Re: Apps with status bar menus that VoiceOver can't get to [was Re: Caffine application for the MAC]

2009-08-17 Thread Gary
Thanks Steve and Ester, Yes, I've been using the energy saver options, but was wanting a better solution. As for using iTunes, I hadn't thought about that. Thanks for the great information. an On Aug 17, 2009, at 4:13 PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: > > Thanks Ester, will give that a try. > On Aug

Re: Apps with status bar menus that VoiceOver can't get to [was Re: Caffine application for the MAC]

2009-08-17 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Thanks Ester, will give that a try. On Aug 17, 2009, at 4:51 PM, Esther wrote: > > Hi Dan, > > In some cases, like ExpanDrive before the fix, the overall > accessibility of the app is not affected because the same information > is easily available through other menus or shortcuts and the status >

Re: Apps with status bar menus that VoiceOver can't get to [was Re: Caffine application for the MAC]

2009-08-17 Thread Esther
Hi Dan, In some cases, like ExpanDrive before the fix, the overall accessibility of the app is not affected because the same information is easily available through other menus or shortcuts and the status menu icon is simply a convenience. The only other thing you can try is navigating to

Re: Apps with status bar menus that VoiceOver can't get to [was Re: Caffine application for the MAC]

2009-08-17 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Another one that i've found, and recently started using, is the Mac version of Carbonite. There's an option to display status in the menu bar, but I'm not seeing it in my status menus, even though I have it checked. I've sent an email to them about this, so hopefully they'll fix it. On A

Apps with status bar menus that VoiceOver can't get to [was Re: Caffine application for the MAC]

2009-08-17 Thread Esther
Hello, Gary, I took a look at Caffeine, and I'll outline how to get around the inaccessibility of the status menu bar icon via an AppleScript, since they the authors provided hooks for this. However, this is an issue I've seen with a few other apps, including a couple that have counterp

Re: Caffine application for the MAC

2009-08-17 Thread Steven M. Sawczyn
Why not just run iTunes and let it play something? THis should prevent it from sleeping, your screen saver will still kick in, but it shouldn't go to sleep. HTH, Steve On Aug 15, 2009, at 3:19 PM, Gary wrote: Hi, Is anyone using the Caffine application on their MAC? The Application preve

Re: Caffine application for the MAC

2009-08-15 Thread Gary
That's exactly the problem i'm having.. I wonder if he got a response to the question? Thanks for the info. On Aug 15, 2009, at 5:25 PM, Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis wrote: > > On 15/08/2009 20:19, Gary wrote: >> I installed it but found it not to be accessible > > It appears it adds an item to the

Re: Caffine application for the MAC

2009-08-15 Thread Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
On 15/08/2009 20:19, Gary wrote: > I installed it but found it not to be accessible It appears it adds an item to the Status Bar. I can't work out how to access that item with the keyboard. I wonder if this is because of a similar problem to that described at: http://lists.apple.com/archives/a

Caffine application for the MAC

2009-08-15 Thread Gary
Hi, Is anyone using the Caffine application on their MAC? The Application prevents your Mac from going to sleep or displaying your screen savor when you're downloading large files, or charging your ipod/ipone. I installed it but found it not to be accessible I'm wondering if anyone has b