Re: MS Playing Catch-Up!

2011-10-06 Thread Dane Trethowan
On the second point Microsoft have actually reduced the price of Windows, not by enough I grant you but at least they have, over here you can buy a Windows 7 Home Premium family Pack for $150.00, that gives you a licence for 3 machines. Again, not nearly as flexible as it should be and not

Re: Steve Jobs; Let Us Never Forget!

2011-10-06 Thread Esther
Hi All, Since a friend just forwarded to me an email that his wife sent to their son, telling him to watch the talk he gave at the 2005 Stanford University Commencement on how to live before you die, and referencing the TED web page (where this appears as a flash video), I thought some of you

Re: Printing from my Ipad

2011-10-06 Thread Esther
Hi Dane, I noticed that Print Agent Pro, the app that I used to print from Dropbox for Air Print Compatible printers, is 50% off for October 6 purchases. This is true of all apps by the developer, Dar-Soft. Here's the link • Print Agent Pro for iPad ($2.99 -- usually $5.99) by Dar-Soft

Re: MS Playing Catch-Up!

2011-10-06 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
yes, well let's not take this any further on list as it's off topic now because you're no longer referring to Apple. :) Lynne --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted

Re: MS Playing Catch-Up!

2011-10-06 Thread Dane Trethowan
Well you're the one who brought up the points which I replied to smile. On 06/10/2011, at 8:14 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: yes, well let's not take this any further on list as it's off topic now because you're no longer referring to Apple. :) Lynne --- Mac Access At Mac

Re: thoughts on iPhone 4S

2011-10-06 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi !From what I remember from having an Apple headset with remote, holding down the play/pause button would trigger Voice Control. That functionality isn't going to be stripped out, so when that voice assistant launches, you can use it for the very same. Secondly, iOS 5 probably isn't going

Re: thoughts on iPhone 4S

2011-10-06 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Nick, You getting yours sim-free? Any idea how much? Regarding your other points, I agree 100%. Dónal On 6 Oct 2011, at 10:19, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: Hi !From what I remember from having an Apple headset with remote, holding down the play/pause button would trigger Voice Control. That

Re: thoughts on iPhone 4S

2011-10-06 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
OMG! I'm glad it's morning. Apple is a company that produces products to sell. If you odn'don't want to buy them, don't. Luckilly it's not yet against the law to choos not to upgrade your phone. I love the living in the real world bit. God bless. Jonathan On 06/10/2011, william lomas

Re: Steve Jobs; Let Us Never Forget!

2011-10-06 Thread James AUSTIN
You said it all so eloquently :) On 6 Oct 2011, at 04:32, Lyn Twinny wrote: I was very sad to read the news too. Lynne, you are so right, we would all be stuck in the Microsoft world and paying out the nose had Steve Jobs not done everything he has done. All I can say is a big, big thank

Re: thoughts on iPhone 4S

2011-10-06 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
so about 900€? That's extortionate! On 6 Oct 2011, at 11:02, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: Hi Dónal It's probably going to run me close to $1200 over here, but buyinng from Germany I may be able to cut it down significantly. That's just for the 16GB model. I may very well go with the same

preview Plist file.

2011-10-06 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Does anyone know its location and name under Lion? Cheers. Dónal Fitzpatrick dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access

I think I already have iPhone 4S!

2011-10-06 Thread Jonathan Tyrer
I just held down my home button and said, call John Smith. The iPone replied, John Smith, home or work? JT --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the

Re: I think I already have iPhone 4S!

2011-10-06 Thread Marcy Weinberg
What you have is called voice control, which is on all 3GS and iPhone 4 models. On Oct 6, 2011, at 6:11 AM, Jonathan Tyrer wrote: I just held down my home button and said, call John Smith. The iPone replied, John Smith, home or work? JT --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to

Re: preview Plist file.

2011-10-06 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
I did indeed James but no joy. On 6 Oct 2011, at 11:23, James AUSTIN wrote: Hi Donal and Esther, There are indeed plist files for Preview in the Library folder, but not the one that Donal is looking for. Donal, have you tried a system-wide search for the file? If it does not exist, I

Re: preview Plist file.

2011-10-06 Thread Esther
Hi Dónal, You could try doing the following: quit the Preview app. In Finder, use Command-Shift-G to navigate to the Library/Preferences folder of your home directory. For example, use tilde to indicate your home directory and type: ~/Library/Preferences for the path to this folder. Choose

Re: preview Plist file.

2011-10-06 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
HI Esther, Lovely idea. I did cheat, but the apple accessibility folks haven't responded. :) Dónal On 6 Oct 2011, at 11:43, Esther wrote: Hi Dónal, You could try doing the following: quit the Preview app. In Finder, use Command-Shift-G to navigate to the Library/Preferences folder of

Re: thoughts on iPhone 4S

2011-10-06 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. I also think I will get the IPhone 4 s. It will handle braille much faster like the IPad. Best regards Annie.Den Oct 6, 2011 kl. 12:18 PM skrev Nicolai Svendsen: Hi, Last time I checked, that was about the right price. Extortionate, yes, but blame all our taxes that we have when we

Re: thoughts on iPhone 4S

2011-10-06 Thread Orin
I'm getting the iPhone 4S because one, it's the only one the provider I'm going for is selling, and two, I need an accessible phone. While I'm annoyed that the iPhone doesn't have a slide out keyboard, they would have to make the phone bigger for that and I like it's current size. Orin

Extensive article on Steve Job's Life

2011-10-06 Thread chris hallsworth
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304447804576410753210811910.html?mod=WSJ_Home_largeHeadline --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access

Re: Problem with Finder sort order

2011-10-06 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hi David, Many thanks - that fixed the problem. When I looked at view options for column view the arrange by was set to Name and the sort by to size.did When I set the arrange by to None and the sort by to Name all worked as before. I too am now unclear about the difference between arrange by

Important List Configuration changes Coming Up; Please read@

2011-10-06 Thread Gordon Lynne
The message's content type was not explicitly allowed From: Gordon Lynne supp...@mac-access.net Subject: Important; Major List Re-configuration on the way; please read! Date: 6 October 2011 21:41:38 GMT+01:00 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Hello everybody Gordon has

Re: thoughts on iPhone 4S

2011-10-06 Thread douglas rudolph
hey, really the iphone 4g, and 4s has a worse battery then the 3gs?.. for real?... i can get about 10 hours of moderate usage, if im only texting... if im using 3g or wifi, it will obviously decrease horribley, but still,.. wow This email may contain personal identifyable information. Copy,