Hi Gene,
Of course I have been doing this for years now. BTW, with Mozilla
products, to close windows of any kind, control + W also works. It
never fails.
I do have an old Thunderbird 102.0 executable version on my old
computer. I always download the current release version a few days
after I am updated within a program of any kind including
Thunderbird. I am going to save all my mail and then do a total
uninstall and reinstall of 102.0 and immediately block any further
updates under settings. I will keep things that way until further
notice. Maybe, I'll even take your advice and run any future full
releases as a portable version first before doing a full install--a
kind of shake down cruise.
On 8/7/2022 9:11 AM, Gene wrote:
Here is
a correction. Close the about dialog with either escape or alt
f4. I thought the dialog opened in a new tab but it is somehow a
dialog even though it presents itself as a web page. It closes in
the usual way about dialogs close.
Gene
On 8/7/2022 8:05 AM, Gene wrote:
It
may be that if you have version 91.x and earlier, you won't
update directly to 102.x. The program may first update you to
an earlier version and from that earlier version the next update
may be to 102.exe. But if you have a recent enough version, you
will get an update to 102.exe.
I updated last night. The version I got last night is 102.1.1.
the page is not worded correctly, whatever is meant.
In addition, open the about dialog, alt h, a.
Then switch to browse mode so you can move around the page like
a web page, which it actually is, NVDA key space.
Move to the top of the page, then start down arrowing. You will
see the version number you are using and a little below that you
will see that you are on the main release channel. The
program's own about dialog is telling you what the situation is.
Closed the about dialog with control f4, not alt f4.
Gene
On 8/7/2022 7:19 AM, Ron Canazzi
wrote:
Hi Gene,
Well that seems to be true--unless you look at the What's new
link.
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/102.1.1/releasenotes/
Here's what it says:
Thunderbird version 102.1.1 is only offered as direct download
from thunderbird.not as an upgrade from Thunderbird version 91
or earlier.
...and even more confusing:
Version 102.1.1, first offered to channel users on August 8,
2022 (which is actually tomorrow.)
I downloaded the 102.0 from within Thunderbird a few weeks
ago. Just yesterday, the program auto updated from 102.1.0 to
102.1.1. This is when I first noticed the status bar issue.
So explain that Gene! It's liked the twilight zone.
On 8/7/2022 4:21 AM, Gene wrote:
I
am using the portable version and, though I doubt it,
perhaps that accounts for the difference.
Whatever the case, in a later message, you said that the
version you are using isn't available on the download page
you were working with. I don't know where you were
looking. If I look on this page:
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/
I see links to download Thunderbird.
Here is the first download link and you will see that it
gives the 102.x. version number.
https://download.mozilla.org/?product=thunderbird-102.1.1-SSL&os=win64&lang=en-US
On the page I linked to above, not the download link, you
will also see a get the beta link.has a get the beta link.
If you follow that, the link to download the beta, the first
link offered gives a higher verssion number as below:
https://download.mozilla.org/?product=thunderbird-104.0b2-SSL&os=win64&lang=en-US
I used the copy link feature of Firefox when I was on the
download links. I am presenting the written out underlying
links, not the English wording you see if you just look at
the page.
I don't know where you are looking but the page I just gave
the link to has correct version availability.
In short, you are using the latest nonbeta version.
Gene
On 8/6/2022 10:48 PM, Ron
Canazzi wrote:
Hi Gene,
I can tell you this. When I use the NVDA keystroke to
read the whole screen for desktops insert + B, (useful in
dialogues and other things that sometimes don't
automatically read) if you listen to all the verbiage,
finally at the very end, the status bar is read. This
means that it is still being displayed in some form.
On 8/6/2022 10:52 PM, Gene
wrote:
The status bar was not present in the previous version
on my machine and it still isn't.
I'm going to check to see if there is even supposed to
be a status bar any longer. We don't know if it has
been removed.
Gene
On 8/6/2022 9:40 PM, Ron
Canazzi wrote:
Hi
Group,
Has anyone upgraded Thunderbird to the latest version
102.1.1? If so, can you read the status bar? I
cannot on my system: Windows 11, 64 bit with latest
NVDA 2022.2.
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