Re: Building a website, what's the best way?

2015-06-23 Thread christopher hallsworth
Here is a resource I am currently using: www.w3schools.com > On 22 Jun 2015, at 23:29, Nancy Badger wrote: > > Hi, > I am thinking of building a very simple website. I have never done this > before. I have no idea how or where to start. I know I need to get a domain > name. How do I do this?

a strange issue with bootcamp

2015-06-23 Thread Faisal ali
Hi everyone, so as the subject line states, I’m having a strange issue with bootcamp. When I hit option when my mac boots up, it brings me to a screen where I have to select my wifi network instead of giving me the option to boot to windows. Has anyone else seen this before? If so, any way I can

twitter dm lenghth change will nightowl be able to cope?

2015-06-23 Thread Anouk Radix
Hi, the subject says it all basically. In july twitter dms can be a lot longer and will no logner be restricted to 140 characters, but will nightowl reflect this change will we immediately be able to use the longer dms? Does anyone know? Thanks, Greetings, Anouk, -- You received this message be

Re: twitter dm lenghth change will nightowl be able to cope?

2015-06-23 Thread Shaf
Nightowl will probably support it, and if not will be updated to do so. Thanks for the heads up. On 6/23/2015 11:05 AM, Anouk Radix wrote: Hi, the subject says it all basically. In july twitter dms can be a lot longer and will no logner be restricted to 140 characters, but will nightowl reflec

Re: thoughts about voiceover and its usage of the accessibility API

2015-06-23 Thread Jason White
Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > I dunno what the situation > is on Linux nowadays, but last I looked it was all still GNOME and QT hadn’t > yet made their bridge. Is that still true? No. QT made their bridge directly to the AT-SPI layer, which uses DBus for inter-process communication. That is, QT

Re: Building a website, what's the best way?

2015-06-23 Thread Krysti .Power
Nancy I know how to code in HTML 5 and can do it for free On Jun 23, 2015 12:12 AM, "'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries" < macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > First you can play with HTML without buying anything. You can put text > edit in "plain text" mode and start writing your first html f

Re: Building a website, what's the best way?

2015-06-23 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, I know this is way off topic, but this thread touched on something I've been thinking about for a while. How would I go about being my own host? My sites are currently hosted with a group called A2 Hosting, but I've been wondering about hosting them myself. Cheers, Donna > On Jun 22,

Re: Building a website, what's the best way?

2015-06-23 Thread Krysti .Power
You need a decated computer needed to be left of all time time a static IP address good upload speed and have to see up port forwarding on your router On Jun 23, 2015 10:58 AM, "Donna Goodin" wrote: > Hi all, > > I know this is way off topic, but this thread touched on something I've > been think

Re: Building a website, what's the best way?

2015-06-23 Thread Krysti .Power
I work for my friends company Cat 'N Mouse Computers On Jun 23, 2015 11:00 AM, "Krysti .Power" wrote: > You need a decated computer needed to be left of all time time a static IP > address good upload speed and have to see up port forwarding on your router > On Jun 23, 2015 10:58 AM, "Donna Goodi

Re: Building a website, what's the best way?

2015-06-23 Thread Krysti .Power
To check your speed go to www.speedtest.net On Jun 23, 2015 11:00 AM, "Krysti .Power" wrote: > You need a decated computer needed to be left of all time time a static IP > address good upload speed and have to see up port forwarding on your router > On Jun 23, 2015 10:58 AM, "Donna Goodin" wrote

a question about .mkv files

2015-06-23 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Does anhone know of an accessible app folr converting .mkv files into mp4 or something else I can use to add to iTunes? Thanks. Bill -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving email

Re: Building a website, what's the best way?

2015-06-23 Thread Littlefield, Tyler
Hello: That’s actually pretty hard to do if you don’t have the experience. You have two options. Well, three actually. First, if you have a stable connection and a lot of bandwidth depending on your visitors and the type of content you serve, you -could- serve from home. You will need a dedica

Re: Building a website, what's the best way?

2015-06-23 Thread Krysti .Power
Your welcome On Jun 23, 2015 11:09 AM, "Donna Goodin" wrote: > Thanks, Krysti. that's about what I thought, and right now I probably > don't have a strong enough infrastructure to do it. good to know, though, > if we ever move back to a place where we get better internet service, I > might give

Re: Building a website, what's the best way?

2015-06-23 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks, Krysti. that's about what I thought, and right now I probably don't have a strong enough infrastructure to do it. good to know, though, if we ever move back to a place where we get better internet service, I might give it a try. Cheers, Donna > On Jun 23, 2015, at 9:00 AM, Krysti .Powe

Re: Building a website, what's the best way?

2015-06-23 Thread Littlefield, Tyler
Two things I forgot to mention here. The speed you will probably want to pay close attention to is the upload speed. It’s usually about 20% of your download speed on most home connections (for a pretty good reason generally). You will be uploading content to your users who are downloading, so th

Re: Building a website, what's the best way?

2015-06-23 Thread Donna Goodin
What a great company name! I love it! > On Jun 23, 2015, at 9:02 AM, Krysti .Power wrote: > > I work for my friends company Cat 'N Mouse Computers > > On Jun 23, 2015 11:00 AM, "Krysti .Power" > wrote: > You need a decated computer needed to be left of all time

Re: a question about .mkv files

2015-06-23 Thread jeff `greene
Hi Bill, The hands-down best app I've used is vidconvert by reggie ashworth. When I first bought it it wasn't very accessible, I emailed the developer and he corrected the problem in like 4 days. You can get vidconvert for $7.95 from www.reggieashworth.com. Hope this helps! Jeff On 6/23/15, Bill H

Apple tv is silent after update.

2015-06-23 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I had to update my apple tv 3rd generation with Itunes as it crashed when updating via wifi. However it does not talk since i updated it. I wonder if its changed from the optical output to the hdmi output. I can’t use hdmi because i don’t have a tv but a digital converter with optical output.

Re: thoughts about voiceover and its usage of the accessibility API

2015-06-23 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
On 23 Jun 2015, at 13:38, Jason White wrote: > Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: >> I dunno what the situation >> is on Linux nowadays, but last I looked it was all still GNOME and QT hadn’t >> yet made their bridge. Is that still true? > > No. QT made their bridge directly to the AT-SPI layer, which

Re: a strange issue with bootcamp

2015-06-23 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Wuh? Oh? bizarre! It almost sounds like somehow it's trying to go into internet recovery mode, as that's where you'd select a wifi network. Well, dumb question, but if you do this, then! what does it do? Chris. - Original Message - From: "Faisal ali" To: Sent: Tuesday, June 23,

Re: twitter dm lenghth change will nightowl be able to cope?

2015-06-23 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Really? Oh! Col! Will this only effect DM's though? Or, will this also be lifted for regular tweets, mentions, and RT's as well, or don't you know? If you do, then, do you know what the new limit will be? Chris. - Original Message - From: "Anouk Radix" To: Sent: Tuesday, Ju

Re: twitter dm lenghth change will nightowl be able to cope?

2015-06-23 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I agree here with Shaf. I'd suspect it would. The only thing that I can think that may keep it from being so would be if the devs have to somehow code in the new, or updated API call to allow for this. I wouldn't think that would be hard at all however to do, based on what very little progra

Re: Building a website, what's the best way?

2015-06-23 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
So, you could do a few things. I guess my first question would be, do you want to simply just host your own web site, or are you wanting to actually gain customers in addition to your own site, and offer web hosting as well? That would be my first question. Ultimately though, you have several

Re: Building a website, what's the best way?

2015-06-23 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I'd presume that's a local computer shop, mom and pop kind a thing by it's name? LOL! Cute name though. Chris. - Original Message - From: Krysti .Power To: Mac Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 10:02 AM Subject: Re: Building a website, what's the best way? I work for my fri

Re: a question about .mkv files

2015-06-23 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Absolutely, I do! Try Switch converter from NCH. I'm so sorry, I don't have the link right in front of me, and I don't think it's in the appstore as far as I know. If you can't find it via Google, let me know and I'll look it up for ya. Chris. - Original Message - From: Bill Hol

Re: Building a website, what's the best way?

2015-06-23 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Tyler, I'm going to save this message with the link you provided, as I'm actually shopping around for dedicated servers to see what I can get for the best bang for my buck. This server you're using sounds actually like a damn good deal! My question to you is, can they install Cent-OS on the se

Re: Building a website, what's the best way?

2015-06-23 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Terriffic point, Tyler. I guess I just figured that the power outage thing is something she would have already inferred, but you are right. It's worth mentionning. Good point. Oh, and BTW, in another post, Tyler recommended Digital Ocean: http://www.digitalocean.com I strongly! strongly! wo

Re: Apple tv is silent after update.

2015-06-23 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Yikes! Not good! I really don't know what to tell ya, but I did! want to write to say that I think your theory is most likely dead spot on. I'll becha that's probably exactly what happened. It probably switched back to HDMI. It's unlikely, but it is possible. I however thought that both p

Re: Building a website, what's the best way?

2015-06-23 Thread Littlefield, Tyler
Linda does offer this feature. It’s called hourly billing. As does Amazon EC2. > On Jun 23, 2015, at 3:39 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > Terriffic point, Tyler. I guess I just figured that the power outage thing > is something she would have already inferred, but you are right. It

How to Block Facebook Game Requests

2015-06-23 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, The following comes to us courtesy of SimpleHelp, as many of us are Facebook subscribers, I thought I would post it on list. Please keep in mind that the steps listed below were written for sighted users. Mark How to Block Facebook Game Requests You either love them or you. do

Anyone participated in a Doodle poll on the Mac?

2015-06-23 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, I had to participate in a doodle poll this morning, and I found out from the person who posted it that my selection didn't take. I'm wondering if it's an accessibility issue, or if i did something wrong (I made my selection using VO-Space, am wondering if I should have just pressed Ent

Re: How to Block Facebook Game Requests

2015-06-23 Thread Jessica Moss
Oh goodness, they really don't make it easy. I get requests from people, sometimes 3 or more times a day, to play various games, at least I was for a while, and it drove me up the wall to the point I nearly unfriended them. Thanx for sending this info though. On Jun 23, 2015, at 5:43 PM, M. Ta

Re: iBooks Author

2015-06-23 Thread Caitlyn Furness
I’d like the correct spelling of the publishing site Sara was talking about, please. I typed inlian publishing and got a big fat zilch! Thanks, Caitlyn > On Jun 22, 2015, at 2:22 AM, Daniela Rubio wrote: > > Hello! > Were you able to use the widgets area? At some point, I was trying to use it

Re: Anyone participated in a Doodle poll on the Mac?

2015-06-23 Thread Deb Lewis
There are two ways a Doodle pole can be created. One of them is not accessible. They need to create it as what I think is called the basic Pole for it to be accessible. Then you should be able to make your selections using just the space bar. On 6/23/15, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi all, > > I had to

Braille With A Mac?

2015-06-23 Thread Eileen Scrivani
Hi, Does anyone know where I might locate a comprehensive list of Braille commands for use with a refreshable display on a Mac Book Pro as well as for use with an IPhone? I have the list of commonly used commands, but find it is not cutting it for me. Thanks for any pointers in the right dir

Re: Building a website, what's the best way?

2015-06-23 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Oh ok. When I was with them back in the days they didn't. I stand corrected. Thanks for the clarification. Chris. - Original Message - From: Littlefield, Tyler To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 5:19 PM Subject: Re: Building a website, what's

Re: Braille With A Mac?

2015-06-23 Thread Matthew Dierckens
Hi Eileen, I can't remember what Braile display you told me that you have when we did training, but if you go into the "Displays" tab under the "Braille" category of VoiceOver utility, you can hit the "Assign Commands" button, and examine all of the supported commands. God bless. Matthew Dierck

Re: Anyone participated in a Doodle poll on the Mac?

2015-06-23 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, In addition to what was already mentioned, I've sometimes found that you need to interact with the button area then use VO-space or space to activate. They are accessible but not particularly intuitive. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jun 23, 2015, at 15:52, Donna Goodin

updating brilliant firmware on the Mac

2015-06-23 Thread Kim Crawford
Does anybody know if it's possible to update the brilliant firmware on a Mac independent consultant for Nyr Organic www.us.nyrorganic.com/shop/nyrokim Sent from Kim's iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe fro

Re: updating brilliant firmware on the Mac

2015-06-23 Thread Matthew Dierckens
Hi, unfortunately no there is no way of updating the firmware on the Mac.of God bless. Matthew Dierckens Certified Assistive Technology Specialist Macintosh, Windows and IOS Trainer U.S. number: 573-401-1018 Personal Email: matt.dierck...@me.com On Jun 23, 2015, at 19:44, Kim Crawford wrote: D

Re: Braille With A Mac?

2015-06-23 Thread Eileen Scrivani
Hi Matthew, Thank you. I’m using a Brailliant. I will check out where the settings are. I am having Braille input issues, however, that I suspect will not be located in on-line help. For the life of me I cannot on the display enter an at-sign (@) and am not sure if letters are capitolize

Re: Braille With A Mac?

2015-06-23 Thread E.T.
Can this list be saved to a file as a quick reference? From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 6/23/2015 4:24 PM, Matthew Dierckens wrote: Hi Eileen, I can't remember what Braile display you told me tha

Re: Braille With A Mac?

2015-06-23 Thread Matthew Dierckens
Hi, you'd probably have to do it command by command, as it is in a table. You can also assign custom commands if your display doesn't do a certain function. God bless. Matthew Dierckens Certified Assistive Technology Specialist Macintosh, Windows and IOS Trainer U.S. number: 573-401-1018 Persona

Re: Anyone participated in a Doodle poll on the Mac?

2015-06-23 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks, Tim and Doug. I'll check with my friend who created the poll, I don't know whether it was created as a basic poll or not. Glad to know that at least on one level it is accessible. Thanks for the help. Cheers, Donna > On Jun 23, 2015, at 6:29 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > In ad

Re: Braille With A Mac?

2015-06-23 Thread Rachel Feinberg
Hi Eileen, The “at” sign seems to be a dot 4 pressed in conjunction with a dot 7. As for capitals, if you have contracted braille on, (press G-chord to toggle this), if you press a dot 6 before the letter you want to capitalize, it seems to translate as a capital letter. HTH! Rachel. Hi > On J

Can Windows 10 preview install on Boot Camp?

2015-06-23 Thread Rob
Hi, I was wondering if I could install Windows 10 technical preview on my 2009 MacBook running Yosemite? Thanks in advance Rob -- 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,

Re: Braille With A Mac?

2015-06-23 Thread David Chittenden
If brailling in 8 dot computer braille, the @ sign is dots 4 7. If brailling in 6 dot uncontracted literary braille, or contracted literary braille (grade II braille), the @ sign is dot 4 followed by dot 1. Note: this message was written using an iPhone 6+ in 6 dot braille screen mode. David Ch

Re: How to Block Facebook Game Requests

2015-06-23 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
this was only one spicific method, i can just blick them from sending me a game ivnites on the main page of facebook. go to games then invites, then blick them, instead of unfriend them just block them from inviting you to play games with you, yu can also block them from sending you when to like

RE: updating brilliant firmware on the Mac

2015-06-23 Thread Debbie Yuille
I don’t believe so. I’ve never seen a mac utility on the Humanware website. Debbie Sent from my PC From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kim Crawford Sent: Wednesday, 24 June 2015 9:44 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: up