Hello everyone, What exactly is Chromevox and what does it do thad VO doesn't?
Ezzie On 8/17/12, Teresa Cochran <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. > > -- Ezzy Ez Buenito http://www.sillyez.com (512) 553-8553 -- 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.
