how strange and odd, the settings dialog works for me to using basic html. Best: Jack On 7/26/07, Douglas Harrison <harrison1d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks for this, Christopher - you have really got me worried now! I just > went to my account, switched to Basic View and activated the Settings link. > I copied and paste below the message which appeared lower down the > screen - > > "Mail Settings > Settings can only be changed from Google Mail's standard view. > Switch to standard view" > > I originally wondered whether it had something to do with using different > screen readers, but that hardly seems likely. > > What worried me is that earlier this month I contributed an article on > Google mail to an on line magazine and in it I gave the inability to change > Settings from Basic View as a problem of which newcomers to Gmail > needed to be aware. My credibility destroyed with one sentence! > > Douglas > > > > > On 26 Jul 2007 at 8:45, Christopher Hallsworth wrote: > > > Douglas, I've just signed up today, and I can access the settings page > > using the basic view, so this should work on your account too. > > > > > > -- > > Douglas Harrison > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq