Ok, I admit that I'm stumped by this as well. I went to "add alias", sure it was going to work. I even used VO-command-f4 to route the keyboard focus to the edit field for the alias. Still, the buttons are dimmed. I apologize for the misleading statements. I really was fooled that it would work. It's sort of ok for me now, because I have an iCloud address and a me.com address, and I'll just use my gmail and Yahoo for commercial stuff.
If anyone figures this out, I'd love to know how you did it. Otherwise, there is some more accessibility work to be done. Teresa "Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough."--Richard P. Feynman On Feb 19, 2014, at 4:16 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, that really seems to help! One question, though: I can't seem to > create aliases, even now. Things go much better - I can see the different > fields and the only unlabeled controls are the color button to assign to the > label - but nothing happens when I click OK. The first alias I tried went > away, and the name field was empty (that is the field where you enter the > alias address). The second attempt, with a new alias, still has that alias in > the field, but again, nothing happens. I don't see any error messages, > warnings, or a message saying that it worked. Any clue what's going on? > Thanks again for the interacting tip, that seems to make all the difference. > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex > [email protected] > > > > On Feb 19, 2014, at 6:28 PM, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Basically, as have to interact with the mail frame. If you change anything >> in there, you have to back out and interact again. So to get to preferences, >> you have to go into the mailboxes area win the mail frame, press the actions >> button, then go back into the frame and press the preferences button. From >> there, go back into the frame and press the accounts button, then the >> aliases, then add alias. This has been my experience. It's far from ideal, >> but doable. >> >> HtH, >> Teresa >> >> "We're made of star stuff."--Carl Sagan >> >> On Feb 19, 2014, at 3:01 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Brian, I'm with you. I can't bring up the preferences at all anymore, and >>> the one time I did, nothing was labeled. I just want to create an alias, >>> but I can't because it is not accessible. I seem to be able to check mail, >>> but beyond that, nothing works reliably with Voiceover. >>> >>> -- >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> On Feb 19, 2014, at 2:08 PM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hey Tim, >>>> >>>> Again thanks for kicking me in the head to remove gmail from my computer >>>> and migrating everything over to iCloud, as that part worked well, and >>>> since completely removing my gmail account from the desktop my computer is >>>> back to running much better, and mac mail isn't having any problems. >>>> >>>> I had to use VO command shift space bar to actually enter anything in a >>>> text field on iCloud, tabbing and shift tabbing did not take me in to the >>>> text fields. Will have to check if I have that setting checked that you >>>> mentioned as I thought I did. >>>> On Feb 19, 2014, at 10:59 AM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Brian, >>>>> >>>>> In addition to what John mentioned, you could also use the tab-key to >>>>> more easily move around the site then either press return or VO-space to >>>>> activate an item. One thing that I've always made sure that I've done is >>>>> to check the box in the Advanced pane of Safari Prefs that tells the Mac >>>>> to highlight items when pressing the tab-key. The bonus to this action >>>>> is that pressing Option-tab will take you directly to Edit fields. This >>>>> seems to make many problematic web-sites at least usable. >>>>> >>>>> Later... >>>>> >>>>> Tim Kilburn >>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>>> >>>>> On Feb 19, 2014, at 12:07 AM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hey all, >>>>>> >>>>>> Ok, so I am making the jump from gmail to iCloud. I was told I would >>>>>> need to use the iCloud website to create my rules if I wanted the >>>>>> messages to follow those rules across devices. First I had to reload the >>>>>> iCloud website three times as VoiceOver wouldn't even allow me to enter >>>>>> my Apple ID. I finally was able to enter text in to the Apple ID box, >>>>>> and got in to the site which is unbelievably poorly designed to work >>>>>> with VoiceOver. I think it might even be less user friendly than gmail >>>>>> basic html site is. So I finally get to the filters or rules forget what >>>>>> they are called, and sure enough the same exact thing that happened at >>>>>> the log in screen is happening now where I can't enter text to create a >>>>>> rule. It's not one of those thing where you can enter text but VoiceOver >>>>>> won't read it, it just doesn't allow me to enter text, I am even getting >>>>>> an error beep when I try to enter text. Anyone know of any other way to >>>>>> create rules that will apply on multiple devices? The only thing I can >>>>>> think of is having to create the same rule on 3 devices which is going >>>>>> to be a royal pain. 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