Remove programs from Desktop

2012-03-02 Thread Michael Malarsie
Howdy everyone, I have a few programs on my desktop that I want to remove but don't want to delete. The only option I can find is to move them to the trash but when I do that they get deleted entirely from my computer. Does anyone know how I can get them off the desktop? T

Re: managing mail on the IPhone.

2012-03-02 Thread Alex Hall
Yes, while the app is open this happens. The mail fetching (sorry I gave the wrong label) is for when mail is not actively running. As I said, try letting it sync completely (I assume you have not yet done this) and things should calm down. Otherwise, you just get a whole lot of mail and there is n

Re: managing mail on the IPhone.

2012-03-02 Thread Jessica
It's not downloading the same one's continuously, it just continues to download new one's what seems like every 5 minuttes, before I've even had a chance to delete maybe 15 or so, so I'll have about 30 in my inbox, and next thing I know, I'll find 35 of them, then about 5 minuttes later, the cyc

Re: managing mail on the IPhone.

2012-03-02 Thread Jessica
I actually went back and looked at that, and ended up finding it under the "fetch data," option, which was off by default. So why would they still be automaticly downloading every few minuttes? - Original Message - From: "Alex Hall" To: Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 2:14 PM Subject: R

Re: managing mail on the IPhone.

2012-03-02 Thread Alex Hall
It kept re-downloading the same ones? That's not right. Maybe check your imap settings on gmail's website? No, there is no way to stop it from getting mail while you are in the mail app. After all, you are there to check mail, so it tries to help out by always getting the newest messages. Once it

Re: IDE for programming

2012-03-02 Thread Bart Bunting
emacs. Bart On Sat, 3 Mar 2012 09:53:57 +1100, Sean Murphy wrote: > Hi All. > > What is a good IDE for programming under Mac for: > > ruby > Perl > C > C++ > Coco > > > Web editing is another area of interest as well. Something that use's > templates to complete the HTML tags. > > > Sean

Re: managing mail on the IPhone.

2012-03-02 Thread Jessica
Ok, is there anyway though, to stop it from continuously downloading it while it's open? When it opened it for the first time, it downloaded 50 messages, then continuously downloaded them as I was deleting them, making it impossible to even get rid of them. - Original Message - From: "

Xpdf for mac

2012-03-02 Thread .dan.
I tried to install the macport version of xpdf. The universal version is: xpdf 3.02pl5 I get an error message saying the "3.02pl5" dependency is not present. Has anyone install this package? It is for use in terminal and converts the text in a pdf file into text among other things.

Re: Writing in HTML tutorials

2012-03-02 Thread Matt Dierckens
Hi Shaun, Thanks for the site. I'll have a look. I was meaning like an online tutorial. I found something a long time ago, maybe 2006 or so about it, but I can't remember now. Matt Sent from my macbook pro On 2012-03-02, at 5:55 PM, Sean Murphy wrote: > Hi, > > Have you looked at Safari on th

Re: Writing in HTML tutorials

2012-03-02 Thread Sean Murphy
Hi, Have you looked at Safari on the Oreilly.com site? If you join this site you can access a lot of different computer books. An actual accessible book on HTML I don't know of and would be interested for myself. Sean On 03/03/2012, at 9:15 AM, Matt Dierckens wrote: > Hi all, > I was just w

IDE for programming

2012-03-02 Thread Sean Murphy
Hi All. What is a good IDE for programming under Mac for: ruby Perl C C++ Coco Web editing is another area of interest as well. Something that use's templates to complete the HTML tags. Sean -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" gro

time machine

2012-03-02 Thread Sean Murphy
How do you find out the status of Time machine.Hi all and what it is currently backing up. >From the status menu you can see the time machine showing it is prepping for a >backup. But there is no time, file/directory being updated, etc? Also, how do you verify what information is being backed

Writing in HTML tutorials

2012-03-02 Thread Matt Dierckens
Hi all, I was just wondering if anyone knew where I could find a good accessible tutorial on how to write HTML. Thank you. Matt Sent from my macbook pro -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to mac

Re: managing mail on the IPhone.

2012-03-02 Thread Alex Hall
Push basically gets messages all the time. Turning it off should give you a "check for mail every" option which you double tap. Once you do, you can select how often you want mail to check for messages. On 3/2/12, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > you can't disable mail from downloading messages up

Re: Mac + Chrome + Netflix = html5?

2012-03-02 Thread Teresa Cochran
Minor correction in case folks are looking for the plugins: it's Silverlight with a g-h and not i-t-e., as I had spelled it earlier. Also, I just tried Silverlight with Google Chrome, and the controls are not accessible with VO. It's possible to play Netflix videos, as it is in Safari, bt not po

Re: Braille Touch: please help get Apple onboard

2012-03-02 Thread Holly Anderson
My other concern with this would be that not all places where you use a keyboard are capable of being used in landscape orientation. I don't know if apple would implement a keyboard that could only be used in landscape. On Mar 2, 2012, at 3:19 PM, Sean Murphy wrote: > I am in the same camp as

Re: Braille Touch: please help get Apple onboard

2012-03-02 Thread Sean Murphy
I am in the same camp as Scott. I am not sure if the Braille input will work effectively. The design of the screen will have to be universally flexible for all hand sizes. On top of that you will not get the physical feedback that you get on other Braille Input devices. I am always willing to

Re: managing mail on the IPhone.

2012-03-02 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, you can't disable mail from downloading messages upon launch of the app. It just assumes, if your opening mail, you want to read mail. So, it retreives mail from the server without no further prompting. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.i

Re: managing mail on the IPhone.

2012-03-02 Thread Jessica
I looked under my mail settings but couldn't find that option. Unfortunately, the only one I could find even remotely close to that, was the preview option, which gave me "every 50, 100, 200 500 or 1000," messages I think it was, but nothing about changing how many were downloaded, unless I had

strange problem

2012-03-02 Thread Egbert
hi, in my musicliest are some flac files. When i open them they will be played in sound studio, or amadeus pro. Problem is, that they won't go away after been used. ofcourse i don't save the changes but that does not matter. Is there a trick to get rid of them? they are heavy in the way smile. Egbe

Re: Mac + Chrome + Netflix = html5?

2012-03-02 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, traci, As far as I'm aware, Netflix uses the Microsoft Silverlite player, which is not particularly accessible with VO. You can go to a page and play files, but the controls for playback are hidden from VO. If you've heard differently, let me know. The upshot is that if Silverlite is the on

Re: Mac + Chrome + Netflix = html5?

2012-03-02 Thread Traci
Ok, great! If I decided to give Chrome a whirl, to test out Netflix, is it an easy experiment? Meaning, once I download and install, do I go to system preferences to choose how I surf the web? If I don't like Chrome, is it easy to switch back to Safari? Lol, I'll have to look up some podcast

Re: what for twitter and daisybooks on the mac?

2012-03-02 Thread Jenny Keller
I don't have access to my Mac just now as I have just moved and it is not here yet. I'll add you when it gets here. I' using my I phone right now. Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks On Mar 2, 2012, at 12:19 PM, Egbert wrote: > aha tv, do you have the apple tv also? > Here it is a great joy. > i

Re: what for twitter and daisybooks on the mac?

2012-03-02 Thread Egbert
aha tv, do you have the apple tv also? Here it is a great joy. i ll try your twitter app. If you wanne folow me there: @ewoudd Op 2 mrt. 2012, om 19:06 heeft Jenny Keller het volgende geschreven: > No. I'm sorry to say that I don't have much of a love of books. I'n more of a > TV nut. I am still

Re: what for twitter and daisybooks on the mac?

2012-03-02 Thread Jenny Keller
No. I'm sorry to say that I don't have much of a love of books. I'n more of a TV nut. I am still very new to the Mac altogether but I wouldn't go back to windows if you paid me. Sorry I can't be of more help. Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks On Mar 2, 2012, at 8:22 AM, Egbert wrote: > Hi J

Re: A little spellcheck before pressing send please?

2012-03-02 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Oh boy I agree 100%. I find it shocking how sloppily some messages appear; since most lists I'm on are blindness-related, I have no idea whether we as a group are more careless than others in general, but sometimes I think I know why we have such a high unemployment rate, smile! While nobody i

Re: A little spellcheck before pressing send please?

2012-03-02 Thread Teresa Cochran
I think reviewing messages is an excellent thing to do. I even do this for messages to people I know well. I find a fair amount of letter transposition and characters left out, etc. so it's a good thing I do review. Teresa "Slow down; you'll get there faster." On Mar 2, 2012, at 3:10 AM, Kawal

Re: ITunes, Was if interaction went away

2012-03-02 Thread Teresa Cochran
I use VO-command-t and -shift-VO-command-t to go to tables and VO-command-h to go to headings in the app store. Otherwise, I don't mind interacting. Teresa "Visualize whirled peas." On Mar 1, 2012, at 11:16 PM, Garth Humphreys wrote: > All the interacting in iTunes can be annoying at times. Bu

Re: what for twitter and daisybooks on the mac?

2012-03-02 Thread Wayne Coles
not having used it i can not comment on it hi for iso there is a app called indaisybut On 1 Mar 2012, at 21:38, Egbert wrote: > Hi All, > > a few days back i have asked here what apps you use for twitter and reading a > daisy book. > Uptill now, there was no constructive react

RE: Apple TV

2012-03-02 Thread Sarah May
Hi Jason, Welcome to the list. My name is Sarah. I'm from St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A. Wow, you have only been blind for nine years? You are adapting very well. I have been visually impaired since I was born, but had pretty good useable vision until I lost most of it around the age of tw

Re: selecting noncontiguously in a folder

2012-03-02 Thread Mike Malarsie
Hold control and option and press F6 Mike Malarsie On Mar 2, 2012, at 8:09 AM, Angie Giltinan wrote: > Thanks, that helps! > Now, is there a way to have VO announce the items that have been selected? > Thanks again! > On Mar 2, 2012, at 8:56 AM, Mike Malarsie wrote: > >> Hold control, opti

Re: what for twitter and daisybooks on the mac?

2012-03-02 Thread Egbert
Hi Jenny, thx i ll try that one. do you read also a daisybook on your mac? I tried some, but not all the apps support my daisy format smile. Egbert Op 2 mrt. 2012, om 14:35 heeft Jenny Keller het volgende geschreven: > For twitter, I use syrinx. I am still new at it myself so I'm still learning

Re: selecting noncontiguously in a folder

2012-03-02 Thread Angie Giltinan
Thanks, that helps! Now, is there a way to have VO announce the items that have been selected? Thanks again! On Mar 2, 2012, at 8:56 AM, Mike Malarsie wrote: > Hold control, option, and command and press space bar > > Mike Malarsie > > > > On Mar 2, 2012, at 7:29 AM, Angie Giltinan wrote: >

Re: selecting noncontiguously in a folder

2012-03-02 Thread Mike Malarsie
Hold control, option, and command and press space bar Mike Malarsie On Mar 2, 2012, at 7:29 AM, Angie Giltinan wrote: > good morning all, I may have asked this in the past, if so, forgive me? > Anyway, how does one select noncontiguous items in a folder, > my example is this. > I want to co

Re: what for twitter and daisybooks on the mac?

2012-03-02 Thread Jenny Keller
For twitter, I use syrinx. I am still new at it myself so I'm still learning it. I hope that helps some. Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks On Mar 1, 2012, at 3:38 PM, Egbert wrote: > Hi All, > > a few days back i have asked here what apps you use for twitter and reading a > daisy book. > Uptil

selecting noncontiguously in a folder

2012-03-02 Thread Angie Giltinan
good morning all, I may have asked this in the past, if so, forgive me? Anyway, how does one select noncontiguous items in a folder, my example is this. I want to copy several items in a folder, but not all items, and the ones I want are not adjacent to each other. Thanks for any help! I really v

Re: A little spellcheck before pressing send please?

2012-03-02 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I guess the important thing is we remember why we are on these lists to get a little help from each other and whilst today (I do not know about the US), politicians go on and on about how bad it is that people cannot write properly, People such as ourselves who rely on verbal communication are h

Re: A little spellcheck before pressing send please?

2012-03-02 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
I agree this is being argued to death. OK I admit to some errors in posts, etc either through rushing through work, etc or having "Blonde days" and we're ALL guilty of it. It does however concern me that when reading a message with voiceover, a message with countless errors causes voiceover as y

Re: A little spellcheck before pressing send please?

2012-03-02 Thread Scott Howell
Kawal, I'm not looking to start a pissing contest here, but can you definitively state that you know every person reviews his/her messages prior to sending it? I really doubt that. You obviously take time to review your messages and I will not argue that point with you because I am not sitting

Re: A little spellcheck before pressing send please?

2012-03-02 Thread Scott Howell
Not to beat the topic to death, but knowing I'm not an English major and not great at spelling, I make every effort to send messages that sound as though I took the time to prepare them. Of course some of this comes from my professional world where we are expected to prepare messages that reflec

Re: A little spellcheck before pressing send please?

2012-03-02 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I'd like to take issue on this to say that as long as one can make themselves understood, then the person is on the right track. You are very wrong to say people do not review their messages before sending as I know that people do that, I being for one. Thank you. Kawal. On 2 Mar 2012, at

Re: 2 mail ishues

2012-03-02 Thread Garth Humphreys
Hi Just to add to Teresa's message. If you have a laptop rather than the extended keyboard you can perform the home by pressing FN+left arrow, so the whole command is VO+shift+FN with either the left or right arrow to jump to the top or bottom of the list. You can also move a message by bring

Anyone else hate the way Ebay works with Zoom?

2012-03-02 Thread Louie P. (Pete) Nalda
When you see an ebay page, and you scroll up to look at the picture, you can't just zoom in on that and move around. Instead you're presented with a little virtual magnifying glass, that shows the image off to the side. That doesn't do us much good, unless we zoom out with Zoom in the mac. I