Well I am glad you have no trouble with that gesture. I do. But what you're saying is that I needf to accommodate Apple's failure here. I don't agree. Frankly, I would have had an easier time just viewing my last message in my sent mail folder on a PC. I find that rather sad, it should be a fairly basic, straight-forward task. Sorry, but I'm just not one of those people who thinks that Apple walks on water, even if they totally drop the ball. Donna
On Jul 22, 2011, at 5:51 PM, Marc Workman wrote: > The control, option, shift, and function keys are all right next to each > other, no? I can do the keystroke without much difficulty on an Apple > bluetooth keyboard. It's not as easy as option up or down, but it surely > would have been easier than arrowing down through so many messages. Even > locking the VO keys with VO semi colon would be faster than arrowing down > through a lot of messages. I agree it's less convenient, but it seems only > slightly less convenient to me. > > Best, > > Marc > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Goodin" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 3:45 PM > Subject: Re: typing first letters of message in mail > > > That's great if you have a full keyboard. If you're on a Macbook pro, that > is a much more difficult keystroke to manage. > Best, > Donna > > On Jul 22, 2011, at 5:05 PM, Marc Workman wrote: > >> It's worth noting that it is still possible to move back and forth between >> the top and bottom of the messages colum. You need to interact with it, and >> pressing VO-shift-home and VO-shift-end will take you back and forth between >> the top and bottom respectively. >> >> Perhaps not as convenient as option up and down arrow, but certainly more >> convenient than arrowing down 9000 messages. >> >> HTH >> >> Marc >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Goodin" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 2:54 PM >> Subject: typing first letters of message in mail >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> In case anyone is interested, typing the first letter of a recipient's name >> does work if you switch to classic view. Also, if you switch to classic >> view, when you go into your sent folder, you're placed at the bottom, rather >> than the top of the message list. Since we know longer have the Option up >> and down arrow, I personally find that useful. Yesterday I had to sit there >> and scroll through nine thousand messages in order to check something in a >> message I'd just sent. GRRRRR. >> >> Just thought I'd pass this along in case these items are helpful to anyone >> else. >> Best, >> Donna >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
