What I think is something new for Siri

2013-09-21 Thread Eugenia Firth
Regards, Gigi Hi guys I just tested out something because I wanted to know if you could be done. If one has forgotten to set triple click home these days, you can now tell Siri to turn voiceover on. I have been wanting that. Just thought you guys would like to know. Sent from my iPhone --

Re: What I think Apple needs to change: was: Re: best way to navigate Mail when Quick Nav is on?

2013-08-05 Thread Danny Noonan
I'm not arguing with that. It's the way many programs deal with interaction that's the real problem in my opinion. Lots of separate sections with multiple layers and no efficient method to switch between them like you can through containers. I understand the concept and see how it can and often

Re: What I think Apple needs to change: was: Re: best way to navigate Mail when Quick Nav is on?

2013-08-04 Thread Danny Noonan
I'm thinking of Garage band and how often you interact and stop interacting over and over again. There are some key strokes but it's still such a time sink. I don't know how it could be done away with fully but better use of interaction by software would certainly make life easier. Have it be

Re: What I think Apple needs to change: was: Re: best way to navigate Mail when Quick Nav is on?

2013-08-04 Thread Matt Dierckens
But interaction makes so much more sense. Its basically telling VO, this is what I want to focus on, and not like windows where it reads you every single thing and half the time you have to read it anyway, and with VO you can choose to or not. Matt Dierckens matt.dierck...@gmail.com IOS and

Re: What I think Apple needs to change: was: Re: best way to navigate Mail when Quick Nav is on?

2013-08-04 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
HI. yep I agree about interaction. Once I got used to it I kind of really like it. regards Maria and crew from australia email: bubbygirl1...@gmail.com check out www.95-the-mix.com where we play lots of great music On 04/08/2013, at 9:55 PM, Matt Dierckens

Re: What I think Apple needs to change: was: Re: best way to navigate Mail when Quick Nav is on?

2013-08-04 Thread Jürgen Fleger
In my opinion interaction really is very efficiant because it's so logical. But on the other hand it's not obvious to people who are new to this on the Mac when to interact and when not. There are to many different names for things you can interact with: groups, scrol areas, tables sometimes

Re: What I think Apple needs to change: was: Re: best way to navigate Mail when Quick Nav is on?

2013-08-04 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, In garageband I just set up hotspots for the buttons, sliders, etc that I use most often. This cuts down the time I spend navigating within the app a lot. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Aug 4, 2013, at 7:30 AM, Danny Noonan

Re: What I think Apple needs to change: was: Re: best way to navigate Mail when Quick Nav is on?

2013-08-04 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
HI. I think after a while you get used to what you need to interact with and not. It's a bit like some programmes in windows if pressing enter or space bar doesn't work you have to employ a mouse cursor etc. I see interacting as kind of the same thing. Maria and Joe Chapman

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2013-08-02 Thread Nicholas Parsons
I too love interaction. It makes navigating so much more efficient rather than all that tabbing to death in Windows, as others have said.. The other reason I like interaction is so I can read how, say, a label on a particular button or other control is written. I just noticed when using

Re: What I think Apple needs to change: was: Re: best way to navigate Mail when Quick Nav is on?

2013-08-02 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I too like interaction and I think The mac is easier than Windows because as Nic said, the tabbing all the time. In Fact I prefer safari to internet explorer. Kawal. On 2 Aug 2013, at 07:16 AM, Nicholas Parsons mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com wrote: I too love interaction. It makes navigating

Re: What I think Apple needs to change: was: Re: best way to navigate Mail when Quick Nav is on?

2013-08-02 Thread Daniela Rubio
Interaction is the best way we have to pin point to any place of the screen. Exactly, what do you mean in the iTunes U site? Daniela Rubio T iPhone: +34662328507 El 31/07/2013, a las 00:21, Ray Foret jr rfore...@att.net escribió: Good points. I should like, however, to ask something.

Re: What I think Apple needs to change: was: Re: best way to navigate Mail when Quick Nav is on?

2013-07-31 Thread Steve Holmes
I also like interaction actually. It allows one to skip past extra controls like buttons in tool bars or radio groups. The only time I find interaction to be inconvenient is when you have to navigate 3 or more levels down into an object to manipulate it. Calendar on the Mac is a bit that way as

What I think Apple needs to change: was: Re: best way to navigate Mail when Quick Nav is on?

2013-07-30 Thread Ray Foret jr
Ah, I was beginning to think I might just have to do that. To speak frankly, I think it's high time Apple made the Mac OS function more like the Iphone IOS. One of the things I'd like to see Apple do away with is the concept of interaction. Yeah, I know that sounds strange, but, once you've

Re: What I think Apple needs to change: was: Re: best way to navigate Mail when Quick Nav is on?

2013-07-30 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello, I couldn't disagree more. Its not the concept of interacting that's the problem, its in certain applications one has to do it too often to get to basic functions. streamlining these applications would do away with most of the inconveniences interacting might have. Keep in mind, and

Re: What I think Apple needs to change: was: Re: best way to navigate Mail when Quick Nav is on?

2013-07-30 Thread Ray Foret jr
Good points. I should like, however, to ask something. Wouldn't the move to next and previous container areas be useful in the situation with ITunes you sight? Either way, I can see interaction being done away with; and, in my view, this would make a better and more true across the board

Re: What I think Apple needs to change: was: Re: best way to navigate Mail when Quick Nav is on?

2013-07-30 Thread John Panarese
I don't believe that interaction could be removed in OS X. You are comparing two entirely different operating systems and situations. You have to understand what exactly interacting does and how it works. iOS is a different and much more streamlined interface compared to the complexity of

Re: What I think Apple needs to change: was: Re: best way to navigate Mail when Quick Nav is on?

2013-07-30 Thread Mary Otten
I think it is obvious that the interaction deal is one of the most difficult things that somebody who moves from Windows to Mac needs to deal with. What is frustrating is that it is not always clear when one needs to interact. Trial and error and lots of keystrokes and wasted time result. I

Re: What I think Apple needs to change: was: Re: best way to navigate Mail when Quick Nav is on?

2013-07-30 Thread Shane Christenson
Actually, although it takes some getting used to, I rather don't mind the concept of interaction. It's most helpful in tool bars, where you can access all of the buttons and other controls confined within that particular area. I have yet to find a windows-based screen reader that will allow

Re: What I think Apple needs to change: was: Re: best way to navigate Mail when Quick Nav is on?

2013-07-30 Thread Ray Foret jr
Well, John, it's not that I don't understand what interaction does, I was just offering my own ideas based somewhat on a new experience. Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac

Re: What I think Apple needs to change: was: Re: best way to navigate Mail when Quick Nav is on?

2013-07-30 Thread John Panarese
Hi Ray, I know what you mean. I wasn't criticizing you at all. My point is that it's highly unlikely that interacting will be something that will disappear from VoiceOver. I don't know if this will apply to you, but in regard to Mary's post, when working with clients, here are some

Re: What I think Apple needs to change: was: Re: best way to navigate Mail when Quick Nav is on?

2013-07-30 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi John, I think these are great tips. I’ve also come to realize many people I’ve worked with interact too much. For example, some interact with the sources table in iTunes to navigate through their playlists. This isn’t necessary. With quick nav off, just using the up and down arrows will

Re: What I think Apple needs to change: was: Re: best way to navigate Mail when Quick Nav is on?

2013-07-30 Thread Mary Otten
Shane, While this is possibly straying off topic, I wonder if NVDA with its object nav isn't rather similar to the interaction model with VO. Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from

Re: What I think Apple needs to change: was: Re: best way to navigate Mail when Quick Nav is on?

2013-07-30 Thread Michael Marshall
hey, i think the one thing that really needs work is selecting text in safari. in other apps selecting text is simple and pain free but when it comes to safari we hit problems. if you try to get text it will select the wrong words or select to much info. i must say how ever that selecting line

Re: What I think Apple needs to change: was: Re: best way to navigate Mail when Quick Nav is on?

2013-07-30 Thread John Panarese
Hi Ricardo, Yes, very true on all points. Interaction is one of the more difficult concepts for a new Mac user, especially one coming from Windows, but it's also one I have found is often blown out of proportion as far as the challenge it is made. It can be annoying at times, but it's not

Interacting on a Mac [was Re: What I think Apple needs to change: was: Re: best way to navigate Mail when Quick Nav is on?]

2013-07-30 Thread Esther
Hi All, Just a quick addition to the points that John Panarese made about why the process of interacting for VoiceOver on the Mac is likely to stay around for a while longer. Interacting minimizes the load on your system by only loading/tracking those facilities that VoiceOver needs to use

what I think

2010-04-15 Thread Ray Foret jr
While I don't blame people here for criticizing the NFB for its initially bad review of Apple's Voice OVer, (a criticism with which I myself agree), I must say quite frankly that I do not appreciate continued criticism of the NFB after they've made a good effort in the December 2009 Braille,

Re: what I think

2010-04-15 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, I'm not trying to attack the NFB. But to me, I absolutely hate inaccuracy. At least they let the rebuttal be posted. Hopefully, that has changed quite a few things. That does not make me like that organization any better, though at least, they finally, despite it taking half a year, stood

Re: what I think

2010-04-15 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Well, I must have missed this one, admittedly. Quite nice. His attitude is much more positive, and it obviously shows he did some research this time around. Saying that, finding help for the Mac isn't that hard, really. It's all in the Mac help if you enter into the search box. I have

Re: what I think

2010-04-15 Thread Joan Alice Maria Gibson, Esquire
I agree with Ray completely—my sentiments precisely! I wait it out and try to figure out things for myself. Always I appreciate it when someone admits to being wrong or to making a mistake; and, go on from there. Heavens I surely do make a lot of mistakes, admit it, and tell what work-a-rounds or

Re: what I think

2010-04-15 Thread Rich Ring
let this rest, it makes them feel better, so what can you do? - Original Message - From: Ray Foret jr rfore...@comcast.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 9:47 AM Subject: what I think While I don't blame people here for criticizing the NFB for its

Re: what I think

2010-04-15 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
. But, bashers will never let this rest, it makes them feel better, so what can you do? - Original Message - From: Ray Foret jr rfore...@comcast.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 9:47 AM Subject: what I think While I don't blame people here