[nvda] Re: Thunderbird, problem with the compose new message. window

Actually, I wasn't particularly impressed by your message either, though I do think Alf's response was overly harsh. You might well have been pointing out that Thunderbird is open source, but we're very much aware of that. Just because something is open source doesn't necessarily mean it has the necessary external APIs to access the information we need. At best, it means we would have to implement the access in Thunderbird itself. You might be annoyed by Alf's response, but he is right in saying that your message came across, at least to some, as being somewhat confrontational. Saying "But thunderbird is open source as well, so you can still get at the code and find out what needs to be done" can be easily read as a statement to the effect that "it's open source, so it shouldn't be that hard". You might be sick and tired of justifying and repeating yourself, but I am becoming increasingly tired of arguments like this on the list. We don't expect suggestions or criticisms to be "sugar coated" or the like, but I, at least, do hope for some consideration as to how such might be interpreted. 

Jamie

Stephen wrote:

I'll say this once and once only.
I am sick and tired of justifying and repeating myself... if you dont like the tone of typing on here then I suggest you either 
1.  take an anger management course or
2. leave the list.
You are the only person to take issue with my message.
All I am saying is that because both products are open source, it is more likely something can be rigged up to get nvda working with thunderbird than it would be if thunderbird was not open source. 

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