Hi Tim,
Thanks so much for the tip on moving to mailboxes quickly. Like Dave, I was 
frustrated by the delays it took to find the mailbox I desired. Typing in more 
than one letter makes all the difference. This will save me a ton of time.
Best Regards,

Les

> On Jan 20, 2022, at 11:12 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> No there is not.  The difference between the interface for Mac and Windows is 
> that Windows relies only on the first letter, whereas Mac is waiting for more 
> letters before it allows you to move on per se.  So, if you wanted to jump 
> quickly to Jason, type j a s, whereas if you’d like to move quickly to John, 
> type j o.
> 
> Later…
> 
> 
> Tim Kilburn
> Jamf Certified Tech
> Apple Professional Learning Specialist
> Apple Teacher
> (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
> 
>> On Jan 19, 2022, at 21:47, Dave Carlson <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> What I’m referring to is the following example:
>> 
>> I’m in the folder view in Mail.
>> I press the “J” key to jump to the first folder starting with that letter.
>> If I want to then type another letter “J” or even if I want to type some 
>> other letter, I always have to wait about 3 seconds before it will respond.
>> Unless of course I press a down/up arrow first and then type the new 
>> character.
>> 
>> That seems very silly to me. Of course, I’m an old Windows user and I liked 
>> being able to tap a letter key repeatedly and skipping from one item to the 
>> next with that letter to speed up searching.
>> 
>> So for all the clever terminal command folks out there, is there a way to 
>> significantly shorten the required “dead time” before the Mac will wake up 
>> and respond to another keypress?
>> 
>> And I’m thinking this is a system-wide restriction, because it exhibits the 
>> same behavior in Finder, Dock, and others aside from Mail.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance.
>> 
>> Dave Carlson
>> Oregonian, Engineer, Musician, Farfar, Woodworker, and Pioneer
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