Hey guys, I'm noticing something a little bit peculiar over here. The only
thing that I suspect, is maybe I am not quite understanding the concept of
this, but who knows.
Basicly, here's the thing:
Ya know how if you do a vo+F, how it'll say search Text, then you can type a
search query and hit return? Like, here: let me give ya an example:
If you for instance, go to ACBRadio.org in Safari, then after interacting
with the html content, assuming you're not like me, and have it set to do
that automatically, then you hit vo+F, then try typing in the word "listen"
obviously, without the quote marks. I only put those there to show you what
I was stating to type. LOL! Anyway, so, put that, then hit return. Boom.
You land on the listen link. It's kind a like in JAWS under Windows, doing
a virtual find. Well, where I am however getting a little confused, is I've
noticed this command not to be very reliable. I have seen that about 75 to
80 percent of the time, it won't work. It just throws mee right back on the
item in the web page that I already am in. Now, one thing I will! say to
yall, is, I have voiceover set to not! wrap text. Meaning when I reach the
right most edge of a line, it just makes a bwank, kind a sound, and won't
wrap. I think it's under navigation in the voiceover utility. In any rate,
I say that as I dono if that would be a facter here. I don't think it
would, but I'm trying my hardest to reason logically through this in my
head. Anyway, I see that 3 quarters of the time I do this, it just lands me
back, like I say, on the item that I was already focused on. So, this leads
me to basicly wonder if: Is this command in Voiceover really all that
reliably dependable, and if so, have yall had good success with it? The
other thing that I wonder, is could it be, that the reason it is not working
a lotta the time, is cause the item that I queried and searched for, isn't
visually visible on the screen. In, other, words, could! it be, that,
maybe, it only works if the item you are searching for is currently on the
physical screen. I wonder if it only works with those items. Meaning,
let's say we have a web page, and you gotta scroll down the page, to see
what you searched for. Because you had to scroll, as that item isn't
actually visually on the screen, I wonder if thus, the vo+F isn't seeing it.
Like maybe if I scrolled down the page then! diddit, it maybe then! it would
a worked, as it would have seen the item. This is just my observation of
theory. I never clamed it to be right, however, aside it being logical,
that is the only thing I'm basing this on. So, someone correct me if I'm
wrong. It's honestly slightly annoying. Yeah, I know there is the item
chooser menu, and yes, it does work extraordinarily well, but, I just am so
used to being able to do the old find command, and it work, even if the
item's not on the actual screen, that it's gonna be a little weird me
breaking that habbit.
Anyway, if yall have any ideas, I'd really be interested in hearing what you
gotta say.
Chris.
