Hi
Moving to the top panel requires pressing Control-Alt-Shift-Tab. First, press
Control -Alt-Tab to get to the bottom panel though.
I think you maybe can press Alt-F1, Escape, and then Control -Alt-Shift-Tab.
I've been away from it for a few weeks so please forgive me if this last thing
doesn't work.
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From: Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona<mailto:hank.smith...@gmail.com>
Sent: 4/8/2015 5:26 PM
To: Dave Hunt<mailto:ka1...@gmail.com>;
ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com<mailto:ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com>
Cc: supp...@sonargnulinux.com<mailto:supp...@sonargnulinux.com>
Subject: Re: [Support] Ubuntu-Mate Accessibility Review (1st draft)
I think I will stay away from mate
sounds like it needs some serious work
On 4/8/2015 3:20 PM, Dave Hunt wrote:
> This is a brief account of my experience with Ubuntu-Mate 15.04 Beta
> 2. If I were unfamiliar with Mate, and its accessibility quirks, I'd
> have had a lot of trouble; things are not really intuitive. Review
> below...
>
>
> HTH,
>
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> When the live system booted, I got the sound of bongos. At this point,
> I used 'ctrl+s' to toggle speech on. The introductory dialogue, with
> "install Ubuntu" and "Try Ubuntu" options is fully accessible; I
> tabbed to "try", and hit the space key. My system went into a
> desktop; I only knew it was ready by the long absence of drive
> activity; an introductory sound would be helpful, here. When I figured
> that enough time had passed, I used 'alt+super+s' keys to toggle the
> speech on; this is a nice feature, and familiar to those using GNOME
> 3. Orca came on, as expected, but nothing was focused. I just
> happened to try 'ctrl+alt+d' and found that the desktop gets focus.
> From here, I could set my screen reader preferences in the expected
> way. Once I had Orca set up, I started exploring the menu system, by
> entering with 'alt+f1' keys. I found the expected three-column menu
> set on the top panel. I exited the menus and tried getting to the top
> panel, with 'alt+ctrl+tab' and 'alt+ctrl+esc' keys, but could only get
> to the bottom panel. Even with focus on the bottom, I found no way to
> reach the top, where my wifi options are likely shown. I went back
> into the menus, and found Preferences. In the 'look and feel' section,
> I found a new item called Mate Tweak, which I started, with hopes of
> messing with the interface. I found panels options, including Ubuntu
> Mate, Ubuntu Mate with Mate Menu, and an interesting one-- Redmond.
> Once I chose this option and left the tweak tool, I found I had a
> single-panel layout, with a single column of menus, similar to the
> layout you'd find on Trisquel 7. I had to use 'ctrl+alt+escape' to get
> to the panels, though, even after binding 'ctrl+alt+tab' for switching
> between desktop and panels. Anyway, once I got to the new bottom
> panel, I could connect to my wifi as expected. Having unlocked this
> monumental achievement, I launched a web browser, just to check
> connectivity. Since all seemed well, I closed the browser, and hit the
> 'install' button on the desktop.
>
> The installer is a typical session of Ubiquity, about which many of us
> have written before; it hasn't changed much, in terms of
> accessibility, since 14.04; I will mention, however, I had to toggle
> Orca a few times, when switching from one page to the next.
>
> When I started my new system, I found that the login greeter did not
> come up talking, as it would in Trisquel. The 'f4' keystroke got Orca
> talking on the dialogue, but attempts to explore it caused the greeter
> to crash, thereby preventing logins. I gave the 'reboot' command from
> another console, and waited. This time, the greeter came up talking,
> and I just entered my password. A talking Mate session, set up almost
> according to a previously-made configuration, came up. In the new
> session, "alt+ctrl+tab' does not work as it should, though it is shown
> as bound in the Keyboard Shortcuts dialogue. I set the Redmond panel
> layout, as mentioned above, and did a few post-install things. The
> system is now running.
>
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