Hi!
I had no problem with my hotkeys, but I only use the alt key in my Trek
game and the shortcut of it in the menu. I do not use the window key and
usually try to stay away from it.
But, I did add a feature for just sighted people and they may not run
Windoweyes and wondering if anyone on this list has a computer that does not
have Windoweyes installed, can see a little, and can test my program for an
error that might come up using the F8 and F9 features for display?
My latest release of yesterday allows anyone to use the game. Sighted
people are use to high graphics and I don't use that because it is the original
StarTrek game of the 70's I wrote for all to use and giving choices of voice
engines.
So if anyone could test and let me know if errors arise with no engine
installed let me know the line errors and I can fix it quickly and update the
app.
Sincerely
Bruce
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 8:47 AM
Subject: RE: hotkeys in Windows7
The Windows-number hotkeys are for programs that are "pinned" to your taskbar
(somewhat like the old Quick Launch bar) or that are running. So you are most
likely to have Windows-1 assigned and much less likely to have Windows-9. I
had not heard of that Alt-Windows-number shortcut; the context menus for these
programs can be useful. Note that several more Windows-letter keys are being
assigned in Windows 8, although the whole alphabet is not yet covered. I
wonder if you might be able to use Windows with a function key. The problem
with that is that some devices by default use their function keys to activate
proprietary functions, and you must press the Function key near the lower left
corner to turn them in to F1 through F12. I don't know what to advise you to
do.
Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Project Engineer
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress 202-707-0535
http://www.loc.gov/nls
The preceding opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of the
Library of Congress, NLS.
From: David [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 3:56 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: hotkeys in Windows7
I had an idea of using a couple of hotkeys for one of my app. Under Windows
XP, these worked just fine. But when I loaded the app on my netbook, running
Windows7 Home, I ran into trouble. Every time I pressed the hotkeys of my app,
certain Windows features was carried out instead. I just wonder, if this is
normal behavior on those hotkeys - like if it is standard Windows hotkeys in
Windows7 - or if my netbook has some unusual ideas of its own.
I planned to use the hotkeys of Alt-Windows-1 through three. But for
instance, pressing Alt-Windows-1, I was presented with a dialog, and WE says
Shortcut list. Same goes with Alt-Windows-2.
I Now decided to switch my hotkeys, and tried the Ctrl-Windows-1 tthrough 3.
Ctrl-Windows-1, loaded a dialog saying "libraries". 2, loaded Windows Media
Player; and 3, loaded Firefox.
I ended up having to go for a totally different set of hotkeys.
Since this is my first touch with anything above XP, I might be some kind of
a dummy here. But is it so, that we are quite limitted in choices of hotkeys in
Windows7, due to the OS being set up with a number of new hotkeys? Is my
netbook simply behaving normal, or is this out of standard? Any feedback would
be appreciated, so that I don't run into trouble when the app is released and
installed on other systems. Yes, I know that the user can go to the hotkey
manager, and change the hotkeys to fit his computer. But not everyone knows,
and best thing is to have an app that works "right out of the box".
Thanks, everyone.
