Hi Jed,
Well, like you, I do experience many problems with TB. In fact, not
sure why so many think it is so great, I don't but I am using it. I
also think that there are a few problems with WE and focus both with TB
and other programs. One thing I have noticed is that often, WE does not
have the proper set file loaded. Just before writing this note, I was
in TB with the mailbox list opened and I went to the WE control panel
only to find that the active set file was Wineyes.set. I have witnessed
this behavior in other situations including when I write a reply to an
email. It is not consistent. I just interrupted my composing to see if
I could use arrow and numpad keys. The left arrow and right arrow keys
do move but not the up and down arrows. Interestingly enough, the
numpad keys do nothing except giving the frustyrating ding. However, If
I use the shift with numpad keys they seem to work properly and text is
either selected or deselected.
I am currently running the latest version of TB and WE on a new Toshiba
Satellite laptop. I have been wondering if there is some peculiarity
with the system settings for the keyboard. I have found a setting that
says "use the numpad keys to move the mouse". I did change this setting
but can't figure out what changes occurred. Unlike my previous laptop,
this new one has the numpad on the keyboard whereas before, I used and
external numpad. In that situation, I was able to use the keys on the
external numpad to move around on the desktop but with the new machine,
I cannot. However, if I hold down the shift key, then the numpad keys
do allow the reading of items on the desktop and I can move up and down
as well as left to right. So, I think there is something amiss.
Another reason I think there are focus problems with WE is that often WE
will speak things from recent past, that is, it will speak either
something from a previous web page or from another message. So, I
continue to have the same frustrations.
On 5/25/2016 1:35 AM, Jed Barton via Talk wrote:
Hey guys,
OK, my frustration is getting bigger with thunderbird. I am running the
latest TB, we 9.4, and eyt again on a brand new computer, still having
the issues where i can't read up and down with my arrow keys in TB. I
have to keep re-focusing. Is anyone else having this problem? This is
getting very old, and i'm pretty tired of it. It's quite frankly
unacceptable While writing this message, i just tried going left and
right with the arrow keys, and it literally says nothing. Any ideas?
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