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

From: Michał Zegan <webczat_200 poczta onet pl>
To: orca-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [orca-list] how much has changed in gnome?
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 16:41:53 +0200

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One clarification, there are shortcuts moving you directly to the
applications panel etc, I do not remember most of them but win+a goes
directly to the application panel, for example, win+m or win+n, not
sure, goes to notifications...

W dniu 2015-08-12 o 16:37, Alex Midence pisze:

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?

-- Kristoffer Gustafsson Salängsgatan 7a tel:033-12 60 93 mobil:
0730-500934 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. 
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