Re: Tip on Extra Status Menus in SL

2009-09-04 Thread John J Herzog
Awesome. This works really well for me. However, the only way I was able to obtain the extra information was by using VO down arrow after first arrowing to the menu with option held down. On Sep 4, 2009, at 12:11 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: > > I found an interesting way to get extra airport sta

Re: male in snowleopard and gmail

2009-09-04 Thread Rich Ring
I am experiencing the same problem, I set up a gmail account under SL and the settings are correct, but it will not send or receive. Also, on a completely different subject, I purchased a Mac Mini last Saturday so that I could learn to use and appreciate the Mac. Web pages download so slowly

Re: pod cast 10 on installing snow leopard

2009-09-04 Thread Doug Lawlor
Serotalk podcast 22 has a segment where they do actually this process. You can find it at http://www.serotalk.com. Just your heading command to get to the second post with the words "Podcast 22". I would post the direct link to the post but IE 8 or something else is not letting me copy the link to

Re: Web Pages Loading Slowly

2009-09-04 Thread Rich Ring
Are you saying I have to purchase a monitor which I can't see in order to use this machine successfully? That's not what I would consider an accessible function. - Original Message - From: "Mac Cougar" To: Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 9:58 AM Subject: Re: Web Pages Loading Slowly

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

2009-09-04 Thread ben mustill-rose
Why am I getting these? When the 3gs first came out, I seem to remember that Cara was quite adamant that discussion of it on the mv list was off topic so she created a new list for it. Surely, things like this would fit in better on the other list? Sorry if I spelt your name wrong btw Cara. On 0

safari being crashy

2009-09-04 Thread anouk radix
Hello, Safari is being a bit crashy this evening, i thought this system would be more stable then this. Although the system itself hads not frozen yet several programs have. Greetings, Anouk --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscr

safari sluggish and slow

2009-09-04 Thread anouk radix
HEllo, yeah so first it crashed and now its very sluggish and slow if i open more then one page, wikipedia and google to be excact. I constantly get safari is busy or safari is ready messages. I cant do much of anything and there is very slow or no response at all to commands. Greetings, A

Re: problems reading a document in textedit

2009-09-04 Thread anouk radix
Very interesting! where do you study law? I have had part of a course in common law and found it very difficult, the dutch law system is a lot different, relying a lot more on lawbooks and codified text then judgements. Anyway I scan all my books (except the lawbooks which are available on

Re: Letting Apple Accessibility know when they've done a good job

2009-09-04 Thread Justin Harford
Howdy El Sep 4, 2009, a las 1:10 AM, James & Nash escribió: > Also, Lets be grateful that > NFB et al havne't written a review yet of SL. Oh heavens no, we wouldn't want them to discover these bugs! Justin --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because

Re: super duper

2009-09-04 Thread Scott Howell
Sure, that would be the way or unless you have a Time Machine backup. On Sep 4, 2009, at 1:28 PM, william lomas wrote: > > ah so now i ahve my clone can I use that to migrate applications? > > On 4 Sep 2009, at 17:38, Scott Howell wrote: > >> >> WHy don't you just migrate your data once you perfo

Re: Web Pages Loading Slowly

2009-09-04 Thread Mac Cougar
In my experience the answer is yes. On Sep 4, 2009, at 10:17 AM, Rich Ring wrote: > > Are you saying I have to purchase a monitor which I can't see in > order to > use this machine successfully? > That's not what I would consider an accessible function. > - Original Message - > From: "M

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

2009-09-04 Thread James Dietz
I'm with Ben here. I don't really appreciate receiving Maccessibility updates. Is there not a list I can subscribe to if I want to receive them? Not only that, but they are snippets with a link to the full story. I request that these not be sent to macvisionaries. On 9/4/09, ben mustill-rose wr

Re: problems reading a document in textedit

2009-09-04 Thread John J Herzog
Hi Anouk I am currently a law student at the University of Michigan law school in the US. My classes also heavily rely on books and course packs. I'm currently using Kurzweil 1000 under fusion to handle all my scanning needs. My scanner, which has both an ADF and flatbed works with twain

Re: safari sluggish and slow

2009-09-04 Thread william lomas
all the more reason to wait for updates, everyone dives in to quickly On 4 Sep 2009, at 20:06, anouk radix wrote: > > HEllo, yeah so first it crashed and now its very sluggish and slow if > i open more then one page, wikipedia and google to be excact. I > constantly get safari is busy or safari

airport i d

2009-09-04 Thread dannyboy
Hello. Is the airport i d the same as the mac address for the airport card? Whenever I try reading it with v o, before I can read all the characters, the v o jumps to the help button. I am using Leopard. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because

Re: male in snowleopard and gmail

2009-09-04 Thread Simon Cavendish
You shouldn't have to buy a monitor. A monitor adaptor plugged into your mini should help. I think that's the trick that most of the listers who have a mac mini have used. So don't worry. Best wishes, Simon On 4 Sep 2009, at 18:35, Rich Ring wrote: > > I am experiencing the same problem, I s

Re: Letting Apple Accessibility know when they've done a good job

2009-09-04 Thread Rich Ring
I happen to be a member of the NFB. However, when I read that horrible article that was one of several factors that made me decide to get a Mac and attempt to learn it. I knew the article was incredibly flawed, and I wanted to experience the Mac since so many people whose opinions I respect h

Re: (extedit) how to select text, start a new page

2009-09-04 Thread Simon Cavendish
Anna, You are right that option + shift + down or up arrow will select a paragraph. I have just checked and to much delight it does that. However, on my machine, option+shift + right or left arrow will select a word at a time. Control+option+arrow keys do not select but are vo navigation m

Difficulties with preview and long documents.

2009-09-04 Thread kaare dehard
Was wondering if I could get some tips from you folks. I am reading a large document in preview, and I am having difficulties getting it to read from a point forward. For example if I tell it to go to page 100 then navigate over to where the text is displayed, I usually start right at the

Re: safari sluggish and slow

2009-09-04 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Anouk, On Sep 4, 2009, at 9:06 PM, anouk radix wrote: > yeah so first it crashed and now its very sluggish and slow if > i open more then one page, wikipedia and google to be excact. I > constantly get safari is busy or safari is ready messages. I cant do > much of anything and there is ve

Re: Letting Apple Accessibility know when they've done a good job

2009-09-04 Thread dannyboy
You may only need the adaptor that came with your mac mini, and not a monitor itself. On Sep 4, 2009, at 3:50 PM, Rich Ring wrote: > > I happen to be a member of the NFB. However, when I read that > horrible > article that was one of several factors that made me decide to get a > Mac and >

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

2009-09-04 Thread Josh de Lioncourt
iPhone discussion has always been welcome here. :) The other list is more strictly focused on the iPhone, but we would have to also ban iPod, Airport Express/Extreme, and all sorts of other things from this list if we banned iPhone discussion. After all, the iPhone is used in conjunction

Re: safari being crashy

2009-09-04 Thread James & Nash
I can't help you with the crashing issue, but Ma OS X is designed so that even if the program crashes, the system will continue to run. - Original Message - From: "anouk radix" To: Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 7:48 PM Subject: safari being crashy > > Hello, Safari is being a bit

New Mac User having Problems with French Voiceover

2009-09-04 Thread claire amoroso
Hi Everyone, I have recently obtained a French Mac running Leopard 10.5 given to me by a friend and I have downloaded the trial version of the French voices from the Acapela Webiste. But I have a few problems : although I have changed the voice in the VO control panel to one of the French voices,

Re: problems reading a document in textedit

2009-09-04 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello John, On Sep 4, 2009, at 9:58 PM, John J Herzog wrote: > > I'm currently using Kurzweil 1000 under fusion to handle all my > scanning needs. My scanner, which has both an ADF and flatbed works > with twain sane, which is an open source project that emulates many > scanner drivers for the m

getting stuck in minues

2009-09-04 Thread hank smith
hello how do I get vo to not get stuck in minues and also get vo f 8 to ork? Hank --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups

snow leopard and fusion

2009-09-04 Thread hank smith
ello how can I get the insert key and the alt key to work in fusion using snow leopard? I can't alt f 4 or insert f 4 in my apps in windows --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To po

Re: male in snowleopard and gmail

2009-09-04 Thread Rich Ring
I got mail to work. However, it is using imap not pop. On Sep 4, 2009, at 3:56 PM, Simon Cavendish wrote: > > You shouldn't have to buy a monitor. A monitor adaptor plugged into > your mini should help. I think that's the trick that most of the > listers who have a mac mini have used. So don't

Re: airport i d

2009-09-04 Thread Barry Hadder
Yes, it is the same thing. I tried what you are doing and I'm not having the problems you describe. You might try not interacting with the text and letting vo read out the string. Then vo-shft-c to copy last phrase. Hope that helps. On Sep 4, 2009, at 3:55 PM, dannyboy wrote: > > Hello.

Re: super duper

2009-09-04 Thread John JD Denning
If you want to do a clean install of SL, and install from a backup you can do so as part of the install. Or rather at the end of the restore you are asked if you want to restore from a Time Machine backup, an external drive, or I believe another Mac. I've done two from external backups. On

Re: Tip on Extra Status Menus in SL

2009-09-04 Thread Jeffrey T. Shockley
Hi, Same here, I agree it is a good tip. Thanks. Jeffrey Shockley E-Mail: jawswiz...@ec.rr.com, jawswiz...@aim.com, jawswiz...@gmail.com, jshock...@fastmail.net MSN: jeffreyshock...@hotmail.com Yahoo: jawswiz...@yahoo.com Google Talk: jawswiz...@gmail.com AIM: jawswizard Skype: jawswizard - Or

Re: snow leopard and fusion

2009-09-04 Thread M. Taylor
I had a similar problem yesterday but was able to resolve it. I'll write more when I return home and am sitting in front of my computer. Mark. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 4, 2009, at 3:05 PM, "hank smith" wrote: > ello how can I get the insert key and the alt key to work in fusion > using

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

2009-09-04 Thread Scott Chesworth
Hi, I don't mean to come over as unsupportive Josh, because I'm 110% behind what you do with lioncourt and maccessibility, to the point where soon after Christmas when my schedule will have changed significantly I'd love to start contributing myself or at least figure out some way of supporting m

Re: problems reading a document in textedit

2009-09-04 Thread John J Herzog
Hi Ann, Unfortunately, vuescan does not have a built in driver for my scanner model. Also, there are no drivers available from the manufacturer, so twain sane is my only option. Do you know of any other work arounds? FYI, my scanner type is a fujitsu fi-6230. Thanks, John On Sep 4, 2009, at

cool google feature accessible in snow leopard

2009-09-04 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, If you go to google.com, and type in some search terms, you can now hit the down arrow to cycle through a list of suggested criteria for your search. For instance, typing in best selling books might give you best selling books of 2009, best selling books on Amazon, etc. To highli

Re: ftpclients on the mac?

2009-09-04 Thread hank smith
thanks - Original Message - From: "erik burggraaf" To: Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 6:44 AM Subject: Re: ftpclients on the mac? > > Here is the website. > http://www.panic.com/transmit/ > > erik burggraaf > A+ sertified technician and user support consultant. > Phone: 888-255-519

A VO Bug: IP addresses

2009-09-04 Thread Buddy Brannan
Hi all, Wonder who can replicate this? It's sort of important: Just type in an IP address. Perhaps any IP address, but for argument's sake, type into any editable area: 192.168.1.1 At least on my machine, it doesn't read back anything close to correctly, unless you go through it character b

Re: Letting Apple Accessibility know when they've done a good job

2009-09-04 Thread Rich Ring
I have tried the adapter, but Safari is still basically useless. I have another question, however. Whenever I start my Mac, it tries to connect to a secured wireless network, and I always have to use the Airport menu to choose the network I want. Is there any way I can get the Mac to con

Re: cool google feature accessible in snow leopard

2009-09-04 Thread Howard Dupuis
Thanks for this. It's pretty cool. Though I'm wondering if this is why the Safari autofill feature is no longer working (at least for me) on Google News. On Sep 4, 7:43 pm, John J Herzog wrote: > Hi listers, > If you go to google.com, and type in some search terms, you can now   > hit the down a

Re: safari sluggish and slow

2009-09-04 Thread Justin Harford
I just did this with wikipedia and google opened at the same time and had no problem. El Sep 4, 2009, a las 12:53 PM, william lomas escribió: > > all the more reason to wait for updates, everyone dives in to quickly > > On 4 Sep 2009, at 20:06, anouk radix wrote: > >> >> HEllo, yeah so first it

Re: cool google feature accessible in snow leopard

2009-09-04 Thread Justin Harford
humm this does not work for me. I actually feel like this worked in Leopard, and probably better. El Sep 4, 2009, a las 4:43 PM, John J Herzog escribió: > > Hi listers, > If you go to google.com, and type in some search terms, you can now > hit the down arrow to cycle through a list of suggest

Re: A VO Bug: IP addresses

2009-09-04 Thread Justin Harford
Howdy Maybe give us more details on what to do. I typed 192.1.8.1.1 in textedit and had no prob. Justin El Sep 4, 2009, a las 5:02 PM, Buddy Brannan escribió: > > Hi all, > > Wonder who can replicate this? It's sort of important: > > Just type in an IP address. Perhaps any IP address, but fo

Re: A VO Bug: IP addresses

2009-09-04 Thread John J Herzog
Bug confirmed. John On Sep 4, 2009, at 10:26 PM, Howard Dupuis wrote: > > Goodness. This is a real problem. I checked it out and got, um, the > point, if you know what I mean. > -- > > On Sep 4, 8:02 pm, Buddy Brannan wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Wonder who can replicate this? It's sort of importa

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

2009-09-04 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
Hello; I get a lot of email daily from the several lists I'm subscribed to. I don't personally have a problem with the news updates as long as they are really news. I think the more important question with this one is does this mean they have or plan to fix the regular facebook so mac u

Re: I'm not so impressed with s l.

2009-09-04 Thread Mike Arrigo
As far as jumping over menus, there is a new setting in the voice over utility to automatically interact with items when tabbing to them, you might try unchecking that. Gmail and google reader are useable, but the design of these pages is very nonstandard. You need to press v o command f5

Re: cool google feature accessible in snow leopard

2009-09-04 Thread John J Herzog
Hi Sometimes to read the suggestions, you have to hit either VO left or VO right arrow. VO down arrow can take you out of the search box altogether. VO left and right works every time, though interestingly you have to try both, as neither one is consistent. John On Sep 4, 2009, at 10:49 PM

Re: how to empty trash folder

2009-09-04 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi, press command option shift delete On Sep 4, 2009, at 6:42 AM, anouk radix wrote: > > Hello, i know i can put stuff in trash with cmd-del but if i am in > the thrash and i press that it returns it to its prev location. So How > can I actually empty the trash? > Greetings, Anouk > > > -

Re: Difficulties with preview and long documents.

2009-09-04 Thread Justin Harford
Yep go to view and set it to show single pages rather than single continuous pages. El Sep 4, 2009, a las 1:49 PM, kaare dehard escribió: > > Was wondering if I could get some tips from you folks. I am reading a > large document in preview, and I am having difficulties getting it to > read fro

Re: Macintosh Word Processor Software by Mariner Software

2009-09-04 Thread Justin Harford
I stoped holding my breath with Mariner a couple years ago. I remember they were going to make accessible software but the years went by and the versions went by and nothing happened. I think I'll continue to breathe normally. Justin El Sep 4, 2009, a las 7:16 AM, James & Nash escribió: > O

Re: A VO Bug: IP addresses

2009-09-04 Thread Howard Dupuis
Goodness. This is a real problem. I checked it out and got, um, the point, if you know what I mean. -- On Sep 4, 8:02 pm, Buddy Brannan wrote: > Hi all, > > Wonder who can replicate this? It's sort of important: > > Just type in an IP address. Perhaps any IP address, but for argument's   > sak

Re: Web Pages Loading Slowly

2009-09-04 Thread Mike Arrigo
No, you don't need a monitor. What you can do is get the adapter that apple sells that will allow you to connect the mini to a TV. I think it's around $19, connecting this to the monitor port will make the computer think it's connected to a monitor, even if no tv is connected. Of course, t

Re: A VO Bug: IP addresses

2009-09-04 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yep, can reproduce this one for sure, very strange. On Sep 4, 2009, at 7:02 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote: > > Hi all, > > Wonder who can replicate this? It's sort of important: > > Just type in an IP address. Perhaps any IP address, but for argument's > sake, type into any editable area: > 192.168.1.1

Re: A VO Bug: IP addresses

2009-09-04 Thread Chris Polk
I can also produce this. weird for sure! On Sep 4, 2009, at 8:25 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > > Yep, can reproduce this one for sure, very strange. > On Sep 4, 2009, at 7:02 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote: > >> >> Hi all, >> >> Wonder who can replicate this? It's sort of important: >> >> Just type in an IP

Re: Web Pages Loading Slowly

2009-09-04 Thread Kieren
Just a quick note that the new 2009 Mac Mini's DO NOT have analog out so if you ever did want to use the composite out adapter with an older style TV ie no dvi or HDMI inputs (ike mine ) this adapter will not work as it relys on the analog signal which no longer exists. You may be able to get awa

Re: (extedit) how to select text, start a new page

2009-09-04 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi Simon, Sorry, I got confused. It is Option and the left and right arrows that select words on my system. For selecting lines, Shift and Up and Down Arrow work. Command and Left and Right move to the beginning and end of the line, so adding Shift would selecgt to the beginning or end. S

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

2009-09-04 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, Since the lack of accessibility of the iPhone Facebook application has been discussed frequently in the past few days, I thought this news posting was completely relevant. The news updates in general are interesting and of high quality. Keep bringing them on, I say. It would be nice i

SL and remote servers

2009-09-04 Thread Barry Hadder
I just wanted to give everybody a heads up that it would appear mac users can copy files to a remote server through Finder. I just copied successfully to a dav server. Probably works on ftp and other protocols as well. I never was able to do this before using Leopard except through IDis

Re: super duper

2009-09-04 Thread william lomas
so, if i use my super duper Leopard clone to put back what I want John, if I clone againw tih SL on it will super duper just note the changes? On 4 Sep 2009, at 23:07, John JD Denning wrote: > > If you want to do a clean install of SL, and install from a backup you > can do so as part of the

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