Hi, you can just close the preview pain so you need to press enter on the message to view it in a different window. This will then mark the message as read. Are more accurately, unmark the message as unread.
Ricardo Walker [email protected] Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Feb 28, 2012, at 2:20 AM, Steve Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: > I still find for the fastest and most efficient way to read my e-mail > is to use mutt on my Linux box. That's hardly the right answer for a > Mac users list though. When I am in Apple's Mail, the only complaint > I have right now other than general GUI clunkiness, is the problem > with VO not reading the read/unread status. > > I'm quite sure I know why these statuses aren't being read by VO > however. Every time you cursor down the list of messages, The > adjacent window containing the selected message is opened, thus the > status changes to 'read' and AFAIK, there is no symbol present for VO > to speak once it is read. I forgot how to keep the message from being > opened even in classic view so I went back to the newer presentation > and if I really want to see the statuses, I just turn VO tracking off > and then look down the list of messages with VO-arrow keys and this > way, the messages don't get selected nor opened. All I need now would > be a single hot key to bring the application cursor down to where the > VO cursor is. We have a command to go the other way but not this way. > > I could be mistaken with some of these observations because I'm stil > one of those "new guys." > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 07:39:07PM -0500, Goodin, Donna wrote: >> It seems like the Mail bugs are a little inconsistent. I don't have the >> issue Kawal mentions. And, I didn't have the problem with VO not reading >> the read status, till Saturday, and I have no idea 1, why I didn't have it >> before, and 2, why it started on Saturday. >> Cheers, >> Donna >> >> On Feb 27, 2012, at 7:08 PM, Scott Howell wrote: >> >>> Funny, I have not noticed this myself. >>> >>> On Feb 27, 2012, at 5:06 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: >>> >>>> Hello All. >>>> >>>> Don't know if any one has noticed since the update of Lion, when ever you >>>> open a mail, Voice Over is always reading the person's e-mail address >>>> before the message. I prefer the old way where it just read the message. >>>> >>>> Kawal. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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.
