OK, cause I was always under the impression this only worked if it was visually on the screen. Maybe that was only in Tiger. I'll admit I've not used vo+F sense either Tiger or Leopard. I think Leopard actually. I don't think Tiger had it.
Anyway, you learn something every day, huh. Chris. On Jul 24, 2011, at 4:37 PM, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hi Chris and All, > Maybe I'm missing something, but I always used vo-f in Safari, whether in > Snow ELeopard or Lion. It always worked for me as far as I could tell, and I > have no idea whether things were visually on screen or not, though it didn't > seem so. So I'm surprised this is new? > Best, > Zack. > On Jul 24, 2011, at 1:33 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > >> Hey guys. >> >> You're not gonna believe what Mom and I just discovered! This is totally >> cool! Remember how vo+F for find used to only search what was visually on >> the screen, well, I just had her scroll me where my findquery was searching >> for something not visually on the screen. It? Did it! It found it almost >> instantly! So, this leads me to think that maybe Apple now wants us using >> vo+F in Safari. I don't know if that would work everywhere globally, but it >> sure as hell does in Safari. Even the things like the gmail sign out link, >> or the hazel nuts etc. all those that you all've reported don't work in the >> item chooser list, I too confirm they don't with vo+I, but visually on >> screen or not, they work perfectly here with vo+F. Wait ago! Apple! I >> can't believe that none of us thought of trying this sooner. I guess I just >> assumed that vo+F still worked as always and thus didn't bother trying. God >> do I feel stupid. Frankly all of us should. LOL! >> >> Now, if they could fix the ITunes sluggishness, and then the ITunes not >> speaking while scrolling, then finally can fix the Safari issue where it >> notifies you when a download begins without having to look at your toobar >> then we'd have it made. >> >> 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.
