Re: Reclaiming unallocated space on an HD

2009-04-10 Thread Barry Hadder
Hi Cara, If I understand you correctly, you are trying to decrease the second partition and increase the first. Sorry if I didn't get that right, but for now I'll just go from hear. In order to do what I think you are trying, you would have to shrink the second by moving it over and I don't

Re: Pages and VoiceOver

2009-06-07 Thread Barry Hadder
I think that this was a very helpful post and I for one would be very interested in any updates as to any solutions Apple accessibility may send your way. While I also emailed them about issues with IWORK, I did not have the luck you seemed to have had as far as getting intelligent

Re: Pages and VoiceOver

2009-06-08 Thread Barry Hadder
Scott, I don't know what you mean as to what is accessible to one might not be to another. It either works or it doesn't. If your are suggesting that accessibility is determined on someone's opinion, I have to disagree. If a screen can be read and manipulated with voice over, than it is

Re: iWorks, TextEdit, Access and the Mouse

2009-06-08 Thread Barry Hadder
You can do vo-space to click the mouse. You don't have to use the actual pointing device to click. I think your problems would fall under Voiceover skills. And just for the record, I've hit enter on specific templates and that has worked many times although, not always. I would classify

Re: iWorks, TextEdit, Access and the Mouse

2009-06-08 Thread Barry Hadder
I need to make a slight correction to my last post. Mouse click is vo-shift-space. - Original Message - From: Gary W. Kelly g...@blindwisdom.org To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 3:57 PM Subject: iWorks, TextEdit, Access and the Mouse Hi, I did have

Re: Pages and VoiceOver

2009-06-08 Thread Barry Hadder
and that may very well make it seem as though it is not accessible when it is. So, yeah, this is a thread really not worth continuing, but I am sure you see where I'm going. On Jun 8, 2009, at 4:03 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: Scott, I don't know what you mean as to what is accessible to one might

Re: VO accessible FTP Client

2009-07-04 Thread Barry Hadder
I don't recall telling anybody not to use it. I simply gave another option. On Jul 4, 2009, at 6:38 PM, Chris Gilland wrote: Or why not use Transmit? Chris. - Original Message - From: Barry bhad...@gmail.com To: MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday,

Re: dom and group mode?

2009-07-07 Thread Barry Hadder
Well, It works better on some pages than on others. But over all, I would say that it it is significantly quicker navigation in most cases. I leave it on all the time. I have seen a few instances however where some things are invisible to VO when group is on. I'm not sure, but it

Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X

2009-07-07 Thread Barry Hadder
I recommend OpenOffice. With Writer you have access to bullets and tables. With those two things, you can make a pretty decent technical document. Just a note about the tables: You might not think that you can do anything with Them at first, but it does work. However, Text presented in a

Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X

2009-07-07 Thread Barry Hadder
I use latex my self, but I haven't found a good way to be compatible with people who write Word docs. On Jul 7, 2009, at 3:48 PM, Justin Harford wrote: If you use LaTeX you are doing quite well. LaTeX is far nicer under Mac OS X than Windows. Justin On Jul 7, 2009, at 1:36 PM, James

Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X

2009-07-07 Thread Barry Hadder
You don't have to use TEXShop. You can just run the tools from the command line. I should also mention that I have noticed some ligatures not showing up correctly in pdf files generated with pdflatex or dvipdf. lowercase fi is one that comes to mind. I haven't a clue as to why this is

Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X

2009-07-07 Thread Barry Hadder
- From: Barry Hadder bhad...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 10:14 PM Subject: Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X I use latex my self, but I haven't found a good way to be compatible with people who write Word docs. On Jul 7, 2009, at 3:48 PM, Justin

Re: telnet again

2009-07-07 Thread Barry Hadder
Hi, Are you also receiving unicode? What switch did you run telnet with? You might also look in terminal preferences/encodings and see if the right ones are checked. I really have no idea if that would work but that is what I would do. Of course, you might have already done that. Sorry

Re: Macbook Pro Crisis

2009-07-08 Thread Barry Hadder
. It will probably damage the media some, but you will be able to remove the disk:). On 8-Jul-09, at 1:36 AM, Barry Hadder wrote: Alex, Try force quit and relaunch finder. Or, try ejecting the cd as the computer is booting. If that doesn't work, open terminal and type lsof -n|grep /Volumes

Re: Introduction from Jonathan Cohn

2009-07-09 Thread Barry Hadder
Well Howdy! I don't know what jump mode is. Could you expand on that? Just curious. From what I can tell, the VO fin in Safari only looks at what is on the current screen. I've been using the items list (VO-i) for that purpose very successfully. - Original Message - From:

Re: NLS digital books and future versions of iTunes,iPod, iPhone?

2009-07-15 Thread Barry Hadder
Message - From: Barry Hadder bhad...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 1:39 PM Subject: Re: NLS digital books and future versions of iTunes,iPod, iPhone? I personally think that the way NLS and RFBD should have gone about the digital

Re: made the decision

2009-07-15 Thread Barry Hadder
Rock On! I made the plunge about two years ago and I've gotten to the point that I use my windows machine grudgingly. I'm just waiting patiently (or not) for it to die before I replace it with a Mac. On Jul 15, 2009, at 2:41 PM, May and Wynter wrote: Ok everyone. I have made my

Re: NLS digital books and future versions of iTunes,iPod, iPhone?

2009-07-15 Thread Barry Hadder
, Barry Hadder wrote: That's definitely my vision of how things should be. However, all such blind services (i.e. NLS, RFBD) seem to be hell bent on producing material in some bizarre format completely incompatible with anything that the main stream world is using. I wonder just how much money

Re: booksense

2009-07-16 Thread Barry Hadder
I'm just curious. Have you tried mounting it from within disk utility? You might also open terminal and type mount just to see what all disks are mounted. Also, you might try mounting it with the mount command. For example, you could create a folder in finder to use as a mount point, make a

Re: NLS digital books and future versions of iTunes,iPod, iPhone?

2009-07-16 Thread Barry Hadder
I could also very easily plug my nls cassette player into my sound card and record it to MP3 in the back ground while I'm listening. I could also buy the printed copy and make a photo copy of it. So, what's your point? - Original Message - From: louie louiem...@wavecable.com To:

Re: pages 9, tables and Voiceover

2009-07-18 Thread Barry Hadder
I've had very little look working with tables in pages. If i insert a table into the layout area, I can see and edit it. If i insert it into the body, I have had no luck in working with it in any way. On Jul 17, 2009, at 8:56 PM, Simon Cavendish wrote: Dear Listers, Has anyone

Re: pages 9, tables and Voiceover

2009-07-18 Thread Barry Hadder
. Regards, Alex, On 18-Jul-09, at 1:18 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: I've had very little look working with tables in pages. If i insert a table into the layout area, I can see and edit it. If i insert it into the body, I have had no luck in working with it in any way. On Jul 17, 2009, at 8

Re: pages 9, tables and Voiceover

2009-07-18 Thread Barry Hadder
, at 5:42 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: Hi, The talbes in the layout area is where they belong. The layout area is the whole document, the Body is just ment for text. Thanks for giving me this lead. Regards, Alex, On 18-Jul-09, at 1:18 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: I've had very little look working

Re: pages 9, tables and Voiceover

2009-07-20 Thread Barry Hadder
, the Body is just ment for text. Thanks for giving me this lead. Regards, Alex, On 18-Jul-09, at 1:18 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: I've had very little look working with tables in pages. If i insert a table into the layout area, I can see and edit it. If i insert it into the body, I have had

Re: Optimizing terminal accessibility

2009-07-21 Thread Barry Hadder
As already mentioned, you interact with the scroll area to review the screen. Some times however, VO seems to get stuck and I've found I have to read by sentence when starting from the current prompt and reading upward through the output. How well it echos back when output is written to

Re: Optimizing terminal accessibility

2009-07-21 Thread Barry Hadder
Another note about using ncurses aps that I didn't mention or didn't articulate very well: Use the arrow keys are what ever key combos the app uses rather than the VO keys. I've found that in most cases VO will track and read the hi-light quite well. Hope that helps. On Jul 20, 2009, at

Re: Optimizing terminal accessibility

2009-07-21 Thread Barry Hadder
Just type clear at the prompt. On Jul 21, 2009, at 11:08 AM, louie wrote: Is there a way to clear the scroll area? On Jul 21, 2009, at 8:54 AM, Barry Hadder wrote: As already mentioned, you interact with the scroll area to review the screen. Some times however, VO seems to get stuck

Mobile me

2009-07-22 Thread Barry Hadder
Does anybody here use MobileMe? If so, does any body know how to access the toolbar and actions menu that is supposedly at the top of the window? For example, setting the mail preferences on the web. Thanks. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

Re: Mobile me

2009-07-22 Thread Barry Hadder
department after all of the other good things Apple hasdone. . Barry Hadder wrote: Does anybody here use MobileMe? If so, does any body know how to access the toolbar and actions menu that is supposedly at the top of the window? For example, setting the mail preferences on the web. Thanks

Re: Mobile me

2009-07-22 Thread Barry Hadder
, Esther wrote: Hi Barry, Barry Hadder wrote: Ok, I found in the archives where someone mentioned getting to the email preferences with control-,. I would have never figured that out on my own. Anybody has any other comments, I would be glad to hear them. I'm personally disappointed

Re: Mobile me

2009-07-23 Thread Barry Hadder
Hi Esther and all, I'm still considering this and I'm wondering if you are anybody else has used the back to my mac feature successfully. I don't currently have more than one Mac and am unable to test it for myself. Thanks. On Jul 22, 2009, at 8:27 PM, Esther wrote: Hi Barry, Barry

Re: tables on websites

2009-07-24 Thread Barry Hadder
Hi, Usually you can just put the VO cursor on the column you want to read and VO-down will read the next item in the column. That being said, VO will recognize tables in snow leopard. On Jul 24, 2009, at 10:26 AM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi, I just went to a banking site with Safari

Re: tables on websites

2009-07-24 Thread Barry Hadder
I should have mentioned that in my prior post. I didn't think about it as I always have group turned on. What I said above about reading individual columns only works when group is on. On Jul 24, 2009, at 10:40 AM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: This is one place where group navigation really

Re: running leopard on a pc?

2009-07-24 Thread Barry Hadder
I remember reading somewhere that vmware used to have something for the pc a few years ago that would run mac os. They pulled it though due to threats they got from Apple. On Jul 24, 2009, at 11:05 PM, Blake Sinnett wrote: I really don't think that'll work. As far as I know there isn't a

Re: Query regarding using aliases

2009-07-27 Thread Barry Hadder
Hi, I just went in to the aliases panel to create one for experimentation, but it's not letting me do it sense I'm running the trial. So much for a fully functional evaluation. You might try synchronizing the account from the mailbox menu. Just as a side note, I noticed that when I set

Re: Modifying items on the top sites menu

2009-07-27 Thread Barry Hadder
from the Bookmarks menu (or command option B) and then in the left hand column navigate to Bookmarks Bar and then in the table on the right you can just navigate to the bookmark you don't want and hit delete. Probably a few other ways to do it. CB Barry Hadder wrote: According

Re: Modifying items on the top sites menu

2009-07-27 Thread Barry Hadder
an Edit button. If I do that I can then go back to the various top sites and hit delete to remove a page. Is that what you were trying to do? CB Barry Hadder wrote: We are talking about the top sites bar. Not the book marks bar. On Jul 27, 2009, at 3:33 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: Or you

Re: Query regarding using aliases

2009-07-27 Thread Barry Hadder
Jul 2009, at 17:31, Barry Hadder wrote: Hi, I just went in to the aliases panel to create one for experimentation, but it's not letting me do it sense I'm running the trial. So much for a fully functional evaluation. You might try synchronizing the account from the mailbox menu. Just

Back To My Mac

2009-07-28 Thread Barry Hadder
I am wondering if anybody could tell me how well the Back To My Mac feature of MobileMe works with VO. I'm really interested in whether or not a computer can be controlled remotely with VO when screen sharing is enabled. I don't presently have another Mac to test this. Thanks.

Re: Alternatives to Mobile me

2009-07-29 Thread Barry Hadder
Alex, I agree that Dropbox seems like a pretty good alternative to IDisk. I'm not creasy about the floating window that comes up at start-up though. I'm wondering if you have found a way to access the network tab in the preferences. I've been unable to do so. Thanks. On Jul 28, 2009,

Re: Query regarding using aliases

2009-07-29 Thread Barry Hadder
Simon, Have you tried putting your alias in to email field of the acount/info panel? If it is set up on the server, this should enable it to show up in the list. You just want to separate it from your other address with a cama. On Jul 29, 2009, at 3:47 PM, Simon Cavendish wrote:

Re: Query regarding using aliases

2009-07-29 Thread Barry Hadder
Simon, I just added a list of aliases separated by comas in the acount/info email field and I'm getting them in the to list in the new message pain. HI can't use them of course as I don't have them on the server. owever, I think it will do it for you if you make sure you are sinking

Re: safari book marks folder location?

2009-08-03 Thread Barry Hadder
Hi, They are actually stored in an xml file. ~/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist. On Aug 3, 2009, at 5:22 PM, trahern culver wrote: hey all i would like to back up my safari book marks to an external hard drive by coppieing and pasting the folder where they are stord so far i have not been

Re: Keyboard Peoblem

2009-08-05 Thread Barry Hadder
Sounds like you have mouse keys turned on. Try hitting the option five times. You can also turn them off in universal access/mouse and trackpad. Sorry if you've all ready tried this, but that's sure what it sounds like so I decided to mention it in case you haven't. On Aug 5, 2009, at

Re: Macports GUI questions

2009-08-05 Thread Barry Hadder
Hi, It sounds like Porticus is running the command port upgrade outdated when it is started. There used to be a bug in Macports where if you ran that command and nothing was out of date, it would give that message. I thought that it had been fixed though. I've never used Porticus. Does

Re: Macports GUI questions

2009-08-05 Thread Barry Hadder
option for enabling such a list. Any other ideas, since hitting update is incorect? John On Aug 5, 2009, at 8:51 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: Hi, It sounds like Porticus is running the command port upgrade outdated when it is started. There used to be a bug in Macports where if you ran

Safari Sounds

2009-08-06 Thread Barry Hadder
I'm just wondering if anybody else has noticed that in many instances the page load sound doesn't occur. An example is www.lioncourt.com. I think it's more tied to VO as the status text under the VO cursor doesn't seem to update while a page is loading, but when I place the mouse over

Re: To those who use Group Mode please

2009-08-06 Thread Barry Hadder
Open Voiceover utility with VO-f8, arrow down until you hear web in the categories, tab, change the radio button from dom to group. Items on a web page are grouped together in several groups. You don't have to move through each item at a time. If you don't like it, you can change it

Re: Keyboard Peoblem

2009-08-06 Thread Barry Hadder
was ready to jump through all sorts of hoops and so thank you very much. On Aug 5, 2009, at 8:33 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: Sounds like you have mouse keys turned on. Try hitting the option five times. You can also turn them off in universal access/mouse and trackpad. Sorry if you've all ready

Re: Safari Sounds

2009-08-07 Thread Barry Hadder
internet is being slow. I just now turned on group mode to play with it, and its not playing loading sounds it all, it seems. You are not the only one noticing this. Rayna Barry Hadder wrote: I'm just wondering if anybody else has noticed that in many instances the page load sound doesn't

Re: ports, firewalls and questions

2009-08-10 Thread Barry Hadder
Larry, I can't be sure, but it sounds to me like you need to go into the settings of Airport Express and forward a port. You will access it through your browser with an IP address that you will have to read the documentation to find. I can't tell you what it is because I don't use it. I

Re: ports, firewalls and questions

2009-08-10 Thread Barry Hadder
utility rather than going into the browser? I don't think any of the airport routers have a web interface of any kind, like that of a linksys, netgear router, or any other brand. On Aug 10, 2009, at 6:37 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: Larry, I can't be sure, but it sounds to me like you need to go

Re: finding specific text on a web page

2009-08-14 Thread Barry Hadder
Anna, For now Vo-i is your best bet. Just start typing what you want to find and the list will narrow down. It works pretty well all though I would like to see the other search options work better also. On Aug 14, 2009, at 11:42 AM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi, I'm having trouble

Re: Mobile Me again

2009-08-15 Thread Barry Hadder
Hi, You might try sync2it at: http://www.sync2it.com. Haven't actually tried it yet myself. I do know that there is a security code in the registration. On Aug 12, 2009, at 4:50 PM, Larry Wanger wrote: Hi, I’ve almost completed the steps to replace Mobile Me services but have one

Re: application installation and uninstallations

2009-08-17 Thread Barry Hadder
Hi, you very seldom need an uninstaller with an application. The application name .app is actually a directory tree containing all of the icons, major settings, and the executable itself. You can view the tree either by vo-shft-m on the icon and selecting show package contents or by

Re: Safari 4.0.3

2009-08-17 Thread Barry Hadder
:43 PM, william lomas wrote: yup i wondered why it said unselected On 16 Aug 2009, at 19:00, Barry Hadder wrote: I've just started using it and I've noticed one annoying thing right off the bat. When I type a url in the address bar and it auto- completes it, all VO says is not high

Re: matlab

2010-05-10 Thread Barry Hadder
I've always used GNU octave. It's a free, open source matlab like environment. There are links to pre-built binaries for OS10 at http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/download.html. Note that if you git it through macports,it builds it from scratch and it will take a long time. On May 3,

Re: matlab

2010-05-10 Thread Barry Hadder
any probloems? Thanks Edward -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Barry Hadder Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:57 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: matlab I've always used GNU octave. It's

Re: matlab

2010-05-10 Thread Barry Hadder
...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Barry Hadder Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 12:28 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: matlab Hi, It is text based so accessibility isn't an issue. You run it from within terminal. There are ways of making graphical plots if you need to, but it's

Re: safari 5 and the audible site

2010-06-08 Thread Barry Hadder
Hi, I was just able to determine that the problem seem to be when I initially sign in. It seems that when I return to Audible after signing in, there isn't any problems. I mentioned in another post that I tried disabling java script, but this is with it enabled. On Jun 8, 2010, at 3:09 PM,

Re: safari 5 and the audible site

2010-06-08 Thread Barry Hadder
Well, Now it isn't working. It did work previously though, and I almost got it to work just now. Seems to be very unpredictable. Every body's best bet at the moment is to turn off java script and see if they can use the sight. I should say that I've purchased things at Amazon with no js

Re: safari 5 and the audible site

2010-06-08 Thread Barry Hadder
I just made it work again and I have no idea how.I refreshed the page, and all I can think of is that there seems to be a timing issue in which you have to get vo into the content at just the right time while the page is loading. This aught to keep everyone busi for a while. smile On Jun

Another Bad Page with Safari5

2010-06-08 Thread Barry Hadder
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/ I've written accessibility. I'm starting to feel very disappointed. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from

Possible workaround to Safari5 Problems

2010-06-08 Thread Barry Hadder
Ok everybody, This seems to work, but it's just a work-around as doing this can still cause problems in some situations. Check the Disable Run away Java script Timer option in the develop menu. You can turn on the develop menu in the advanced tab of Safari preferences. This seems to fix the

Re: Another Bad Page with Safari5

2010-06-09 Thread Barry Hadder
, 2010, at 8:46 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/ I've written accessibility. I'm starting to feel very disappointed. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email

Re: Possible workaround to Safari5 Problems

2010-06-09 Thread Barry Hadder
, I have done what you described below and VO is still restarting here when I access Audible's site. I honestly don't think a web site should be restarting your screen reader. Has this been reported to Apple Accessibility? Thanks, Doug On 2010-06-09, at 1:42 AM, Barry Hadder wrote

Re: Possible workaround to Safari5 Problems

2010-06-09 Thread Barry Hadder
a web site should be restarting your screen reader. Has this been reported to Apple Accessibility? Thanks, Doug On 2010-06-09, at 1:42 AM, Barry Hadder wrote: Ok everybody, This seems to work, but it's just a work-around as doing this can still cause problems in some situations

Re: Another Bad Page with Safari5

2010-06-09 Thread Barry Hadder
was and watched it with Quicktime. Running an MBP '09 model, 2gb ram, and os x 10.6.3. YMMV. On Jun 8, 2010, at 10:46 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/ I've written accessibility. I'm starting to feel very disappointed. -- You received this message because

Re: Possible workaround to Safari5 Problems

2010-06-09 Thread Barry Hadder
Ok, I've tried this atleast 20 times so I'll pass along this tip. In voiceover utility, go to web and uncheck the box that says Move the VoiceOver cursor to it When loading a new webpage:. I also have the speak webpage and speak summary unchecked. Now, when you have that problem you can

Re: Possible workaround to Safari5 Problems

2010-06-09 Thread Barry Hadder
box you mentioned checked and I don't have any problems refreshing a page. On 2010-06-09, at 10:07 AM, Barry Hadder wrote: Ok, I've tried this atleast 20 times so I'll pass along this tip. In voiceover utility, go to web and uncheck the box that says Move the VoiceOver cursor to it When

Re: changing workgroups with Mac

2010-06-09 Thread Barry Hadder
Hi, In system preferences, open network. Select the service you are using and open advanced. Select the WINS tab and enter your work group name. In system preferences, go to sharing/options and make sure share file and folder using SMB is checked. On Jun 9, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Chris Snyder

Re: Possible workaround to Safari5 Problems

2010-06-09 Thread Barry Hadder
Sorry to hear that. It is still working for me however. On Jun 9, 2010, at 2:08 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: This did not solve the problem at Audible. On Jun 9, 2010, at 12:12 AM, Barry Hadder wrote: Ok everybody, This seems to work, but it's just a work-around as doing this can

Re: safari 5 again

2010-06-09 Thread Barry Hadder
I've tried this and am having the same problems. On Jun 9, 2010, at 1:34 PM, William Mutch wrote: Hi, Yesterday I downloaded the latest build of Safari version 5 from software update. I had all of the problems previously mentioned on this list including the audible.com website. I then

Re: safari 5 again

2010-06-10 Thread Barry Hadder
. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 9, 2010, at 3:21 PM, Barry Hadder bhad...@gmail.com wrote: I've tried this and am having the same problems. On Jun 9, 2010, at 1:34 PM, William Mutch wrote: Hi, Yesterday I downloaded the latest build of Safari version 5 from software update. I had all

Re: Another Bad Page with Safari5

2010-06-11 Thread Barry Hadder
on facebook with no problem, and even visited the Apple page where the keynote was and watched it with Quicktime. Running an MBP '09 model, 2gb ram, and os x 10.6.3. YMMV. On Jun 8, 2010, at 10:46 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/ I've written accessibility

Re: Possible workaround to Safari5 Problems

2010-06-11 Thread Barry Hadder
Hi, It doesn't solve the problem. It fixes it so that refreshing the page works 80% of the time. There is something else that I've been doing and it has worked every time for me. When you go to audible.com, shut down vo, refresh the page, and wait for several seconds. Then restart vo and

Re: Possible workaround to Safari5 Problems

2010-06-11 Thread Barry Hadder
no other modifications except resetting Safari, so I'm not sure how much of a factor that is. Teresa On Jun 11, 2010, at 10:12 AM, Barry Hadder wrote: Hi, It doesn't solve the problem. It fixes it so that refreshing the page works 80% of the time. There is something else that I've

Re: Open Office 3.2.1 released

2010-06-11 Thread Barry Hadder
I wouldn't hole my breath on that. From what I understand from their bug tracker, the developers have no idea how to fix that at this time. I can't remember actually what the case number was, but if I find it, I'll post it for anyone interested in keeping up with this. Personally, I think

Safari5 and bard web sight

2010-06-14 Thread Barry Hadder
Hello everyone, I've just noticed that when searching for a book at nlsbard.loc.gov, vo can't seem to correctly interpret the reading order in the descriptions. Words are chopped up. I would like to know if anybody else who downloads nls books can notice this. Just search for an author or

Re: Safari5 and bard web sight

2010-06-14 Thread Barry Hadder
. Buggy search engine. On Jun 14, 2010, at 10:18 PM, May McDonald wrote: I'm not having a problem with the site. I've used it several times since I've updated to 5 with no problems. On 2010-06-14, at 8:12 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: Hello everyone, I've just noticed that when searching

Re: safari 5 bug not fixed with new os release

2010-06-15 Thread Barry Hadder
Mary, Everybody just started buzzing about this a few days ago, so I wouldn't be too concerned at this point that it hasn't been fixed. I will be more concerned after several months have gone by. Mean while, after vo restarts, shut it down, reload the page, and wait a few seconds before

Re: safari 5 bug not fixed with new os release

2010-06-15 Thread Barry Hadder
distinguishes between a leader and a follower Steve Jobs On Jun 15, 2010, at 4:48 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: Mary, Everybody just started buzzing about this a few days ago, so I wouldn't be too concerned at this point that it hasn't been fixed. I will be more concerned after several months

Re: safari 5 bug not fixed with new os release

2010-06-15 Thread Barry Hadder
Hi Mary, I'm afraid that I don't know anything about IChat. On Jun 15, 2010, at 7:02 PM, Mary Otten wrote: Hy Barry, How about Ichat? I tried shutting down and restarting there and its messy, sometimes sort of works, often not. has anybody found a stable work around with Ichat? Mary

Re: safari 5, another interesting bug.

2010-06-16 Thread Barry Hadder
Hi Donal, What's the url? I would like to give it a try. Thanks. On Jun 16, 2010, at 7:31 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: Afternoonall, I upgraded to 10.6.4 last night, and it seems that this upgrade includes Safari 5. So the first thing I did was go to my favourite soccer forum, and lo

Re: MobileMe redesigned website

2010-06-18 Thread Barry Hadder
There is at least one thing I've noticed that is more accessible than before. The actions menu can now be accessed with vo. One thing you have to do however, is turn off cursor tracking. When keyboard tracks with vo, nothing seems to work. Another note of interest: Mail rules are now

Re: accessing widgets in dashboard

2010-06-26 Thread Barry Hadder
Hello, Vo-f2 twice will access the widgets, and vo-cmd-f2 will close a widget. Hope that helps. On Jun 26, 2010, at 9:10 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, I can't do this either. It looks like you should be pressing Ctrl-Shift F2, but that doesn't seem to do anything. I'd add my

Re: Pages09

2010-06-28 Thread Barry Hadder
I want to also point out that vo can read floating tables and most other objects with little or no difficulty. When they are floating, they are found in the lay-out area. Also, you can convert an in-line table to text and back again. A text table has tabs as column seporators and new-line

Re: Sidebar and other Scroll Area Issues in Lion

2011-08-12 Thread Barry Hadder
That is correct. It appears that keyboard navigation in the side bar is gone in lion. As with other areas in lion, it seems that the kb focus doesn't track with vo. Itunes 10.4 is something of a reck in my opinion. I don't strictly mean how it works with VO either Although, it is probably

Re: Preview issues

2011-08-12 Thread Barry Hadder
Go to www.apple.com/feedback/, choose OS10, and fill out the form. I suggest that this might be better than writhing to accessibility.com. On Aug 12, 2011, at 2:02 PM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: Hi Dan, I have 1 annoying thing that is now happening in preview though, it's seems to cut off

Re: Sidebar and other Scroll Area Issues in Lion

2011-08-12 Thread Barry Hadder
had to VO-down/up arrow to navigate through the sidebar. This has been the case for as long as I can recall. On Aug 12, 2011, at 2:31 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: That is correct. It appears that keyboard navigation in the side bar is gone in lion. As with other areas in lion, it seems

Re: Sidebar and other Scroll Area Issues in Lion

2011-08-12 Thread Barry Hadder
and check that out because that has not been possible for me. So, are you using just the standard arrow keys? You are not using quick nav etc.? I am quite interested in how you were accomplishing this. On Aug 12, 2011, at 5:45 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: Scott, I have always been able

Safari5 and bookmarks

2011-09-02 Thread Barry Hadder
not on to in regards to this. Thanks. Barry Hadder bhad...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries

Re: Java Script message boxes cause VoiceOver to say busy

2011-09-11 Thread Barry Hadder
Same problem here. I've emailed Apple about it, but the more the merrier. On Sep 11, 2011, at 11:53 AM, Ryan Mann wrote: Hello. I've noticed that since I upgraded to Lion, VoiceOver doesn't seem to like message boxes that are on some web sites. Java Script is used to create these message

Re: Fusion 4 and Window-Eyes

2011-09-15 Thread Barry Hadder
Hi, I had the same thing happen when it updated the vm. All I can say is that after awhile, I shut it down from the vm menu and then restarted it. Every thing seems to work after that. Hope that helps. On Sep 15, 2011, at 1:07 PM, Robert Carter wrote: Hi All, After upgrading from VMWare

Re: Pages09

2010-06-29 Thread Barry Hadder
. I'm familiar with how to do this in Microsoft word. Can you provide some step by step procedures? Thanks so much. On Jun 28, 12:16 pm, Barry Hadder bhad...@gmail.com wrote: I want to also point out that vo can read floating tables and most other objects with little or no difficulty. When

Re: Pages09

2010-07-01 Thread Barry Hadder
, Thank you so much for this explanation. You're brilliant! How do you do it. I've spent hours on Pages and didn't come up with that. Cheers, Anne On Jun 29, 2010, at 6:59 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: Just select the text to convert and choose format table convert text to table

Re: Solona commandline tool for the Mac

2010-07-08 Thread Barry Hadder
Donna, You only have to use quotes if the file or directory name contains spaces. You can also escape the spaces with \. Also, everything is case sensitive. So, cd Documents/solona should get you there assuming you are in your home directory. You can also tab to auto complete file names.

Re: Safari troubles, when navigating to a previous page

2010-07-14 Thread Barry Hadder
Hello, I find it helpful to open a link in a new tab with command-enter. When I close the tab with command-w, I am always back where I was on the prior page. On Jul 14, 2010, at 11:18 AM, Alfredo wrote: I have a question on safari. Again, I know VO is not jaws, but I can’t help but make

Re: show hidden files?

2010-07-22 Thread Barry Hadder
Open terminal and type: defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES To turn it off, just substitute YES with NO. On Jul 22, 2010, at 3:13 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: Hi guys,, How do I show hidden files in finder? Thanks, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Website:

Re: suitable speakers?

2010-07-29 Thread Barry Hadder
I highly recommend the Cambridge Soundworks model twelve: http://store.cambridgesoundworks.com/Model-Twelve-Transportable-System/M/B0002DURV2.htm. I'm using it with my Macbook. Very portable and sounds incredible. A little pricy, but well worth it. On Jul 29, 2010, at 11:55 AM, Dónal

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