Wanted to see if others are experiencing this before I submit it to Apple.
When the trackpad options are set to "ignore trackpad while VO is running," the gesture to turn trackpad commander on works, but then the trackpad becomes entirely unresponsive, instead of only blocking non-VO gestures while allowing trackpad commander. For example, I can't turn trackpad commander back off. Unchecking the "ignore trackpad" option returns trackpad commander to normal functionality.
I should note that previously, "ignore trackpad" just didn't seem to work at all, so... progress?
By Voracious P. Brain, 28 December, 2024
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Yeah it took me 1 month to…
Yeah it took me 1 month to understand this. I don't remember the previous behaviour but for once I think there is a certain logic here. For them, the user want to completely get rid of the trackpad, including the clicks. The easiest (arguably laziest) thing they've found is
1: assuming that only blind users would ever want such thing
2: Made it so that when the commander is on so the trackpad completely under VO control when ignore trackpad is checked it will be, well, ignored completely by the system, VO included.
This will not prevent me giving them a 0/10 on documentation, again, and again. Just one sentence App,e is this too much work for you now? :) Now the users who aren't even paid have to track the bugs and understand your undocumented mess, made worst as this mess often has bug too... It's like the activities in Sonoma, but at least this year the new VO *features* are quite consistent so it's still better than last year. Remember the caps lock key mess? :)