[jaws-uk] Re: Thunderbird Help

  • From: "Amro Bilal" <amro_bilal@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:37:18 -0000

Hi Tiddy,

Yeah, it is quite confusing to use. Don't know if that's because we use it 
with JAWS or that's the way Thunderbird works. I'll try it again with the 
help of the hotkeys you sent and see if things become easier. Many thanks 
for your help, much appreciated.

Amro
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "TIDDYogg" <oggy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 8:27 PM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Thunderbird Help


> Hi Amro.
> I use Thunderbird,  but know nothing of screen settings.
> It is a bit peculiar, but if you select the In Box and tab 4 or 5 times
> you'll get the list of messages.
> Looking at the menus will give you the hot keys for most things, but
> here are a couple of oddities.
> On starting the program it will  check for new messages
>
> , but to have them displayed you must press ctrl+shift+T
> To save an attachment it's the usual alt, then f then A, following which
> use the arrow keys to decide what to do with said attachment.
>
> The oddest thing is when composing a message.
> Ctrl+N gets you into the compose screen, but when you type, your
> contact's e-mail address, the first field, Jaws doesn't echo the text.
> Tab gets you to the Subject field, and if you now do  a shift+Tab to
> take you back, the address field is there, and you may modify it if you
> got it wrong.
>
> Ctrl+Enter sends the message.
>
> (When I installed it, it somehow grabbed all address book entries from
> my previous O E application, thus saving trouble.)
>
> Amro Bilal wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> Could someone remind me please if Thunderbird is accessible with JAWS7.0? 
>> And if it is, I'd appreciate any hints on how to improve its usability - 
>> best viewing settings and such. I'm trying it at the moment and although 
>> that JAWS doesn't go completely speechless, it makes little sense of what 
>> on the screen. The JAWS' help files have no mention of Thunderbird so I 
>> assume that it still not supported? Many thanks.
>>
>> AmroB
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