Re: [orca-list] how much has changed in gnome?

[Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com>]

Hi.

I'll try to be brief and still cover all your questions.  Gnome's interface is totally different if you 
haven't used it in the last 3 or 4 years.  When you launch it, it takes you to a blank screen from the point 
of view of a blind person.  Sighted people see their wall paper, I think.  At home, mine is a picture of the 
Earth as seen from space.  Anyway, here's a brief synopsis of how everything works: 

To get the list of installed applications now, you have to hit the super key once and then control alt tab 
twice to the applications list.  You have a few regions which seem to have taken the place of panels now and 
are navigable with control alt tab if you don't have any vision.  If you have some vision and use a mouse, 
you just put your mouse pointer at different corners of the screen to reveal them:

+  Activities:  The top menubar with calendar,, accessibility options and a menu with your name on it which 
is used for logging off, shutting down and modifying settings.
+  Messages:  Notification area which, is usually near the bottom of the screen.
+  Windows:  list of open windows.
+  Dash:  List of favorited applications
+  Applications list:  Just what it says.  It's just not organized like the old applications menu.  You can 
install an applications menu in the traditional sense using the Gnome tweak tool to get the extension you 
need.
+  Overview:  It's like a search panel.  You can type the first couple of letters of what you want and it 
will find the application for you quickly.  It's what I use the most and what comes up immediately when I hit 
the super key.  

At any time, you can control alt tab and see the activities, messages and window list areas.  Dash, and 
applications can only be gotten to if you hit super first.  

To find your file explorer just hit the super key and type files and press enter.  Nautilus should come up 
then.  I recommend you install the Gnome tweak tool so you can customize the look and feel more to your 
liking.  You can turn on a "desktop view" which lets you go to different areas of your box like your home 
directory, any installed devices, ETC.  No application shortcuts though.  That's what the dash is for.  You 
really don't even need application shortcuts because if you can remember the first few letters of it, just 
hit the super key and type them in.  You ca then use the arrow keys to find the one you want and press enter. 
 Where before you might have had to scroll through a list of several, you now only have to pick from two or 
three with this method.  

Good luck.  BTW, do you still code in c++?  I remember you from the blind programmers list.  

Alex M



-----Original Message-----
From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of Kristoffer Gustafsson
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 7:29 AM
To: orca-list
Subject: [orca-list] how much has changed in gnome?

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Kristoffer Gustafsson
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Hi.
How much things has changed in gnome?
Before I had no problems at all, but now it barely works at all.
I can't find a file Explorer, it is very hard to find the lists of applications I have installed etc.
Then it takes very long to get running. It just says screen reader loaded, and then I will have to wait two-3 
minutes Before something happens. If it happens at all.
/Kristoffer
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