OK, I’ll take your word for this. I recall that several years ago there was such a “crash string” affecting JAWS on Microsoft computers. This is certainly not out of the realm of possibility! * * * * * * * * *4 Bill Gallik wfgal...@icloud.com
> On Feb 24, 2016, at 6:21 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: > > If the OP's problem is what I think, then your "mail busy" problem can't be > related. Crash strings kill VO dead, necessitating a restart of the whole > computer. When Mail goes busy, or when Safari's Reader view does so for me, > toggling VO fixes it. When VO is crashed by a malicious string of text, you > can't toggle it on or off. I'm not sure what's causing your Mail app to go > busy like that, but I can say with certainty that it's not a crash string. Of > course, I cannot say with equal certainty that the OP's problem *is* a crash > string, but I'm pretty sure. >> On Feb 24, 2016, at 07:16, Bill Gallik <wfgal...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> A couple of thoughts concerning this problem. >> >> First, I assume you executed a <CMD>+<F5> several times while in mail to >> ascertain if toggling VO on/off was enabled. >> >> Second, I wonder if a problem I’m having in mail is not directly related to >> your problem. Very, very often I find that - when cycling through open apps >> — settling in mail consistently reports “mail busy.” I find it necessary to >> toggle VO off and on again. The “mail busy” typically goes away upon >> reactivating VO. >> >> >> >> >> ———— >> Bill & Leader Dog Holland >> >> wfgal...@icloud.com >> >> >> >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara >> Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > mehg...@icloud.com > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
