I don't think you have to worry about radical changes. On Mar 1, 2012, at 2:19 PM, Jacob Schmude wrote:
> Hi > The trouble with what the old screen readers do in Windows when implemented > on Mac is that there are quite a few apps that don't understand the standard > methods of keyboard navigation. Many apps don't let you tab to all controls, > or arrow through lists. So, even if interaction were to be axed, we would > still need some way to handle these. In Windows, you have the mouse pointer > movement commands of your screen reader of choice, but that's not quite as > efficient when you have a large amount of data that must be scrolled > repeatedly to find what you want. I'm sure it could be streamlined, but I > doubt the concept will ever be completely removed at least, not as long as OS > X remains primarily a keyboard and mouse driven system. > > On Mar 1, 2012, at 10:19 AM, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: > >> if the concept of the standard method of keyboard interaction were to "Fade >> away" then how would desktop and notebook users interact with voiceover? >> maybe if there was a more simplified rework of voiceover so that rather than >> long winded interaction proceedures to pages, objects and windows, we could >> have a more intuitive, single layer process. something like the old screen >> readers used to do. >> >> lew >> >> On 1 Mar 2012, at 18:16, Teresa Cochran wrote: >> >>> I think interaction makes a lot of sense when using a keyboard, but it >>> isn't quite so essential with a trackpad. I don't really see the concept >>> going away, because so much more information is displayed with a desktop >>> than with a mobile device. >>> >>> Teresa >>> >>> "Nobody ever tells me anything!"--James Forsyte, quoted in the Forsyte Saga >>> >>> On Mar 1, 2012, at 8:51 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: >>> >>>> Hi there, >>>> >>>> Considering that OS 10.8 is supposedly going to be much like IOS in many >>>> respects, it occurred to me that perhaps we might see in 10.8 the >>>> vanishing of the concept of interaction. For those of us with Iphones, >>>> that might not be such a big deal; but, I just can't help wondering. How >>>> would y'all feel if the very concept of interaction, (something which we >>>> just do without thinking in Mac OS), were to go away? Bear in mind that I >>>> have no indications that interaction will be going away in 10.8; still, I >>>> thought it might be fun to see how the group feels about that. >>>> >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! >>>> >>>> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! >>>> >>>> Skype name: >>>> barefootedray >>>> >>>> Facebook: >>>> facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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.
