Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-08-06 Thread Christopher-Mark gilland
How do we file a bug report with Apple, if we're not a dev? Chris. - Original Message - From: "Chris Meredith" To: Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 1:03 AM Subject: Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion I can confirm that Safari seems to handle larger web page

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-08-05 Thread Chris Meredith
up since for me, Mountain Lion is >> like a night and day improvement over Lion, and I'm genuinely excited about >> using my mac now. >> Missy >> >> -Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroup

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-08-05 Thread Chris Meredith
ted I really haven't found any, but >>>>> that isn't to say I won't eventually. The point is, give Apple a break >>>>> for God sake, and before you accuse any beta tester saying, it's too >>>>> buggy, why did you all let the bugs

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-08-05 Thread Chris Meredith
I can confirm that Safari seems to handle larger web pages significantly better (I used blindcooltech.com as my test page, since it still continues to be a mass of text, links and headings that go on for miles). I am noticing some oddities with some table navigation on one site in particular th

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-08-05 Thread Chris Meredith
OSX and see what you! can do! In >> other words, in less blunt terms, the beta testers also are human. Just >> because someone is on the dev beta team does not make them infalible. They, >> like you and myself are human. So cut out the bashing please. I agree. >>

Re: Using and copying to TextEdit and downloading files [was Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion]

2012-08-02 Thread Red.Falcon
> Hi there! I would just like to say that I went to set up a text edit shortcut as described by Esther! But was surprised to find that my copy of Nisus writer had already put one in the services so I'm going to see if I can add a shortcut command to that! So if any of you have Nisus then you migh

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-08-01 Thread Brian Fischler
Ok so I just started reading the responses and let me just say why is this thread pointless? It is called having an opinion, so if this thread is pointless than all of the threads talking about how amazing Mountain Lion is and such are all pointless to. I didn't scream and say I hated the mac, I ex

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-08-01 Thread Les Kriegler
Of course, I don't know anything about your system, processor speed, RAM, etc. I can tell you that I rarely have the busy problem, and I cannot remember the last time I did have a busy issue when in Safari. I use a Macbook Pro, 2.53 GH processor and 4 GB RAM, and now also use an iMac, 2.7 Quad

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-08-01 Thread Krister Ekstrom
>>>> almost seems like deliberate bashing just to cause drama. Maybe I'm the >>>> exception to the rule, but I simply can't imagine >>>> anyone thinking that Lion was better than ML. >>>> OK. I'm done now. I don't want to contribute t

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-08-01 Thread Krister Ekstrom
This is interesting. I am using Google Chrome as my default browser, because there were some "busy busy" reports from Safari, are you saying this is smoother now in ML? I really want to go back to Safari as a default browser because you can't select text in Chrome unfortunately, but do you think

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-08-01 Thread David Eagle
t;>>>> tell, >>>>>> almost everything I hated about lion has been >>>>>> fixed, and for the 1 or 2 very minor issues that still exist, I have >>>>>> my >>>>>> external drive that runs snow leopard. Mountain lion >>>

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Chris Moore
gt;>> start-up, something which almost never happened under lion for me. Folks >>>>> are >>>>> definitely entitled to their opinions, but this >>>>> almost seems like deliberate bashing just to cause drama. Maybe I'm the >>>>> exception to

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Brandon Olivares
ntain lion >>>>> is significantly faster than Lion was, I haven't had any busies that I >>>>> can >>>>> recall, and best of all, VO always comes on at >>>>> start-up, something which almost never happened under lion for me. Folks >

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Brandon Olivares
almost never happened under lion for me. Folks >>>> are >>>> definitely entitled to their opinions, but this >>>> almost seems like deliberate bashing just to cause drama. Maybe I'm the >>>> exception to the rule, but I simply can't imagine >

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Harry Hogue
Chris, Selection on a webpage worked with VO+return then VO+arrows to select then VO+return to stop selecting. I have not tried it under Mountain Lion since the shift and arrow keys work great for me, but it definitely worked under Lion. Harry On Jul 31, 2012, at 6:20 PM, Chris Gilland wrote:

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Chris Gilland
Excellent! Thanks for that tip. Chris. On Jul 31, 2012, at 2:48 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello David, > > To force a file to download rather than play, hold down the Option key and > press Return. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to th

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Chris Gilland
t;> tell, >>>>>> almost everything I hated about lion has been >>>>>> fixed, and for the 1 or 2 very minor issues that still exist, I have >>>>>> my >>>>>> external drive that runs snow leopard. Mountain lion >>&g

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Chris Gilland
If I want to to just copy the text in a webpage in windows, then I will just select what I want and then paste it into notepad. If I do this in Text Edit then it inserts all the formatting of the page including links, making it impossible to just save as a text file. OK, instead of pasting into

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Chris Gilland
ugh this same complaint cycle. People want all the new stuff, >>> but they want it to all work the same and don't want to take the time and >>> energy to learn the new stuff. Some how it should >>> just jump into their minds how to do everything. >>> >&

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Chris Gilland
gt; Missy >> >> -Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Tanner >> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 10:17 AM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Very Disa

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Dan Eickmeier
From: "Kawal Gucukoglu" >> To: >> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 3:42 AM >> Subject: Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion >> >> >> Hello All. >> >> Now what I might say may be something that people may not like but I am one >> f

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Chris Gilland
before complaining. > > - Original Message - From: "Kawal Gucukoglu" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 3:42 AM > Subject: Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion > > > Hello All. > > Now what I might say may be something that people may no

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Rachel Feinberg
ething which almost never happened under lion for me. Folks >>>> are >>>> definitely entitled to their opinions, but this >>>> almost seems like deliberate bashing just to cause drama. Maybe I'm the >>>> exception to the rule, but I simply can't ima

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Tim Kilburn
on for me. Folks >>>> are >>>> definitely entitled to their opinions, but this >>>> almost seems like deliberate bashing just to cause drama. Maybe I'm the >>>> exception to the rule, but I simply can't imagine >>>> anyone t

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Alex Hall
, I haven't had any busies that I >>>>> can >>>>> recall, and best of all, VO always comes on at >>>>> start-up, something which almost never happened under lion for me. Folks >>>>> are >>>>> definitely entitled to their opinions, but this

Using and copying to TextEdit and downloading files [was Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion]

2012-07-31 Thread Esther
Hello David, Option+Return on a link to force downloading is actually a Mac OS X shortcut with a VoiceOver twist to it. Mac users, whether visually impaired or not, can use Option+Click on a link to force downloading of a file. But if the link is highlighted, pressing the Return key together

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Andrew Lamanche
never happened under lion for me. Folks >>>> are >>>> definitely entitled to their opinions, but this >>>> almost seems like deliberate bashing just to cause drama. Maybe I'm the >>>> exception to the rule, but I simply can't imagine >>

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread David Eagle
Thanks, I was told about this shortcut before, but I couldn't remember it. I've checked the help files but I can't see anything about that shortcut mentioned. On 31/07/2012, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello David, > > To force a file to download rather than play, hold down the Option key and > press

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello David, To force a file to download rather than play, hold down the Option key and press Return. Cheers, Anne -- 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 uns

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Alex Hall
I'm not sure what happened. I hit shift-option-down in your reply and it selected the line just fine. If you want a few paragraphs, I imagine you'd copy and paste them one at a time. I never have to copy text out of a webpage so can't say for sure there. On Jul 31, 2012, at 2:33 PM, David Eagle

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread David Eagle
gt;>>> can >>>>> recall, and best of all, VO always comes on at >>>>> start-up, something which almost never happened under lion for me. >>>>> Folks >>>>> are >>>>> definitely entitled to their opinions, but this >&g

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Alex Hall
at >>>> start-up, something which almost never happened under lion for me. Folks >>>> are >>>> definitely entitled to their opinions, but this >>>> almost seems like deliberate bashing just to cause drama. Maybe I'm the >>>> exception to the rule, but I sim

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread David Eagle
> >>> I would definately agree, but if you remember, last year when Lion came >>> out >>> we went through this same complaint cycle. People want all the new >>> stuff, >>> but they want it to all work the same and don't want to take the t

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Brandon Olivares
gt; using my mac now. >> Missy >> >> -Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Tanner >> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 10:17 AM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Su

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Chris Moore
better than ML. >>>> OK. I'm done now. I don't want to contribute too much to the drama, but I >>>> just had to speak up since for me, Mountain Lion is >>>> like a night and day improvement over Lion, and I'm genuinely excited about >>>> u

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Matthew Campbell
to speak up since for me, Mountain Lion is >>> like a night and day improvement over Lion, and I'm genuinely excited about >>> using my mac now. >>> Missy >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Alex Hall
a night and day improvement over Lion, and I'm genuinely excited about >> using my mac now. >> Missy >> >> -Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Tanner >> Sent:

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
p since for me, Mountain Lion is >> like a night and day improvement over Lion, and I'm genuinely excited about >> using my mac now. >> Missy >> >> -Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Beha

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread David Eagle
ge- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Tanner > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 10:17 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion > > I would definately agree, but if yo

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
inely excited about >> using my mac now. >> Missy >> >> -Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Tanner >> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 10:17 AM >> To: macvisionari

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Alex Hall
Lion, and I'm genuinely excited about > using my mac now. > Missy > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Tanner > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 10:17 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegro

RE: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Missy Hoppe
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Tanner Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 10:17 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion I would definately agree, but if you remember, last year when Lion came out we went through this same co

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread David Tanner
into their minds how to do everything. Perhaps, people should get the two new books from Bookshare about Mountain Lion and study those and learn before complaining. - Original Message - From: "Kawal Gucukoglu" To: Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 3:42 AM Subject: Re: Very Di

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Keep in mind, not everyone on list was upgrading from lion. If you were moving from snow leopard to mountain lion, I think the upgrade is indeed significant. As far as the busy issue you had, I think that is the exception more than the norm for those using Safari in Mountain Lion with Voi

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Cheree Heppe
buggy, why did you all let the bugs come through... OK, Mister or Misses >>>> Smarty-Pants? why don't we give you the source code to OSX and see what >>>> you! can do! In other words, in less blunt terms, the beta testers also >>>> are human. Just bec

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Chris Moore
So you sold your Mac and gave up on it? So what now qualifies you to know how Mountain Lion and Safari 6 are performing? I would say web surfing in ML is vastly improved. I have not heard Safari say busy yet, and the rotor is turbo speed in comparison to Lion. Safari and VO see more elements

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
>>> because someone is on the dev beta team does not make them infalible. >>> They, like you and myself are human. So cut out the bashing please. I >>> agree. It's ok to complain, but do so construtively. >>> >>> Chris. >>> >>>

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Chris Moore
; complain, but do so construtively. > > Chris. > > - Original Message - From: "Kawal Gucukoglu" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 4:42 AM > Subject: Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion > > > Hello All. > > Now what I might say m

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Chris Moore
e beta testers also are human. Just >> because someone is on the dev beta team does not make them infalible. They, >> like you and myself are human. So cut out the bashing please. I agree. >> It's ok to complain, but do so construtively. >> >> Chris. >&

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Brandon Olivares
I agree with you. I love that you can easily share our concerns with the Apple accessibility team, while that was all but impossible with JAWS. My wife and I are on our second Macs now (changed from Macbook Pro to Macbook Air), and we love it. My Pro has lasted twice as long as any other compute

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Ray Foret Jr
#x27;s ok to > complain, but do so construtively. > > Chris. > > - Original Message - From: "Kawal Gucukoglu" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 4:42 AM > Subject: Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion > > > Hello All. > &g

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Christopher-Mark gilland
t: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 4:42 AM Subject: Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion Hello All. Now what I might say may be something that people may not like but I am one for plain speaking and will not mince my words. However, this is my opinion. People say that they may be disappointed wit

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello All. Now what I might say may be something that people may not like but I am one for plain speaking and will not mince my words. However, this is my opinion. People say that they may be disappointed with one thing or another and it is their right to do so of course. But when anything ne

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-30 Thread Mike
Well to each their own but I prefer a screen reader doesn't crash for no reason. If you actually take the time to learn the Mac you will see that it easily matches the capabilities of any windows based screen reader. I never had anything but issues with jaws and the instability of windows in g

Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-30 Thread Brian Fischler
Been reading all these posts the last few days about how amazed everyone is with Mountain Lion, and not sure what all the amazement iss about. It only took three days as I just had to use the Force Quit for Safari, and all it took was actually trying to login to my Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Page. I p

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-30 Thread James Mannion
And when the accessible web browsing experience on the mac at least matches windows, I'll buy it. busy busy busy, can't handel large amounts of text, ignores this and that on the page, the entire web thing was why I gave up on the mac thing and sold my mac mini. To do the web on the mac you have to

Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-30 Thread Brian Fischler
Been reading all these posts the last few days about how amazed everyone is with Mountain Lion, and not sure what all the amazement iss about. It only took three days as I just had to use the Force Quit for Safari, and all it took was actually trying to login to my Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Page. I p