul 25, 2009, at 10:24 AM, Marie Howarth wrote: has anyone set up an imap aim account with success? I can send emails, but it seems to not want to download from the server. am I missing something? Take good care and I

Re: aim acount on mail

2009-07-25 Thread patrickneazer
Hello Marie and all: I do not believe I follow you. You are using apple mail and you can receive email. Am I correct so far? The trouble is that you are having difficulty receiving email? I lost you when you said you can see the mail on the web. Are you sending email somewhere else and then

Re: aim acount on mail

2009-07-25 Thread Marie Howarth
OK, I confuse myself often lol. I can send from the aim account in the mail app. But when I've attempted to send an email from another account to test that the account is working, it doesn't show up in mail. I checked on the web based area for aim and all the tests I did are there. They are

Re: 15 inch vs 17inch

2009-07-25 Thread Marshall Scott
The one difference I know of is that the new 17 inch still has an Express slot. Marsh On Jul 25, 2009, at 4:41 AM, Scott Howell wrote: To the best of my knowledge yes, you can get pretty much the same stuff on the 15-inch as the 17-inch. Of course check either on the site or call Apple's

Re: aim acount on mail

2009-07-25 Thread Marie Howarth
no, but I confused you :) that part is working fine. it's emails coming in that well, are not coming in. :) On Jul 25, 2009, at 4:17 PM, patrickneazer wrote: Hello Marie and all: This sounds like the evil smtp server problem (grin). Of course the questions you have heard all before most

Re: Optimizing terminal accessibility

2009-07-25 Thread Mitchell Smith
Hi, As a software developer myself, I find it more VO friendly to use an IDE such as Eclipse 3.5 for Java / Python dev. It's much quicker to jump around files, you have content assist for completing method names, it is constantly building your project in the background and the Problems view

Re: Microsoft stores to mimic Apple's with Guru Bars

2009-07-25 Thread John Panarese
Microsoft, again, demonstrating their me too philosophy. The problem is they are not in the same position of having the hardware and software working together. God, I already feel bad for any person hired to be a Guru. You gotta hope that most of your traffic is X-Box customers.

Re: Safari 4.0.2

2009-07-25 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Try VO- left and right arrowing around, until you hear html content, and then interact? Sounds as if you're not on the HTML content area. On Jul 25, 2009, at 7:45 AM, Christina Athena wrote: Is anyone having difficulty with Safari 4.0.2 and Voiceover. I can't the voiceover to interact

Re: apple garageband?

2009-07-25 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, It is farely accessible, except for the pan controls which are the major hurdle. I'm not sure why the volume should work but not the pan. Any way... You might want to look deeper. My impression was that ILife only shipped with macbook pro, not as a part of standard computer lines.

Re: Apple's much-anticipated tablet device coming early next year

2009-07-25 Thread John Panarese
From all that I read, it will not be a phone. It has been more described as a larger iPod Touch. However, Apple, as they always are, are saying nothing. Additionally, every sort of speculation under the sun has been written about it. In the end, as with all things Apple, we will know

Re: aim acount on mail

2009-07-25 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
There are completely different protocols for sending versus receiving e-mail. I am not familiar with AIM mail but you need to determine if it uses the POP or IMAP or some other protocol to download messages. Sending is almost always done with SMTP For gmail you first have to enable

Re: Apple's much-anticipated tablet device coming early next year

2009-07-25 Thread Simon Cavendish
Dear John, I will be following this development with great interest. I've not so far invested in an IPhone although I've been very very tempted. I do however like the idea of the technology, and I do hope that Voiceover will be a part of the new tablet device. As for the IPhone, I think

Re: aim acount on mail

2009-07-25 Thread Simon Cavendish
Marie, Have you checked in the mailbox menu whether your account is online? If it is not, you won't receive any mail. I have made this mistake myself before. Best wishes Simon On 25 Jul 2009, at 15:32, Marie Howarth wrote: yes. I can send mail but receiving it is a problem. I've

Re: Apple's much-anticipated tablet device coming early next year

2009-07-25 Thread John Panarese
Obviously, whether VoiceOver is or is not included on this device is as unknown as the actual device itself. Even so, based on how the progressions of developments have gone, I'd be willing to bet that if this Tablet becomes a reality, Apple will include VO on it. Again, though,

Re: aim acount on mail

2009-07-25 Thread Marie Howarth
thanks, going to look into the pop3. this imap thing is just not working. I got it online but it keeps saying mail busy if I try to move past the aim inbox. This wasn't happening when it was offline and still no messages. On Jul 25, 2009, at 7:30 PM, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: Hello; If

Re: aim acount on mail

2009-07-25 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
Hello; If this is for an aol mmail account, they now offer pop 3 access. That is how i get my aol mail. It was much easier to configure for sure. Hope that helps, Max On Jul 25, 2009, at 9:47 AM, Marie Howarth wrote: OK, I confuse myself often lol. I can send from the aim account in

Re: aim acount on mail

2009-07-25 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
Hello; I try. Let me know how it turns out. good luck, Max On Jul 25, 2009, at 1:41 PM, Marie Howarth wrote: thanks, going to look into the pop3. this imap thing is just not working. I got it online but it keeps saying mail busy if I try to move past the aim inbox. This wasn't happening

Re: 15 inch vs 17inch

2009-07-25 Thread Scott Howell
Yes you are correct and thanks for the reminder. On Jul 25, 2009, at 11:01 AM, Marshall Scott wrote: The one difference I know of is that the new 17 inch still has an Express slot. Marsh On Jul 25, 2009, at 4:41 AM, Scott Howell wrote: To the best of my knowledge yes, you can get pretty

Re: Apple's much-anticipated tablet device coming early next year

2009-07-25 Thread Scott Howell
John, your correct and as I thought about it, when I first heard about this, it comes to mind that the aim was more for video conferencing and it may not have a phone in it at all. That I'm not sure of, but if VZW roles out this new service, it does mean this would pave the way for the

fixed it was aim acount on mail

2009-07-25 Thread Marie Howarth
just letting everyone know, I fixed my problem. just deleted it, started over. it's all working now. thanks for everyone's input though. :) On Jul 25, 2009, at 7:30 PM, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: Hello; If this is for an aol mmail account, they now offer pop 3 access. That is how i get my

Re: aim acount on mail

2009-07-25 Thread patrickneazer
Hello Marie and all: Well, if they are emails coming in then are you sure that the account is set to Imap as opposed to pop and both the address and ports are correct? This has probably already been answered and you are probably having a great time already with incoming mail (smile) On Jul

Improving re-arranging items in table views on OS X

2009-07-25 Thread Martin Pilkington
Hi All, I haven't posted for a while so for those who don't remember me, my name is Martin and I'm a Mac software developer. I'm currently having a problem with making one of my applications accessible, but in an easy to use way. There is a lot of drag drop functionality in my

MARKERS IN AMADEUS?

2009-07-25 Thread erik burggraaf
HI GUYS, CAN SOME ONE TELL ME REALLY QUICKLY HOW TO SET UP MARKERS IN AMADEUS? WE USED TO CALL THEM CUE POINTS IN GOLD WAVE. BASICLY I WANT TO CHOP UP A WAVE FILE ALONG SECTOR BOUNDARIES SUTABLE FOR BURNING TO A CD. I SEE ALL THE OPTIONS TO DO WHAT I WANT BUT THEY ARE ALL GREYED OUT.

Re: Improving re-arranging items in table views on OS X

2009-07-25 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Martin, On Jul 25, 2009, at 10:27 PM, Martin Pilkington wrote: I'm currently having a problem with making one of my applications accessible, but in an easy to use way. There is a lot of drag drop functionality in my application. Some of it is easy, such as using copy and paste to get

Re: apple garageband?

2009-07-25 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, The Mac Mini I bought a month ago came with Garage Band, and I didn't pay extra for it so I guess it's standard. I haven't had a chance to try it out yet, though, so I can't comment on its accessibility. Best, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received

iphone cal ending

2009-07-25 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi folks. Can someone please tell me how, while using VO on my iphone, ow do I turn off a call? I can make one not a probl;em but I'm having tourble ending the call when I want. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are

Re: iphone cal ending

2009-07-25 Thread Scott Bresnahan
Hi, Simon, The easiest thing to do in my opinion is hit the wake/sleep button toend a call. --Scott Hi folks. Can someone please tell me how, while using VO on my iphone, ow do I turn off a call? I can make one not a probl;em but I'm having tourble ending the call when I want.

Re: iphone cal ending

2009-07-25 Thread patrickneazer
Hello Simon and all: There are a few ways to end a call. 1. Double tap the screen with two fingers similar to the way you would double tap the phone when starting or stopping a song in itunes. remember when double tapping the phone to keep your fingers apart a little or else the phone

RE: Typing on the IPhone and using its GPS

2009-07-25 Thread Simon Fogarty
Dam, I wish had seen this msg yesterday when I was hunting for the call end button. I've gotta find a good iphone accessibility tutorial. Has anyone got one on line that I missed the posting alert of, that they can point me towards Thanks simon From:

RE: introduction and a question

2009-07-25 Thread Simon Fogarty
Yeah I crashed a work machine 4 times when setting up jaws in a parallel environment. Thank god for snapshots. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch Sent: Friday, 24 July 2009 6:19 a.m. To:

RE: Merging duplicate contacts in Address Book

2009-07-25 Thread Simon Fogarty
Yeah the same thing happened on my pc Just had to delete the problem and -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Hole Sent: Friday, 24 July 2009 6:20 a.m. To: MacVisionaries Subject: Merging duplicate

Re: Improving re-arranging items in table views on OS X

2009-07-25 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi Martin, I just bought a Mac and joined this list, and I'm so excited to get a question like this from a software developer. How wonderful to be asked what would work. I think using Option and the Up and Down arrow keys is a great idea! Best, Anna

Re: tables on websites

2009-07-25 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi Jon and all who responded, Thanks so much for suggesting group navigation. You're right - it works wonderfully in this situation. I agree with whoever suggested a keystroke for changing between group and DOM navigation. I will definitely browse with VoiceOver Preferences open for a

Re: selecting text you are interacting with

2009-07-25 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi Danny and all who helped with this one, Thanks so much. This works well. Best, Ana --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: apple garageband?

2009-07-25 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Erik, pretty sure that the iLife suite, ships with all Macs. On Jul 25, 2009, at 12:23 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: Hi, It is farely accessible, except for the pan controls which are the major hurdle. I'm not sure why the volume should work but not the pan. Any way... You might want