it looks like the only way to change the column order and work with them is to 
use classic view.  Hopefully I am mistaken in this.

On Dec 20, 2013, at 6:27 AM, Jessica D <[email protected]> wrote:

> yes, i have this issue too but the items you mentioned are all dimmed for me. 
> how do i change this so i can access them?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Dec 19, 2013, at 11:33 PM, Nicholas Parsons 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> The main problem for me with Mavericks Mail is that the read/unread status 
>> of messages, and the number of messages in the thread, are announced last by 
>> VoiceOver when navigating through the message list. This slows my progress 
>> significantly as I have to wait for VoiceOver to announce everything else 
>> before I get this important information. I'm interested in whether Robert 
>> and others have this issue too, as it seems to me like something that's not 
>> dependant on individual settings.
>> 
>> My work around for this has been to turn the preview line off in the Viewing 
>> tab of Mail Preferences. This way I don't need to listen to the message read 
>> out before finding out whether it's read or unread, and how many messages 
>> there are in the thread. However, this is a real drawback to me as hearing 
>> the preview often allowed me to dismiss a message quickly without needing to 
>> open it first.
>> 
>> For clarification, I've been doing this on a 2011 MacBook Air. I use Mail in 
>> standard view with threading turn on and the preview pane fully collapsed. I 
>> read through the list of messages by using the up and down arrows while VO 
>> focus is on the message list. I don't interact with the message list table 
>> and I do not have QuickNav turned on. To read a message, I use command-o to 
>> open it in a new window and then just use the arrow keys to read line by 
>> line etcetera (with, of course, QuickNav still turned off).
>> 
>> Best,
>> Nic
>> 
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