Comments on: Tab Keyboard Navigation - How to make the Mac not suck for power users http://mac.lowetechlabs.com/2008/03/24/tab-keyboard-navigation-how-to-make-the-mac-not-suck-for-power-users/ Apple and Macintosh from Lowe Tech Labs Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:19:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Alex http://mac.lowetechlabs.com/2008/03/24/tab-keyboard-navigation-how-to-make-the-mac-not-suck-for-power-users/#comment-280 Alex Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:31:50 +0000 http://mac.lowetechlabs.com/2008/03/24/tab-keyboard-navigation-how-to-make-the-mac-not-suck-for-power-users/#comment-280 Thanks Bob, I guess this is the problem with being dependent on the computer for communication... i.e. spell check and grammar check. I'll fix my embarrassing proof of an inadequate vocabulary. Thanks Bob, I guess this is the problem with being dependent on the computer for communication… i.e. spell check and grammar check. I’ll fix my embarrassing proof of an inadequate vocabulary.

]]> By: Mark http://mac.lowetechlabs.com/2008/03/24/tab-keyboard-navigation-how-to-make-the-mac-not-suck-for-power-users/#comment-137 Mark Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:07:57 +0000 http://mac.lowetechlabs.com/2008/03/24/tab-keyboard-navigation-how-to-make-the-mac-not-suck-for-power-users/#comment-137 Excellent! I've always been a Mac user & happily used QuicKeys for navigation assistance, but I was frustrated about these issues in OS X too. Thanks! Very useful and much appreciated. -Mark Excellent!

I’ve always been a Mac user & happily used QuicKeys for navigation assistance, but I was frustrated about these issues in OS X too.

Thanks! Very useful and much appreciated.

-Mark

]]> By: Bob http://mac.lowetechlabs.com/2008/03/24/tab-keyboard-navigation-how-to-make-the-mac-not-suck-for-power-users/#comment-136 Bob Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:32:03 +0000 http://mac.lowetechlabs.com/2008/03/24/tab-keyboard-navigation-how-to-make-the-mac-not-suck-for-power-users/#comment-136 Sorry, this is picky, but I am an English Prof- eschew doesn't mean what you think it does. Hope this comment helps. Sorry, this is picky, but I am an English Prof- eschew doesn’t mean what you think it does. Hope this comment helps.

]]> By: Steve http://mac.lowetechlabs.com/2008/03/24/tab-keyboard-navigation-how-to-make-the-mac-not-suck-for-power-users/#comment-135 Steve Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:16:03 +0000 http://mac.lowetechlabs.com/2008/03/24/tab-keyboard-navigation-how-to-make-the-mac-not-suck-for-power-users/#comment-135 This is the single best mac tip I have ever seen since switching to Apple 5 years ago. I've always wanted this, and here it was all along! Thanks very much, I'm sharing this with all my friends and family who've switched as well, since I'm sure they'll use the tip! Great work. This is the single best mac tip I have ever seen since switching to Apple 5 years ago. I’ve always wanted this, and here it was all along! Thanks very much, I’m sharing this with all my friends and family who’ve switched as well, since I’m sure they’ll use the tip! Great work.

]]> By: Alex http://mac.lowetechlabs.com/2008/03/24/tab-keyboard-navigation-how-to-make-the-mac-not-suck-for-power-users/#comment-120 Alex Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:19:23 +0000 http://mac.lowetechlabs.com/2008/03/24/tab-keyboard-navigation-how-to-make-the-mac-not-suck-for-power-users/#comment-120 Yeah, I don't know if Apple really wants you to know about the feature because (1) it's off by default and (2) it doesn't really work well in all apps... for example, you'll sometimes see artifacts around buttons in certain dialogs so it can be hard to tell which button is highlighted. In addition, some applications/dialogs don't even support it! I guess it's a problem when you don't have a feature like this built in from day 1... your development tools, legacy applications, ui guidelines, best practices, etc don't have it in place. Score one for Windows foresight. :) -- Alex Yeah, I don’t know if Apple really wants you to know about the feature because (1) it’s off by default and (2) it doesn’t really work well in all apps… for example, you’ll sometimes see artifacts around buttons in certain dialogs so it can be hard to tell which button is highlighted. In addition, some applications/dialogs don’t even support it!

I guess it’s a problem when you don’t have a feature like this built in from day 1… your development tools, legacy applications, ui guidelines, best practices, etc don’t have it in place. Score one for Windows foresight. :)

– Alex

]]> By: Adam http://mac.lowetechlabs.com/2008/03/24/tab-keyboard-navigation-how-to-make-the-mac-not-suck-for-power-users/#comment-119 Adam Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:24:24 +0000 http://mac.lowetechlabs.com/2008/03/24/tab-keyboard-navigation-how-to-make-the-mac-not-suck-for-power-users/#comment-119 Wow, here I am a all certified in Mac OS X by Apple and I must ashamedly admit my ignorance to that setting, despite also having the same gripe when switching to the Mac. It really would be nice to have a setting I could switch on to underline the letter for a shortcut key so you know you can press Command+D for don't save. Wow, here I am a all certified in Mac OS X by Apple and I must ashamedly admit my ignorance to that setting, despite also having the same gripe when switching to the Mac. It really would be nice to have a setting I could switch on to underline the letter for a shortcut key so you know you can press Command+D for don’t save.

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