I agree completely with the mail sluggishness issues, particular if a message is very long or a conversation thread has more than a few messages in it. However, I don't see the downloads thing as an accessibility issue at all. The button is perfectly accessible, there's no trouble finding it, and once opened, the download window looks just like it did before. It's just different from the previous version, but IMO, no less accessible. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
On Jul 21, 2011, at 5:01 PM, Zachary Kline wrote: > Dear MacVisionaries, > I've just sent the following letter to Apple Accessibility. I hope it > provides a decent summation of some of the issues we've been experiencing > with the new OS, and that it will give them a better idea of what sorts of > things should be looked into when they upgrade the product. > I'll be sure to forward any response I receive. > Best, > Zack. > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Zachary Kline <kli...@onid.orst.edu> >> Subject: OS X Lion and VoiceOver issues >> Date: July 21, 2011 1:58:13 PM PDT >> To: Apple Accessibility <accessibil...@apple.com> >> >> Dear Apple Accessibility, >> I have recently upgraded my mid 2010 macbook pro to Lion, and have for the >> most part been quite pleased with its performance. However, there are a few >> troubling developments which degrade the overall quality of the experience. >> THe Launchpad and Mission Control features seem mostly accessible, but there >> are some omissions which render them less useful than they could be. There >> seems no way to move applications into folders, or indeed at all, using >> VoiceOver. Drag and drop does not do the expected thing. Mission Control >> is somewhat better, but Spaces seem impractical because there is neither any >> way to delete them nor to move between apps in a single space. >> Safari and Mail also present accessibility problems. Safari's new downloads >> popup is not ideal accessibility-wise, and while it works after a fashion >> the old downloads window was preferable. Similarly, Mail seems sluggish, >> often reporting that it is busy, especially in the new layout. Drag and >> drop is inconsistent here as well: the Favorites bar can be added to with >> the new shortcuts, but Voiceover refuses to drag items which have a press >> action, thus requiring the old mouse toggling shortcut to remove them. >> These are a representative sampling of the various issues I've encountered >> in using Lion with VoiceOver. I hope that at least some of these may be >> fixed in the near future, as this would greatly improve the usability of the >> system. >> Yours sincerely, >> Zack Kline. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
