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At last... RibbonExplorer #newaddon
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Alberto Buffolino
Hi all,
as you may have read on NVDA general list, after a restricted testing phase, I released to the public a new add-on, to simplify exploration of Ribbon menu, in Office 2019, 365 and 2021 (for the moment). Just install, open an Office application, press Alt... and familiarize with new menu layout (an enhanced version of object navigation, as advanced users will see). It's in dev state, but it already works quite well, in my opinion. Remaining problems concern primarily how to set focus in particular circumstances (forceFocus method), and I'd be very grateful if someone could suggest a better solution than mine (focusing a previous obj and then simulating a moving gesture, substantially). Latest build is at: https://github.com/ABuffEr/ribbonExplorer/releases/download/dev/ribbonExplorer-20220112-dev.nvda-addon and repository at: https://github.com/ABuffEr/ribbonExplorer/ Good tests 🙂 Alberto
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Noelia Ruiz
Hello, I don't have Office, just the demo coming with Windows, at
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home. Maybe useful to extend this to Wordpad and other ribbons? Just thinking: 😄 2022-01-13 16:14 GMT+01:00, Alberto Buffolino <a.buffolino@gmail.com>:
Hi all,
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Roger Stewart
Will this work with Notepad and other apps that use ribbons?
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Roger
On 1/13/2022 9:14 AM, Alberto Buffolino wrote:
Hi all,
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Alberto Buffolino
Roger Stewart, il 13/01/2022 16.42, ha scritto:
Will this work with Notepad and other apps that use ribbons?Alberto: Hi Roger, it was my initial idea, but going forward I realized that Ribbons in Office and Ribbons in other applications are not so similar as you (and I) imagine, and decided to concentrate my efforts on Office. So, about other applications, I not decided yet. It'll depend on how much work it require. Alberto
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Jordi Montserrat Navarro
Hola Alberto Acabo de incorporarme hoy a la lista. Estoy empezando a aprender Python y quiero participar en crear complementos, pero mis conocimientos son muy bajos. Pero tengo instalado el Office 2019 y tendre acceso al Windows 365.
Me ofrezco a hacer pruebas a nivel de usuario, mientras voy introduciéndome en el mundo de NVDA. Espero ser útil. Saludos.
El jue, 13 ene 2022 a las 16:56, Alberto Buffolino (<a.buffolino@...>) escribió: Roger Stewart, il 13/01/2022 16.42, ha scritto: --
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Noelia Ruiz
Hello Jordi: Welcome to the international NVDA add-ons mailing list. The language for this group is English. You may try to use an automatic translator to post here, for example, instantTranslate, an NVDA add-on contributed by several authors included Alberto. I"ll sumarize your message, writen in Spanish:
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Mostly for Alberto. Jordi wants to learn Python and skills related" to add-on development. He has Office 2019 and soon he will have 365, and he wants to help with your add-on making tests as a user. Thanks. Enviado desde mi iPhone
El 13 ene 2022, a las 17:57, Jordi Montserrat Navarro <disetgrup@...> escribió:
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Doug Lee
This is an English list, but I think you said you just joined it. Greetings and welcome. :-)
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In case it's useful, this is my best translation of your message - Google helped here but this is not just a Google translation: ===== Hello Alberto I just joined this list today. I'm starting to learn Python and want to participate in creating add-ons, but my knowledge is very low. But I have Office 2019 installed and have access to Office 365. I offer to do user -level tests while I'm accustomizing myself to the world of NVDA. I hope to be useful. Greetings. =====
On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 05:52:17PM +0100, Jordi Montserrat Navarro wrote:
Hola Alberto Acabo de incorporarme hoy a la lista. Estoy empezando a aprender Python y quiero participar en crear complementos, pero mis conocimientos son muy bajos. Pero tengo instalado el Office 2019 y tendre acceso al Windows 365.  Me ofrezco a hacer pruebas a nivel de usuario, mientras voy introduciéndome en el mundo de NVDA. Espero ser útil. Saludos. El jue, 13 ene 2022 a las 16:56, Alberto Buffolino (<a.buffolino@gmail.com>) escribió: Roger Stewart, il 13/01/2022 16.42, ha scritto: > Will this work with Notepad and other apps that use ribbons? Alberto: Hi Roger, it was my initial idea, but going forward I realized that Ribbons in Office and Ribbons in other applications are not so similar as you (and I) imagine, and decided to concentrate my efforts on Office. So, about other applications, I not decided yet. It'll depend on how much work it require. Alberto --     Jordi Montserrat Navarro jordimontserratnavarro.blogspot.com        disetgrup@gmail.com   Grup TO de la Fundació COAATT -- Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org "It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper." --Rod Serling
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Christopher Duffley
Yup, basically what Noelia summarized!
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On Jan 13, 2022, at 12:17, Doug Lee <nvda@...> wrote: This is an English list, but I think you said you just joined it. Greetings and welcome. :-) In case it's useful, this is my best translation of your message - Google helped here but this is not just a Google translation: ===== Hello Alberto I just joined this list today. I'm starting to learn Python and want to participate in creating add-ons, but my knowledge is very low. But I have Office 2019 installed and have access to Office 365. I offer to do user -level tests while I'm accustomizing myself to the world of NVDA. I hope to be useful. Greetings. ===== On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 05:52:17PM +0100, Jordi Montserrat Navarro wrote: Hola Alberto Acabo de incorporarme hoy a la lista. Estoy empezando a aprender Python y quiero participar en crear complementos, pero mis conocimientos son muy bajos. Pero tengo instalado el Office 2019 y tendre acceso al Windows 365.  Me ofrezco a hacer pruebas a nivel de usuario, mientras voy introduciéndome en el mundo de NVDA. Espero ser útil. Saludos. El jue, 13 ene 2022 a las 16:56, Alberto Buffolino (<a.buffolino@...>) escribió: Roger Stewart, il 13/01/2022 16.42, ha scritto: Will this work with Notepad and other apps that use ribbons?Alberto: Hi Roger, it was my initial idea, but going forward I realized that Ribbons in Office and Ribbons in other applications are not so similar as you (and I) imagine, and decided to concentrate my efforts on Office. So, about other applications, I not decided yet. It'll depend on how much work it require. Alberto --     Jordi Montserrat Navarro jordimontserratnavarro.blogspot.com        disetgrup@...   Grup TO de la Fundació COAATT -- Doug Lee dgl@... http://www.dlee.org "It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper." --Rod Serling
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Hi, I must say this is one of the well-documented add-ons as far as source code is concerned. A note about object presentation type at the beginning was really helpful, too. Regarding license: I understand that this add-on is licensed under GNU GPL 3, which is incompatible with GPL 2. Have you considered re-licensing the add-on? Subsequent to the publication of the add-on dev snapshot, there has been a discussion on the users list about using native interface versus an add-on like this (see the NvDA list archive for details). The only thing I would add is that at least give folks a chance to demonstrate their skills with an add-on like this - who knows, it might be useful for some. Cheers, Joseph
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Dennis L <dennisl1982@...>
I would consider using this if NVDA ever became my primary screen reader. NVDA needs to improve in the areas I stated the other day but nice work.
From: nvda-addons@nvda-addons.groups.io <nvda-addons@nvda-addons.groups.io> On Behalf Of Joseph Lee
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2022 3:42 PM To: nvda-addons@nvda-addons.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda-addons] At last... RibbonExplorer #newaddon
Hi, I must say this is one of the well-documented add-ons as far as source code is concerned. A note about object presentation type at the beginning was really helpful, too. Regarding license: I understand that this add-on is licensed under GNU GPL 3, which is incompatible with GPL 2. Have you considered re-licensing the add-on? Subsequent to the publication of the add-on dev snapshot, there has been a discussion on the users list about using native interface versus an add-on like this (see the NvDA list archive for details). The only thing I would add is that at least give folks a chance to demonstrate their skills with an add-on like this - who knows, it might be useful for some. Cheers, Joseph
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Sylwek Piekarski
I don't have a problem with ribbons in Office, but I'm glad that such an add-on was created. Thank you very much. It even works well in Office 2016.
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kind regards - Sylwek W dniu 13.01.2022 o 16:14, Alberto Buffolino pisze:
Hi all,
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Eilana Benish
Hi, i use microsoft 365 the idea for this add-on is great but either I don't understand or it is not possible to change the values, select or open some comboboxes. for example the font selection combo box - I did not succeed too select a font or start typing in this autocomplete combobox the first characters of the font name. So I think in order to improve the user experience here, I would recommend too keep the default behavior for comboboxes that contains text or characters that user can choose or change or type some values in order to open the auto complete or the list of values to choose from. So good luck with this add on 😊
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Alberto Buffolino
Joseph Lee, il 13/01/2022 21.41, ha scritto:
I must say this is one of the well-documented add-ons as far as source code is concerned. A note about object presentation type at the beginning was really helpful, too.Alberto: thanks Joseph. Yes, presentationType was been an interesting discovery, personally. I think it'd be useful in other add-ons too, like ToolbarsExplorer. Regarding license: I understand that this add-on is licensed under GNU GPL 3, which is incompatible with GPL 2. Have you considered re-licensing the add-on?Alberto: yes, my error, I'll change in v2. Subsequent to the publication of the add-on dev snapshot, there has been a discussion on the users list about using native interface versus an add-on like this (see the NvDA list archive for details).Alberto: I have seen. I have a bit different opinions, not very flattering, concerning Ribbons accessibility, hierarchical exploration, moving/gesture predictability and the overview of the potential that a menu must give over its application, a lot of these related to mind organization and rapid learning and operating in unusual contexts, but, sure, knowing native interface is a better approach than using an add-on that could become unfunctional in any moment. So, patience... this add-on will probably remain an experiment, in a minimum-effort state of support. Alberto
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Alberto Buffolino
Sylwek Piekarski, il 13/01/2022 22.36, ha scritto:
It even works well in Office 2016.Alberto: Hi Sylwek, thanks for appreciation. Here I have a Office 2016 trial, for which I blocked updates to avoid an undesired upgrade to latest 365 interface, and indeed the latest add-on build seems to be working, but I have noticed anyway some strange behaviours, so be care, I cannot guarantee anything. Alberto
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Alberto Buffolino
Eilana Benish, il 14/01/2022 10.23, ha scritto:
but either I don't understand or it is not possible to change the values, select or open some comboboxes. for example the font selection combo box - I did not succeed too select a font or start typing in this autocomplete combobox the first characters of the font name.Alberto: Hi Eilana, try to expand with right arrow, like a submenu. I made this to prevent accidental changes with arrows. And yes, I must add alt+downArrow and enter too... and it must be documented. I have also disabled the "selected" announcement, quite useless in that context, and here it seems ok, but report if this causes problems. Alberto
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Brian's Mail list account
That was my thought as well. I simply never understood the logic of making ribbon menus. It would have been relatively easy for Microsoft to have made their shell with an option for ribbons or traditional menus. I think from all those I've met who are used to XP, these menus are the worst thing in the world to figure out the logic for when you want to do something you don't have the short cut for. Surely muddling property sheets, menus and bits of toolbars all in a complete mish mash has got to be wrong, yet they persist, despite almost every user sighted too not, saying they are hard to work with.
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From: "Roger Stewart" <paganus2@gmail.com> To: <nvda-addons@nvda-addons.groups.io> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2022 3:42 PM Subject: Re: [nvda-addons] At last... RibbonExplorer #newAddon Will this work with Notepad and other apps that use ribbons?
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