[access-uk] Re: Outlook Express and alternatives

  • From: "Amro Bilal" <amro_bilal@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 01:11:37 +0100

Not sure what screen reader you're using, Dave. But I thought that 
Thunderbird wasn't very Jaws friendly. At least that was the case up to 
around two months ago when I tried it.

Cheers,
Amro
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Taylor" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 3:30 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Outlook Express and alternatives


> Hi,
>
> I'm having a quick look at Thunderbird. I can't find things like how to
> change accounts and simple things like that, and no keystrokes like ctrl J
> to jump to next folder with unread messages and things like that. When you
> use email as much as I do, these things all help, but if I can get the 
> hang
> of Thunderbird I might give it a proper go.
>
> Cheers
> Dave
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 3:19 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Outlook Express and alternatives
>
>
>> Dave, try the free Mozilla Thunderbird. Lots of keyboard shortcuts,
>> quite screen reader friendly, and provides the usual features like that
>> of OE, but with lots more. Download it at http://www.mozilla.org. Hope
>> this helps. P.S. I think Andy may find this useful too if he doesn't
>> want to be nagged by that message each time he closes his Outlook
>> Express.
>> On Mon, 7 May 2007 09:12:05 +0100, "Dave Taylor" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> said:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am currently, as most people, using OE. However, I keep finding it
>>> freezing. I go into task manager and can close it from there, but that's
>>> the
>>> only way, and when I reopen it it's usually fine. I suspect as much of
>>> the
>>> problem as anything is my old computer (yes, I got the old one), but, is
>>> there anything I can do to stop it doing this? Also, are there any
>>> alternative mail readers with folders and rules etc? OE has such a great
>>> range of keystrokes I find it really useful, but if there's anything 
>>> that
>>> will work better that's available still, I'd be interested in finding
>>> out.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Dave
>>>
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