One reason I rarely use Chrome with Chromevox is that it's not compatible with Braille. Otherwise, it's kind of fun to use.
Teresa On Aug 15, 2012, at 2:08 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > Ever since getting the mac, I was told Chrome would serve me better; it was > faster, easier, and vo would not be "busy" as much. Now, though, I have > decided to make Safari my default browser, and here's why. > > * Reader: the reader feature is amazing. I opened an article from twitter and > was faced with a bunch of social network links and other junk I didn't want > to read before I could find the article text. I remembered Reader, and > thought I'd try it. I pressed cmd-shift-r and... wow! The article's title was > a level one heading, and right below that was the article text. This will > save a lot of time in the future. > > *Text Selection: I don't need it much, but now that we can select text in > Safari and not in other web browsers, I like knowing I have the option; in > Chrome, this would be impossible, or nearly so > > * Speed: I don't find Safari any slower than Chrome, and neither browser > gives me busy messages. > > * Downloads: I haven't tried it, but I hear there's a keystroke to show > download progress. I like this, as I had nothing but problems downloading > more than one file in Chrome, even if the files were downloaded separately > and not simultaneously. > > * The address bar: in Chrome, cmd-l brings me to a field in which I can type > a url or a search term. That would be fine if it didn't also load a page on > whose content vo focuses, thereby causing me to have to find the address bar > all over again. In Safari, nothing of the kind happens; cmd-l jumps me to a > (properly labeled and hinted) edit field and leaves me there. > > That's all I have for now. If anyone has questions, let me know. If anyone is > using Chrome, I suggest you take another look at Safari, especially the > latest version (version 6 I believe). > > > 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. 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.
