I must respectfuly disagree. I use Thunderbird as my primary email client and am able to use it without any significant problems. With that said, I am using the current version of Thunderbird under Windows 8.1. Which TB are you using, and under which operating system?
Steve -- Stephen Clower Window-Eyes Product Support and App Development Ai Squared 725 Airport North Office Park Fort Wayne, IN 46825 (802) 362-3612 www.aisquared.com Sent from my phone. > On Mar 8, 2015, at 5:38 PM, tt8 via Talk <[email protected]> wrote: > > Since we 9.1 can no longer read mail with thunderbird > we goes silent, then thunderbird is not responding, > so I am using nvda to read mail > so thunderbird doesnot seem to be the problem. > Tony > >> On 3/6/2015 21:58, Chris Skarstad via Talk wrote: >> Hey folks >> Well, I've had Window-eyes 9.1 on my machine for about a day now so I >> figured I'd report my findings, to see if anyone else has had similar >> experiences. For the most part, things are extremely stable, much more so >> than 9.0 was. For whatever reason right in the middle of surfing a web page >> or reading an email in Thunderbird, 9.0 would just go completely silent. no >> error message was displayed on the screen, it just closed, as if the program >> was never opened to begin with. Pressing the usual hot key alt control w >> always brought it back so that was a good thing, but i'm very happy that >> problem is gone. I noticed it once or twice when I first installed 9.1 but >> after rebooting the machine that little problem appears to have solved >> itself. >> >> Also, in internet explorer 11, window-eyes still takes a few seconds to load >> a web page. it's as ifWindow-eyes hangs for about 15 to 30 seconds, but then >> if I'm patient enough, it usually comes back. I did have a few issues where >> the 9.0 version would never recover from this issue and the machine would >> completely lock up, forcing a reboot to get things on track. Now, it does >> take a few seconds longer to start speaking a web page, but it's a whole >> hell of a lot more reliable, so lots of improovements there! it's also nice >> to be able to just copy plane text to the clipboard. i would really like to >> have the traditional copy and paste method back, but like i said before that >> probably isn't possible with the way Window-eyes rhendors a web page now. >> If it is possible to allow us to use the traditional method of copying and >> pasting with the arrow keys instead of the f8 selection method, let me >> encourage the AI Squared guys to offer that as an option in the WE control >> panel, m aybe something in the browse mode section somewhere? >> As far as Thunderbird goes,I'm having pretty good results, but occasionally, >> i'm not able to read an email as I type it. I like to read back what I wrote >> to hear what it sounds like, just to confirm what I've said to avoid any >> spelling errors and such. In 9.0 and 9.1 when composing a new message or >> replying to one, Window-eyes will say about blank when using the arrow keys >> after I've written something, so I know text is there, but for whatever >> interesting reason, Window-eyes isn't able to read it. The interesting part >> is there are times i can read it back and other times I can't and there >> doesn't seem to be any real rhyme or reason to it, which is really >> frustrating as I'd like to give you guys some information so you can find a >> fix. Sometimes if I close thunderbird and re-open it the problem will fix >> itself, but i never know how many times I have to close and re-open it. I >> am using the TB Enhance app, so I'm not sure if that has anything to do with >> it. >> >> Firefox does seem to be a bit faster when loading web pages, but still seems >> like it's a tad slower than internet explorer is. I tried google Chrome >> yesterday, and was impressed with how accessible it is now! I haven't quite >> found enough things I like it to make it my default web browser, but it sure >> is nice to know I can have 3 web browsers to choose from now. So, overall >> i'm pretty happy with 9.1. >> Thanks guys! >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author >> and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >> >> For membership options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/t.teal1%40verizon.net. >> For subscription options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> List archives can be found at >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/sclower%40aisquared.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. 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