Personally, I have very few issues with Thunderbird. I have found
Microsoft outlook 2010 to take up too much memory on a computer that has
16 gigs of RAM. I'm not quite sure what you mean when you say that you
need to "virtualize" HTML, could you elaborate? I think it's pointless
to pay for an email program (aside from the one that comes with
Microsoft Office). Perhaps, off list, I could help you with Thunderbird?
On 10/12/2014 11:42 AM, Jim Grimsby JR. wrote:
Well I don't have any of these issues you describe below with outlook 2010
or 2013. I love my outlook. It also is a rss reader do if you do that then
this is a good salution for you as well. I have 3 e-mail accounts and it
works good with all of them. My outlook and my icloud contacts are synked
up with no problems. When windows 10 comes out it sould run on a phone with
my screen readers of choice and I will run windows every where. Says the
Microsoft fan boy using a apple product and hating it. Any way outlook all
the way you will be so glad you did.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rod hutton [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2014 10:30 AM
To: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: RE: Is There a Simple, Versatile, Robust E-mail Program Any More?
Hi Max,
I came to Outlook 2010 due to the fact that Thunderbird, which had been my
last resort before Outlook, began going crazy, downloading messages I had
deleted.
Honestly, knowing how complex Outlook was, meaning it was both problematic
and yet powerful, I had always wanted to use it.
Having been using it for some months now, Outlook 2010 that is, I am glad to
be using it.
It can hang within a message I open, but Escape usually restores speech
again, and even though sometimes, quite regularly in fact, I have to open
and close a message several times to get it to read, all in all the program
works fine.
Hating Outlook is no different for me than hating Windows, and it is
certainly a love-hate relationship I have with both.
I do believe, when it comes to Outlook, it is best to work with it than with
other email programs because it has the best chance of being made accessible
by screen reader developers.
Not only that, but because Outlook uses the same navigation methods as Word,
to use Outlook is good training for using the entire Office suite, and
Office is certainly going to be with us for a long, long time, and so why
not become as comfortable with it as possible.
Outlook also has the Outlook Calendar, and with the accessibility work AI
Squared has done with it, it has become a very powerful means of scheduling.
I hope these insights help you to make your decision.
All the best,
Rod
-----Original Message-----
From: Max G. Swanson [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2014 11:48 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Is There a Simple, Versatile, Robust E-mail Program Any More?
I'm hopelessly addicted to a program called Squirrelmail that resides at my
ISP and uses IMAP; problem is, I'm paying too much for the privelege.
I'd take the plunge to Thunderbird or Livemail, but every day there are
problems noted here and elsewhere. On Oct. 5, for example, Thunderbird
remedies were described as being very mousy; just want to tab and shift-tab
when possible.
The need to virtualize just to read HTML-sprinkled text seems like an
exercise in futility. $40 for Becky seems high but might be worth it.
I had no problem with Outlook Express, Calipso, Pine, Elm, MH (Mail
Handler) and INC; but the current crop I find baffling. Will the rules of
the game change a bit with WinEyes 9?
Not trying to turn this list into my personal blog, but really looking for
some opinions as they relate to e-mail and our favorite screenreader.
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