It does not work if trackpad commander is turned on. You would have to set up a gesture to do it.
In the Journey, Ron On Jul 22, 2011, at 7:52 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Ron, are there any caveats to this? I hate to sound like a broken record, > but that's not working over here, either. > Best, > Donna > > On Jul 21, 2011, at 2:17 PM, Ronald McEwan wrote: > >> Pinch three fingers and thumb to bring up LaunchPad. >> >> >> >> In the Journey, >> >> Ron >> >> On Jul 21, 2011, at 12:01 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: >> >>> I was under the impression that there was a mouse jesture while track pad >>> commander was disabled that a blind, or sighted person could do to slide >>> launchpad into view, but I can't for the life a me remember what it is. >>> does anyone remember? >>> >>> Chris. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Austin Seraphin >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 1:48 PM >>> Subject: Re: Launchpad >>> >>> I don't know about worthless. I actually think it might have some cool >>> potential. It does have a few differences than a standard grid view. >>> Firstly, in theory, you can drag and drop applications like in iOS. This >>> includes dropping one application on top of another to form a folder. Many >>> blind people already know about this from having an iDevice. I'd kind of >>> like a nice home screen or three with some cool folders. The launchpad also >>> has another interesting feature: in addition to looking in /Applications >>> (off the root), it also looks in ~/Applications (off the home directory). I >>> could imagine some interesting uses for that. But as you've pointed out >>> elsewhere, we have several quite handy ways to launch applications. >>> >>> - Austin >>> >>> On Jul 21, 2011, at 10:53 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >>> >>>> Yup, >>>> >>>> It works its just worthless. lol. Its just basically viewing apps in a >>>> grid view. >>>> >>>> Ricardo Walker >>>> rwalker...@gmail.com >>>> Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 >>>> www.mobileaccess.org >>>> >>>> On Jul 21, 2011, at 9:57 AM, Mary Otten wrote: >>>> >>>>> Daniel, >>>>> There was a post on this list from someone who said that launchpad >>>>> doesn't seem to be a very useful tool for blind folks, and then he >>>>> detailed some of his reasons. >>>>> Mary Otten >>>>> motte...@gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. > > > -- > 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.
