Hi Gene,
Thanks for y6our answer. Hehe, I think Microsoft has enough data
on me, giving it my email doesn't sound great. But yeah, let's
imagine they don't keep this data! As I was saying I really can't
use Thunderbird much (even writing this somewhat short message is
a pain).
I've tried eM client today, light and fast, like I wanted, but
not accessible as far as I can tell. So I guess I will need to
find WLM somewhere. But I must admit it's a big disappointment to
me who places so much on open- source technology, so going from
Thunderbird to Microsoft is a downgrade, not in terms of feature,
but in terms of philosophy, if that makes any sense.
Thanks again,
Vincent
On 8/25/2019 6:10 PM, Gene wrote:
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What is wrong with using Windows
Live Mail? And what is wrong with using Microsoft products in
general? Some of the utilities and programs included with
Windows are designed to be easy to use and don't have options
more advanced or demanding users might want or need. But a
general avoidance of Microsoft products may lead to
unnecessary problems or unnecessary time and effort looking
for something else that works well.
Windows Live Mail is completely
accessible. you can use the old menu version or the newer
ribbon version. You have to get it from someone, because
Microsoft no longer supports and distributes it.
Gene
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Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2019 10:58 AM
Subject: [nvda] A point on email clients
Hi everyone,
This has been reported for a few weeks or months and things are
getting
worse, so I'm afraid I'll have to leave the Thunderbird
community. The
client is getting extremely sluggish. It behaves well for sighted
users
but the thing is not reporting information to NVDA in less than a
few
seconds for each key press, especially for us unfortunate relying
on
Braille. Enough is enough. Thunderbird served its purpose but I
need a
fast email client and can't spend 2 hours reading my 100 daily
emails
(yep, I happen to receive lots of emails).
But this "ragequit" will pose some problems. The first, and
obvious,
is: what to use now? Relying on Microsoft products doesn't sit
too
well, I'm already doing a lot of that, but it seems there aren't
so many
choices. For awhile I heard about an open-source email client
specifically created for accessibility, but I can't remember what
the
name was, who created it, and Google can't help me.
So the debate is open: let's avoid the flamewar if possible, but
what
are you using? What would be more fitting with NVDA? I have a
few
requirements:
- I'm running on Windows 10 (64-bit). Can't do without that.
- I have two accounts and possibly three, so I need to have
support for
several email accounts and simple switches between them.
- I need support for iMap, which is basically the only protocol I
used
to retreieve messages.
- Support for simple text and HTML content is obviously a strong
bonus.
Thanks in advance for your advice!
Vincent
