[orca-list] Fwd: Some info on orca

[Daniel Barich <barichd kenyon edu>]

I've only seen the heads-up display in the Unity desktop.  I wish the
other desktops like Gnome would have it as well so you don't have to
hunt through a program's menu bar to find a command.

On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 3:05 AM, Christopher Chaltain
<chaltain gmail com> wrote:
> This is a bit different. Unity has the Dash, which does the same thing you
> describe below. The HUD or heads up display let's you get at the options in
> the menu bar for an application. For example, in Thunderbird, you could hit
> the alt key and then type 'move" and find the option to move the message
> you're reading into a folder. Maybe not the best example, but you get the
> idea.
>
>
> On 01/28/2014 01:24 AM, José Vilmar Estácio de Souza wrote:
> > OK.
> > Gnome has a similar feature.
> > If for example I want to start firefox, I press alt+f1 and type fir.
> >
> > On 01/28/2014 12:36 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
> > > The heads up display is a feature in Unity. You generally get to it by
> > > tapping the alt key. Once you've brought up the heads up display, you
> > > can start typing and it'll search through your menus. It helps find
> > > those out of the way options that may be burried in your menu bar
> > > somewhere. I don't use it too much, but when Mozilla moves those options
> > > around from release to release or platform to platform, it can really
> > > come in handy. BTW, it includes your indicators, so if you have the
> > > classic menu indicator installed, you can use it to get to the
> > > applications on your system.
> > >
> > > On 01/27/2014 11:54 AM, José Vilmar Estácio de Souza wrote:
> > > > Hi.
> > > > I use gnome 3.10 all the day.
> > > > Sorry my ignorance, but what is heads up display?
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > On 01/27/2014 03:43 PM, Krishnakant Mane wrote:
> > > > > I think, documentation should start soon.
> > > > > I remember some people discussing very interesting stuff on this list a
> > > > > few days back.
> > > > > having said this, I wish to know is Gnome 3.10 acccessible enough
> > > > > that I
> > > > > can start using it for daily production work?
> > > > > Do they have some thing similar to heads up display?
> > > > > Happy hacking.
> > > > > Krishnakant.
> > > > > On 01/27/2014 10:30 PM, José Vilmar Estácio de Souza wrote:
> > > > > > Hi Germano.
> > > > > > I don't use debian 7 weezy, but if it has gnome 3.10 installed you can
> > > > > > press the superkey+s to activate orca.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Evolution does not work well with orca, try thunderbird.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 01/27/2014 02:49 PM, Germano Carella wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi to all,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I’m new of gnome and orca.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I’m a blind programmer, I develop in python 2.7 under windows, but I
> > > > > > > would like to begin developing for orca.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Can you provide me some documentation for this job?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I need some info on orca:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 1)I installed debian 7 weezy. How can I enable orca at login screen?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 2)What is a better client mail for orca? I tried evolution, but I
> > > > > > > can’t
> > > > > > > read message list.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 3)It exists some accessible aggregator?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Germano
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
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> > > > > > > Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca.
> > > > > > > The manual is at
> > > > > > > http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
> > > > > > > The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
> > > > > > > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
> > > > > > > Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp
>
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