• Retweet: @vmwarefusion : Fusion 50% off today, one day only. Details: http://is.gd/9Gqi Coupon code "CyberMondayDeal" # 2008/12/01
• It's Thanksgiving Day in the United States. We're thankful for Apple's commitment to accessibility in their products. # 2008/11/27
• We've added social bookmarking and "Send this to a Friend" to the Mac-cessibility Site as a trial. Let us know what you think. # 2008/11/27
• Apple released Safari 3.2.1 today. No known accessibility changes, but a good update to have nonetheless. Stability is the focus. # 2008/11/25
• News: Comparing Accessibility of the Big Three Operating System http://www.lioncourt.com/?p=247 # 2008/11/21

Mac-cessibility Quick Tips are a weekly feature of Lioncourt.com to help blind and visually impaired Mac users improve their computing experience. Not all tips will be specific to VoiceOver, and most will apply to both Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Now, on to this week’s tip.

Many applications on the Mac sport a toolbar which provides quick access to common commands, or else access to commands that are not readily available anywhere else. Toolbars are also common in application Preference windows to house buttons that switch from page to page within the preferences. Many users don’t realize that you don’t need to navigate to the toolbar with VoiceOver and, in the case of Leopard, interact with it. Instead, simply use the Mac OS X hot key Control-F5 to jump directly to the first item on the toolbar. You can then use VoiceOver to navigate through the controls on the toolbar, or else tab through them. No interaction required.