Re: does Firefox work for us

2014-11-09 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Yes, I’ve noticed Google Chrome is unusable on some pages. Sad! On 9 Nov 2014, at 03:43, Michael Marshall mightymaggie...@gmail.com wrote: i spoke to a developer in the accessibility Department of Firefox and basically he told me that Windows development has priority at Firefox in terms

Re: Big news for all Microsoft Office and or iOS fans!

2014-11-09 Thread BobH.
a custom gesture: a two-finger double-tap to open an edit menu for a cell. Surprised that doesn't start music or answer a call, close a call, prevent some of those, or open cells when trying to do any of those other things. That's hardly a custom gesture since it's fundamental to the rest of

Re: Abridged summary of macvisionaries@googlegroups.com - 27 updates in 11 topics

2014-11-09 Thread Adrienne Chalmers
Take picture of dog for avatar Sent from my iPhone On 8 Nov 2014, at 21:20, macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Google Groups Today's topic summary View all topics latest osx upgrade - 1 Update Airdrop again. - 8 Updates does Firefox work

Re: latest osx upgrade

2014-11-09 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Unfortunately, OS X 10.10.1 is currently a beta so due to the NDA, we testers can't share any improvements that it might have. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook On Nov 9, 2014, at 1:40 AM, Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com wrote: Hi. Does osx 10.10.1 fix any VOICEOVER issues? Sent from my

Re: Decibel from sbooth.org

2014-11-09 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Yes, I've seen this one. Is anyone finding any issue with it? Also MPlayerX. I've been looking for the iTunes alternative for filesystem-based playback for a while now … -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from

opening not authorized programs

2014-11-09 Thread William Windels
Hello, I was trying to open a program that I have downloaded from the internet but I couldn’t do that because my security settings where set to allow only programs to install from the app store and known developers. Perhaps , this is a good/save option but sometimes , I would like to install

Re: opening not authorized programs

2014-11-09 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Hi, yes you can do this just fine using VoiceOver. Simply press VO+Shift+M to open the shortcut menu and choose Open. Of course, do be sure the app you want to run is actually legitimate and obtained from a reputable source, else all the effort OS X has put into helping you will have been for

Re: opening not authorized programs

2014-11-09 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi William, Yes you can. Once you receive the warning message, press okay on it and then in application folder, find your newly downloaded app, activate contextual menu with vo+shift+m and choose open. You will get a different warning now with the “open” and “cancel” button. Choose open.

Voiceover doesn't read attachment name after it's been attached in the body of the message

2014-11-09 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi, Under Mavericks, once I’ve pasted an attachment into the body of a new message, Voiceover would read the name of this attachment. Under Yosemite, all I can hear is attachment image. Can anyone reproduce this changed behaviour of Voiceover under Yosemite? Andrew -- You received this

Re: Voiceover doesn't read attachment name after it's been attached in the body of the message

2014-11-09 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Andrew, Yes, I’m seeing the same thing. I check I’ve got the right attachment by getting a contextual menu and doing quick look. Cheers, Anne On 9 Nov 2014, at 14:52, Andrew Lamanche ioani...@me.com wrote: Hi, Under Mavericks, once I’ve pasted an attachment into the body of a

Re: Voiceover doesn't read attachment name after it's been attached in the body of the message

2014-11-09 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Dear Anne, Thank you for taking the time to confirm this. I shall report the changed behaviour of Viceover to accessibility at Apple. Best wishes Andrew On 9 Nov 2014, at 16:27, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Andrew, Yes, I’m seeing the same thing. I check I’ve got

Mac OS 10 and viruses

2014-11-09 Thread Joe Quinn
If you have multiple user accounts on one Mac machine and you get a virus on one of them, does it affect all the user accounts on that machine, or just yours? Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this

Safari Podcast 6

2014-11-09 Thread David Griffith
Someone has emailed me to report that Sendspace has weirdly renamed my Safari Podcast Part 6 on searching so that the file extension is mp36 rather than mp3. I have deleted this version and re-uploaded the original file which has the correct mp3 extension. Of course if you have downloaded a

Re: Airdrop again.

2014-11-09 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Ok. i try until it works. I saw that there was a continuity activation tool out there. I downloaded it and tried it but no luck so far. Something is weird here. Ok, its not the biggest issue but i just want to send a zipped daisybook to my ipad and open it with voice dream. Ofcourse i can do

Re: does Firefox work for us

2014-11-09 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I use google chrome which works quite well with voiceover. Firefox is very or was very sluggish with voiceover so i wouldn’t recomend it. /A 8 nov 2014 kl. 14:41 skrev Scott Berry sb356...@gmail.com: Hi there, I was wondering does Firefox work for us? If not what other browsers

Re: how to add a 100 MB partition to my other partition

2014-11-09 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Is this 100MB partition on the same drive? Was it created with Bootcamp assistant or just when creating the partition map? Disk partitions on Yosemite are a bit different than on earlier system, so you should probably look up a recent technical document. The boot partition in Yosemite uses the

Can't find the voice dream reader file sharing table in latest itunes on mavericks

2014-11-09 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, I can no longer find the voice dream file sharing documents table with latest itunes on mavericks. My idevice is running 8.1 and I assume the latest voice dream reader as I have autoupdate turned on. I would be grateful for any assistance. Kind Regards, Lee -- You received this

Re: Big news for all Microsoft Office and or iOS fans!

2014-11-09 Thread Grant Hardy
Hi Bob, Well, I suppose I could have clarified my message further. You are obviously correct in that the two-finger double-tap gesture is hardly a new one for VoiceOver users; it is in fact used extensively throughout the system. The reason I referred to Excel as having a custom gesture is

Re: Mac OS 10 and viruses

2014-11-09 Thread Grant Hardy
It obviously depends on the malware or virus in question, but I'd count on the entire system being compromised. Your priority should be to eliminate the virus as quickly as possible, or even reformat your entire drive and start over. Are you noticing any strange symptoms? The website

Re: Mac OS 10 and viruses

2014-11-09 Thread Joe Quinn
I don't have any viruses. Me and my wife were just talking about viruses and I thought that it would be just a user account that would be compromised. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 9, 2014, at 5:22 PM, Grant Hardy grantha...@outlook.com wrote: It obviously depends on the malware or virus in

RE: odd cursor behavior with VO and Mail tables

2014-11-09 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Mark B. Did you ever resolve your mail navigation problem? Mark T. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark Baxter Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 7:47 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: odd cursor behavior with VO

Cursor tracking problems when using my trackpad

2014-11-09 Thread Agent086b
Hello all, in the past week or so I am being driven mad by VO when using my trackpad. When flicking right either in Safari or on my desktop I have the following problem. VO will read something else on the screen before where I am. EG if on the desktop I will hear Macintosh HD as I flick through