Mission Control gives a sort of bird's-eye view of the screen. It's quite visual. I figure that the dock and desktop are easy for me to get to, so I don't bother with it.
Teresa On Aug 8, 2012, at 6:13 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > If everyone hates Mission Control so much, does anyone know why it exists? I > mean, what good is it, and why might I want to use it, perhaps with a less > common keystroke? > On Aug 8, 2012, at 6:25 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu <kawa...@me.com> wrote: > >> Thanks Les, I'll be glad to get that thing out of the way. Can't try it at >> the moment as I'm at work with no Mac in front of me. >> >> Kawal. >> >> On 8 Aug 2012, at 11:21 AM, Les Kriegler <kriegle...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi There, >>> >>> I only unchecked two items, Control-Up Arrow and Control-Down arrow. >>> Veronica was correct in that any time I activated Mission Control, it >>> related to shutting up speech and hitting one of the arrows too quickly. >>> If it turns out other items need to be unchecked, I'll be vigilant as to >>> what keystrokes invoked this behavior. >>> >>> Les >>> On Aug 8, 2012, at 6:11 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu <kawa...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello All especially Veronica. >>>> >>>> Do you uncheck every check box? I hate Mission control and it was not >>>> clear from veronica's instructions. Sorry if I'm missing someding. >>>> >>>> Kawal. >>>> >>>> On 8 Aug 2012, at 06:46 AM, Teresa Cochran <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Before I disabled the Mission Control keystroke, it would come up every >>>>> time I used VO-up-arrow, which contains the control-up-arrow keystroke. >>>>> That's probably what's happening in a lot of cases. >>>>> >>>>> Teresa >>>>> >>>>> On Aug 7, 2012, at 8:14 PM, Veronica Elsea >>>>> <veron...@laurelcreekmusic.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Christine and everyone. >>>>>> Okay, I'm on the MacBook now so I thought I'd share what I did to get >>>>>> rid of Mission Control's annoying unwanted appearances. >>>>>> 1. go into system preferences. >>>>>> 2. Interact with preference panes scroll area. >>>>>> 3. VO-right-arrow to the keyboard button. Note: You will pass by >>>>>> Mission control, which does contain some keyboard options. But these are >>>>>> for keyboard commands while you're in Mission control, so they're not >>>>>> what we're after at the moment. >>>>>> 4. Select keyboard and VO-right-arrow to the keyboard shortcuts tab and >>>>>> select it. Note: You'll pass by the keyboard tab on the way to the >>>>>> keyboard shortcuts tab. >>>>>> 5. VO-right-arrow till you hear "shortcut categories table. >>>>>> 6. On mine, Mission control was the first item in the table. If it >>>>>> isn't for you, up and down arrow till you find mission control. >>>>>> 7. Then VO-right-arrow past a vertical splitter, then you'll find >>>>>> mission control shortcuts table. >>>>>> 8. Here's where it got interesting for me. If you don't interact with >>>>>> the shortcuts table, you can up and down arrow, hearing checkboxes which >>>>>> are either checked or unchecked. But of course, you can't change the >>>>>> state of the checkboxes. Once you interact, you can uncheck these boxes, >>>>>> you just can't tell what you're unchecking. So I just kept tabbing and >>>>>> shift-tabbing back and forth, being careful that I didn't get myself >>>>>> into a strange table and uncheck some big thing somewhere. <grin.>But >>>>>> when you're not interacting with the shortcuts table, you will see >>>>>> things like application windows, control-down-arrow. If you count from >>>>>> the top, knowing which one this is, just interact, uncheck that box and >>>>>> your life will be so much more peaceful. >>>>>> 9. If you stop interacting with the shortcuts table, you can >>>>>> VO-right-arrow to the place where you can decide how the tab key >>>>>> behaves. Or you can just close with Command-W and enjoy your Mac life. >>>>>> Anyway, there may be an easier path, but I hope this made sense and did >>>>>> some good. >>>>>> >>>>>> Veronica >>>>>> >>>>>> Watch and hear Veronica Elsea's Prayer for a Soldier at >>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFoIhWrBHFI >>>>>> Then find more music from Veronica Elsea and The Guide Dog Glee Club at: >>>>>> http://www.laurelcreekmusic.com >>>>>> Veronica Elsea, Owner >>>>>> Laurel Creek Music Designs >>>>>> Santa Cruz, California >>>>>> Phone: 831-429-6407 >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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. >> > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap > > > -- > 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. 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