After playing with this for a bit, there seem to be some accessibility
problems. Though, that said, this doesn't strike me as a very useful tool
for blind people.
First off, you don't seem to be able to navigate by pressing letters. If I
could find an app or a folder by pressing the first few letters, that might
be useful, but this doesn't work as far as I can tell.
Secondly, you can't command tab or command accent your way away from
launchpad. In fact, I wasn't even able to navigate away using the
application chooser. I could only move away by choosing an app.
Honestly, for a blind person that is comfortable with using the keyboard,
there are faster ways of launching apps. You could get to finder with the
application chooser, hit command shift A to bring up the applications menu,
and type the first few letters to find the app. Or you could use the doc
with VO D and then use keyboard navigation to find the app. Or, what I do,
use keyboard maestro to set a macro that launches the applications folder
and frequently used apps.
Launchpad seems to me to be one of several Lion features, including
full-screen apps, mission control, and new gestures, that do little if
anything at all for blind people.
Still, I think there's enough accessibility enhancements and other features
that justify the low price tag.
Cheers,
Marc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Austin Seraphin" <aus...@behindthecurtain.us>
To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 11:50 PM
Subject: Launchpad
Ok so has anyone figured this out? I really hoped for an iOS-style home
screen, and it definitely seems similar. But how does one move apps around
with VoiceOver? I tried dragging and dropping, including with the cool new
commands VO-comma to mark and VO-period to drop. Nothing worked. I really
really hoped that a double-tap and hold would work, like in iOS, but no such
luck. Any clues?
- Austin
ROAR!
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