Hi, I thought I figured out a way to pick a particular artist from the playlist browser, but when I went back and tried again, it didn't work. The method I tried involved stopping interacting with the column browser, typing a few letters, arrowing around a bit, and starting to interact again. iTunes 9 seems really shaky; sometimes something works, and sometimes it doesn't.
Thanks to Google, I did figure out how to get albums to show as well as artists in the new Column browser, the iTunes 9 successor to the playlist browser. Once you turn on the browser with Command-B, go to the View menu. There's a Column Browser submenu where you can check or uncheck columns such as artist, album, and genre. You can also change the location of the browser; it can be on the top or on the left of the screen. Changing this setting appears to have no effect on accessibility. Another area for serious concern is that there appears to be no way to move between different sections of the iTunes window. Ironically, navigation is better in Windows in this area; in Windows F6 takes you between the Source list, the search box, and the track list. With itunes 8, Tab served some of this function; at least it usually took me to the Source list and search box. Tab sometimes does something with iTunes 9, but often it has no effect at all. It's tedious and time-consuming to have to VO-arrow through every control to get to what you want. Finally, while access to the store is certainly better on the Mac than in Windows, it leaves a lot to be desired. Has anyone figured out a way to get around in a long list of songs and preview the ones they want? I searched for the Essential Michael Jackson and got a table which, if I VO-Right Arrow through it, shows one song after another, with preview images, song titles, and buy buttons. However, if I try to interact with the table so I can move up and down a column to see quickly what the tracks are, it doesn't work. The table is reported as containing only three rows, which is obviously ridiculous, and all I see is the preview for the first track and the buy button for the last. I've tried the regular VO interact command and also VO-Equals, but neither works. Furthermore, pressing Enter on a Preview image results in unpredictable behavior. sometimes I am asked if I want to buy a track, and sometimes a different page entirely loads. I plan to write all this to accessibil...@apple.com, but I'd like confirmation of the problems first. It's ironic that Apple improved the accessibility of the Mac and iPhone but decreased it significantly in iTunes. I think the more constructive comments they hear from the more people, the better. Best, Anna --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
