Now how do I move to a new tab? I'm still kind of stumpped on that one.

Take care.

S
On Jun 23, 2010, at 10:56 PM, Chris Moore wrote:

> Linda, 
> 
> I totally forgot about Command +  (accent) `  yes this is a very good way to 
> cycle through open windows, quicker then VO+F2, although pressing F2 twice 
> reads out the title of the current window and the title of the other open 
> windows when moving the cursor keys up and down.  That is what I love about 
> the Mac, there are so many ways to do the same task which enables you to find 
> a way that suits you instead of being forced to do it one way only.
> 
> Chris 
> On 24 Jun 2010, at 00:27, Linda Adams wrote:
> 
>> Chris,
>> 
>> Yes, your explanation was very good.  BTW, I've been using
>> command-accent to cycle through windows.  Since I've gotten used to
>> that, I guess I'll stick with it.
>> 
>> Linda
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 6:40 PM
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: New window versus new tab
>> 
>> 
>> Ok I can appreciate why this might be confusing.  For myself when I was
>> sighted a few months ago I always preferred tabs as it visually keeps
>> the desktop tidy and keeps all your safari windows in one place.  Plus
>> if I was on several different websites such as Amazon or Play i could
>> quickly compare prices between the two sites instead of having to keep
>> moving open windows around.
>> 
>> As a blind user now I guess it just comes down to what you are used to
>> and comfortable with  With tabs I can quickly cycle through them with
>> Control + TAB.  But equally so with open windows you can VO+F2 and then
>> select the window from the list.
>> 
>> So there is no right or wrong way, I would just say for a sighted person
>> I think most people would prefer tabs.
>> 
>> Does this answer your question?
>> 
>> Chris 
>> On 23 Jun 2010, at 23:24, Linda Adams wrote:
>> 
>>> Chris and others,
>>> 
>>> I need a simple basic explanation of the difference (in Safari) 
>>> between opening a new window with command N versus opening a new tab 
>>> with command T. Are they used differently in some way?
>>> 
>>> TIA,
>>> Linda
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore
>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 3:17 AM
>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: Have a question on selecting multiple item and navigating
>> 
>>> by form field and text
>>> 
>>> 
>>> In the voice utility VO+F8 you can activate sounds and this will give 
>>> you an indication when a web page has loaded.  This will save you from
>> 
>>> having to use the auto speak tor page summary read out when a web page
>> 
>>> is loaded.
>>> 
>>> Quick Nav is toggled on and off by pressing left and right together.
>>> 
>>> To open a new tab, press command + T
>>> To cycle through the open tabs select  Control + Tab
>>> 
>>> Hope this helps.
>>> 
>>> If you want to send apple any feedback go to www.apple.com/feedback 
>>> and you can also write to accessibil...@apple.com
>>> 
>>> Hope this helps
>>> On 23 Jun 2010, at 07:58, Alfredo wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Thanks for verifying my suspicion that having the page read
>>>> automatically made me not land on an edit field automatically.  This 
>>>> will help me tremendously as I am an avid internet user and do not 
>>>> need to know if a page is loaded or not.  Although, it would be nice 
>>>> to have an audio feedback when the page loads, or the option to set
>> on
>>> 
>>>> instead of having the page be read automatically upon opening. 
>>>> Jumping
>>> 
>>>> by element would be a great feature, a time saver, and I believe it 
>>>> is
>>> 
>>>> needed, I will write about about this.  I did not know that you could
>>>> browse the web with such ease using quick nave, you activate quick 
>>>> nave by pressing the up arrow key in conjunction with the down arrow 
>>>> key right?  Thanks for the command VO + J, to jump to the text edit 
>>>> field, I did not this existed as the starting guide has not told me
>> or
>>> 
>>>> did not tell me, or explained this.  Even greater thanks for the
>>>> suggestion to click command + L, then VO + right arrow, twice, to get
>> 
>>>> to do a Google search.  Do you know if this will open a new tab, or 
>>>> will it just replace the webpage I am on?  Is the control
>>>> + option +T command used in voice over or in jaws?
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> alfredo
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