My only reason for preferring full-screen over any other mode is that when tabbing back and forth between mac and windows, they each appear in their own space. without full-screen mode, the windows7 window stays on screen blocking the view of mac windows. For totally blind people this is not a problem, but for those with some residual vision, it's nice to see the screen clear and the mac system come into view. I haven't noticed any real noticeable difference in setting focus between full and single screen modes.
before closing the lid on my MBA, I always tab back to Mac - probably just superstitious nonsense on my part, but I think it helps with focus issues. Windows never gets a chance to go to sleep, or put up a screen saver that way, and I always have focus when I tab into windows. On Dec 9, 2013, at 1:07 AM, Deb Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > For years I used full screen because I thought that was the logical thing. > I’ve more recently learned that everything works better if you don’t use full > screen mode. Depending on the task, it may be helpful to flick VO off to > avoid conflicts, but I don’t even find that many conflicts. I move back and > forth all day long. > > On Dec 7, 2013, at 8:55 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks. I've tried issuing Windows commands, but I always get the Mac error >> sound or the tab key gets grabbed by the Mac instead. I'll try changing >> screen sizes as you suggested; i usually leave it in full screen, but maybe >> switching back and forth will help. >> On Dec 6, 2013, at 7:55 PM, Phil Halton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I usually run in full-screen mode and when I command tab into fusion, I use >>> the tab key or jaws "read current line" command to get windows awake and >>> responding. sometimes focus gets screwed up and in those cases I use >>> command control F to switch screen modes which usually shakes things up and >>> lets me get into windows. when not in full-screen mode, I make sure I'm not >>> in the fusion toolbar, and then tab until windows receives focus. The whole >>> thing is kind of flakey, but I always get windows focused - there's no >>> trick that I know of aside from these. >>> >>> On Dec 6, 2013, at 7:19 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello list, >>>> How do you set focus to windows when using Fusion? So far, the only method >>>> I have found that works reliably is to physically click the mouse, hoping >>>> that my mouse pointer is focused somewhere inside of the Windows window. >>>> Is there a trick I'm missing? Control-command and coomand-g both fail to >>>> set focus on Windows, but control-command does let me switch back to the >>>> Mac. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. >>>> >>>> >>>> Have a great day, >>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> 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 [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
