[games_access] Steam - only usable with mouse?

[Sandra Uhling]

Hi,

I just send them an overview about my wishes.
Maybe they never had someone with such kind of wishes before?

(Oh and I did not forget to mention that I make a bachelor thesis.
This is sometimes magic -> they will read it to the end?)

Best regards,
Sandra


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-bounces at igda.org] Im
Auftrag von Dirk van Sloten
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 13. April 2011 16:22
An: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
Betreff: Re: [games_access] Steam - only usable with mouse?

In that casem my apologies.
In my opinion the Steam interface is pretty bad in general. However, it has
seen some improvements recently. Still, they're relatively new.

The only thing I'm able to do with just the keyboard right now is the select
already installed games with the up and down arrows, start a selected game
with the enter key,  and TAB into the search field (which will search only
in installed games). This is on Mac OS X. It might be different on a Windows
machine, but I doubt it will be much better.

A friendly email to Steam with some suggestions might be received well by
them.


Dirk van Sloten, M.S.



On Apr 13, 2011, at 10:10 AM, Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de> wrote:



	Hi,
	
	oh I did not mean the games.
	I ment the platform. The installation and download of games in
steam.
	
	Best regards,
	Sandra
	
	-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
	Von: games_access-bounces at igda.org
[mailto:games_access-bounces at igda.org] Im
	Auftrag von Dirk van Sloten
	Gesendet: Mittwoch, 13. April 2011 14:33
	An: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
	Betreff: Re: [games_access] Steam - only usable with mouse?
	
	This depends entirely on the game you play. Some games I purchased
through
	steam (i.e. magicka) I play with a logitech gamepad, or keyboard.
	
	Dirk van Sloten, M.S.
	
	Sent from my iPhone.
	
	On Apr 13, 2011, at 7:23, Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de>
wrote:
	
	> Hi,
	> 
	> I tried to use Steam with the keyboard.
	> I wanted to install a game, but it did not work.
	> 
	> Do I have to know some special keys?
	> 
	> Best regards,
	> Sandra
	> 
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