Hi Chris, Very odd. cmd-option-q works consistently for me in Safari. As a test, I did a GOogle search and then used the combination. My homepage came back when I reopened the program, not the search results. Best, Zack. On Jul 24, 2011, at 1:03 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
> Totally agree about the item chooser. > > It's almost a dealbreaker for me to go back to SL. I'm being patient, though > I don't know why. > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Roy" <droy1...@gmail.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 10:17 PM > Subject: Re: Totally bizarre finding with Safari 5.1 in Lion > > > THERE WAS AN ANSWER POSTED EARLIER, YOU HAVE 2 CHOICES. > > 1. WHEN QUITTING THE APPLICATION HIT OPTION ALONG WITH COMMAND-Q AND IT WILL > GO BACK TO THE DEFAULT STATE. > > 2. UNDER THE GENERAL TAB OF SYSTEM PREFERENCES, THERE IS A CHECKBOX TO > TOGGLE THE BEHAVIOR OF PREVIOUS WINDOWS OPENING WHEN YOU RESTART AN APP. > > MY BIGGEST ISSUE NOW IS WITH THE ITEM CHOOSER WHICH I HAVE GROWN TO LOVE AND > IS COMPLETELY UNRELIABLE UNDER LION. > > > On Jul 23, 2011, at 12:48 PM, Shen wrote: > >> Hello, >> Yes, you and I are having the same issue. Whenever I open Safari, I prefer >> to have only my hope page open. But for some reason, it is now opening all >> the pages I had open the last time I quite Safari. As far as I can find, >> there is no setting to change that. The other little quirk I have is >> whenever a page is done loading, VoiceOver doesn't always put me in the html >> content and start interacting with it. I have to press VO-Shift-Down Arrow >> to start interacting with it. The second issue is not that bad, but just a >> little annoying. >> I sure would like to know if I can get Safari to open only my home page and >> not all the tabs and windows I had open the last time before quitting Safari. >> >> On Jul 23, 2011, at 3:52 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: >> >>> I wholeheartedly agree with Chris here. Calm down, folks. If there's an >>> issue, first check if there's a solution or workaround for the thing, if >>> not, ask a question here, after the frustration has settled, and if that >>> doesn't help, write a polite letter to Apples Accessibility team. I've got >>> a couple issues i'm investigating now, one of them are on-topic here, and >>> it's about how i go about having Safari not to open all the pages i had up >>> last every time i open a new page. It makes sense when first starting >>> Safari directly, but if there's a page i want to read, i don't want to have >>> to close all the other pages that pop up and taking focus away from the >>> page i want to read. Surely there must be a setting somewhere, only i can't >>> find it. >>> /Krister >>> >>> 23 jul 2011 kl. 03:39 skrev Chris Westbrook: >>> >>>> And in case anyone actually cares, this has nothing to do with vo or lion. >>>> The reason Jaws won't download on safari is that by default, freedom >>>> scientific offers direct ftp links to their downloads and safari >>>> apparently can't handle direct ftp links. If you REALLY want to download >>>> Jaws from a mac, FS offers a page for http downloads. Frankly, the whole >>>> item chooser thing really doesn't bother me much as the web roder has >>>> always worked for me and that is for the web. I am glad I upgraded, and >>>> I'm even getting used to the new mail. I think we all just need to calm >>>> down a bit. As far as apple not caring, just because they don't talk to >>>> us doesn't mean they don't care. They don't talk to anyone, it's as >>>> simple as that. Missy, I really hope you get your power situation >>>> straightened out, but I don't think that is a lion issue either. Calm >>>> down everyone. :) >>>> Chris Westbrook >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jul 22, 2011, at 9:29 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi guys. >>>>> Just to add a little to what Carolyn said, it's been two days since Lion >>>>> came out so don't expect these problems to just magically go away. >>>>> If they are making some of you guys that angry, switch back to SL. It can >>>>> be done easily enough if you have a recent backup. >>>>> Email off list please if you need help doing this seeing as this is >>>>> starting to become not VO related anymore. >>>>> Thanks and for those that need too, chill! >>>>> >>>>> On 2011-07-22, at 9:16 PM, carolyn Haas wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Chris: >>>>>> Do yourself and all of us a favor: >>>>>> Step away from the computer and chill for a while before writing a >>>>>> pointless rave like this. No one really needs to hear it. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jul 22, 2011, at 6:37 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Not exactly that anyone would really want! to download this, but, why >>>>>>> in the heck is it, that if I go to either >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.freedomscientific.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Or: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.hj.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Take your pick, for one, I am finding the item chooser stuff happening >>>>>>> here as well, if you do vo+I then type d o w... stick with me, it gets >>>>>>> even weirder than item choser stuff... I'm just setting some ground... >>>>>>> anyway, if you hit vo+i, then do d o w, you won't get the downloads >>>>>>> link, yet if you use vo+U and go to links in the roter, then! do it, it >>>>>>> works, then go to jaws for windows screen reading software, then try to >>>>>>> find the jaws 12 download link, if you hit vo+space on that link, >>>>>>> Safari says the page cannot be found. Now, here's the weird part. If >>>>>>> I try this from my xp pro sp3 machine with either I E, or Firefox, then >>>>>>> hit enter on the link, same network l A n, same public I P address, >>>>>>> same internet connection, etc. same d h c p, same d n s, same router, >>>>>>> nothing changes but the platform, the download works like a charm! Let >>>>>>> me say this, no jokes. I've had a really rough day, and quite frankly >>>>>>> am not in the mood for the smart mouth comments, like, well yeah, Jobs >>>>>>> hates FS so he blocked you from the site, or why would you compare jaws >>>>>>> to VO, or want to download the fish... you may have a point, but no you >>>>>>> really don't, OK. This isn't about one screen reader being better than >>>>>>> another. this is about the item chooser, and the router, and the >>>>>>> downloading in Safari consistently across many pages be very >>>>>>> inconsistently odd in behavior. Take it as such. If you can't offer >>>>>>> anything resourcesful and just wanna throw lookie jokes around, look, >>>>>>> I'm not tonight as I would normally be, in the mood for it. OK? >>>>>>> Please, if you all test and find the same thing, let me know. I'd be >>>>>>> interested if anyone knows why the things in Safari have to be so d*** >>>>>>> annoying. I'm frustrated yes, the mods could say that and that I need >>>>>>> to chill, and I'm willing to, but people, come on! I mean, really, one >>>>>>> could argue, I'm not the one who decided to jup into Lion right away. >>>>>>> You're right. Perhaps I jumped the gun too soon. But, that really >>>>>>> isn't your right to say. The thing is, I'm getting more stressed with >>>>>>> the Lion update by the minute. What ticks me off more though is Apple >>>>>>> doesn't seem to give a rat's butt one way or another, ar at least it >>>>>>> doesn't appear that way, but I'll explain more about that in another >>>>>>> more rellavant post. It's making my experience though not very >>>>>>> enjoyable, I tell ya that! though. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Chris. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> 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. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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