[jawsscripts] Re: Developing scripts for thunderbird
- From: "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 13:00:02 +0300
Unfortunately? This is very fortunate! :-)
I didn't check, so I just past what somebody else told, but it is OK if it is
not so.
--Octavian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Hartgen" <brianh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 11:05 AM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Developing scripts for thunderbird
> Hi
>
> Unfortunately that is not quite right. I've just installed Windows Live Mail
> on my partner's computer because she wanted a more slimmed down email client
> than Outlook, and I could just configure it with her regular Email details
> using our domain. So it can be done. I did evaluate Thunderbird this week
> with the default JAWS support and wasn't that impressed, so I'd be
> interested to see what John comes up with.
>
> Brian
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Octavian Rasnita
> Sent: 04 April 2014 09:00
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> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Developing scripts for thunderbird
>
> Hi Martin,
>
> I tried Thunderbird a long time ago, so I don't remember what were its main
> accessibility problems and for the moment I don't have it installed, but
> somebody tested Windows Live Mail and told that now Microsoft requires to
> create an account on live.com. So Mozilla Thunderbird can become a very
> interesting solution for the future.
>
> As in any mail client, at least for me it would be helpful to be able to
> jump to a certain folder in the list of folders by using a letter key, and
> not just by pressing the up/down arrows a lot of time.
>
> It is also helpful to be able to read the number of messages in the current
> folder by using a hotkey, no matter if the messages are separate or grouped
> by conversation.
> And it is also helpful to be able to jump to the next unread message in the
> current folder by pressing a hotkey.
> It is also helpful to be able to silence the announcement of "unread" which
> is announced automaticly when an unread message is selected in the list of
> messages, and find if it is read or unread by pressing a hotkey, like it is
> possible in Outlook Express by using Insert+F. (If the font is bold, the
> message is unread).
> This is helpful because otherwise if all or most of the messages in a folder
> are unread, it is not productive to hear unread, unread again and again,
> because we might know that they are unread.
>
> Of course, it is also helpful to hear basic things like if the currently
> selected message has an attachment or if it is marked as important and it is
> also helpful to be able to choose what is displayed in the list of messages,
> but I don't know if this can be done by scripting or is already offered by
> the program. For example I never like to hear the date/time in the list of
> messages because most of them are messages from the current day, and if I
> really want to read the date/time, I can open the message.
> But I like to hear only the sender and the entire subject, no matter how
> long is the subject (the sizes of the columns can be changed in Outlook
> Express. I don't remember if Thunderbird offer this feature.).
>
> So as I said, these are just a few things I like in a mail client, but I
> don't know if Thunderbird can offer them or if they can be improved by
> scripting.
>
> --Octavian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Martyn" <johnrobertmartyn@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
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> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 4:23 AM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Developing scripts for thunderbird
>
>
>> Hi All,
>> So you know I am developing new scripts for mozilla thunderbird. So far
>> you can move about, check the status of your messages and upon deleting
>> a message it tells you the next message along with the status. You can
>> also sort your columns by preference of what is visible and choose to
>> sort by ascending and descending. I am also incorporating the
>> thunderbird API to increase functionality. If you have any suggestions
>> as to what you'd like to be able to do, let me know and I'll program it
>> the best I can.
>> All your comments are greatly appreciated.
>> Thanks,
>> John Martyn
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