[macvoiceover] Re: Mail doesn't seem to import new RSS feeds

  • From: John Panarese <jpanarese@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:46:40 -0400

Hi Robin,
   Thanks for the heads up.  I hope they fix this as well.  The extra step is 
not a big deal, but still something that should be addressed.

Take Care

John Panarese
jpanarese@xxxxxxxxx



On Jul 28, 2011, at 8:20 AM, Robin Kipp wrote:

> Hi John and all,
> OK, I've experimented some more with this, and it seems that there really is 
> an issue when importing an RSS feed right from a website. So, here's a 
> workaround that works, at least for me:
> in the Safari preferences, on the RSS tab, the default RSS reader has to be 
> set to Safari 5.0 rather than Mail 5.0. Then, when clicking on the link for 
> an RSS feed, it the feed will open in Safari. Then, on that site, there's an 
> area called "actions". Just after that, when pressing VO + right arrow, 
> there's a link saying "Subscribe to feed in Mail". When that link is clicked, 
> Mail will create a new mailbox with the feed contents, just like it used to 
> in SL.
> It's kind of annoying to take that extra step in Safari, but it works for the 
> moment. I assume this is a bug in the Mail client and will file this as such 
> in Apple's bug reporter.
> Thanks for the help!
> Robin>
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