Hey John, Yes, I did exactly what you said to do, and yes, the favorites bar was showing, spent hours on this trying everything VO comma, and the old way VO shift space bar, and couldn't get anything to work. Finally, I gave up and had a sighted person come over and do it in 2 seconds. These are the frustrating things with VO, and would be nice if Apple would address. As far as I believe, there hasn't been one single improvement to VO since Mountain Lion rolled out, and I can only get the same answer from Apple accessibility so many times on several issues. We are aware of the problem, but can't say when it will be fixed. Something so simple as them reversing the web spots so when you click VO command right bracket takes you right instead of left, would have been nice. If they can't fix that which to me seems something very basic to fix, and worked correctly in Lion, I don't put a lot of stock in any VO improvements until the next operating system comes out. I get that only a very small percentage of people use VO, and that Apple cannot commit a great number of resources to it, but just be honest, instead of treating us like idiots waiting for a fix. Don't get me wrong I do appreciate Apple's commitment to accessibility, it's the leading us to think there will be improvements that annoys me. On May 24, 2013, at 4:05 PM, John Panarese <jpanar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Brian, > It isn't easy, but adding mailboxes to the favorites bar is doable with > VoiceOver. You must be sure the favorites bar is showing first off, and > then, be sure you mark the mailbox for drag and drop and then navigate to the > favorites bar itself to drop the mailbox. I don't think you need to interact > with the favorites bar though to drop the mailbox. > > > Take Care > > John D. Panarese > Director > Mac for the Blind > Tel, (631) 724-4479 > Email, j...@macfortheblind.com > Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com > > APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX Mountain Lion and LION > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > > > On May 24, 2013, at 1:42 PM, Brian Fischler <blindga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey Nicholas, >> >> You must be one of the very few lucky ones to never have had an I hate my >> mac day. I tried exactly what you suggested, even quit every application >> closed everything and restarted my mac, then opened mail first after a >> restart, and still got the message VO cannot drag the item as the item might >> be hidden. I then did everything the old fashioned way called someone who >> could see and had them come over. They confirmed that nothing was blocking >> the mailbox I was trying to move, and I was still getting the same message. >> I had them drag and drop the mailbox using the mouse, and they were able to >> do it in 2 seconds, so yes, this is obviously a bug with Voiceover which >> leads to having a I hate my mac day, as I hate not being able to do >> something so simple that should take me two seconds. >> On May 24, 2013, at 6:55 AM, Nicholas Parsons >> <mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I've never had an "I hate Mac day" myself. >>> >>> When it says something is hidden, I think it usually means there's some >>> other window or application blocking that item on the screen. Using >>> VoiceOver it is of course very difficult to get an idea of what this might >>> be. So what usually works for me is just closing that window or application >>> and opening it again. Also try closing any other windows you might have >>> open. Use the windows chooser (VO-F2 twice quickly) to see if there are any >>> other windows or notifications open. Try quitting all other applications >>> before you try dragging and dropping again. >>> >>> The commands you're using should work. VO-COMMA and VO-PERIOD in full >>> screen mode nearly always works for me. >>> >>> Best of luck. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
