Re: [orca-list] Alternatives to Mozilla based software

[Dave Hunt <ka1cey gmail com>]

There is a Linux version of Eudora, which is a special instance of Thunderbird.  



On Apr 28, 2011, at 11:04 AM, Peter Tesar wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I haven't heard anyone mentioning Eudora. I believe that there is a Linux version of Eudora.
>
> Peter
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Whapples" <mwhapples aim com>
> To: "orca" <Orca-list gnome org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 10:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] Alternatives to Mozilla based software
>
>
> > Hello,
> > Yes I have tried pine (alpine is based on pine) and it was reasonable. In text based email I tended 
> > towards cone, which has an interface similar to pine (only similar, there are certainly differences). From 
> > time to time I do need to print out emails, I am unsure how to do this from text clients and also whether 
> > they could print images in messages.
> >
> > I have tried sylpheed, it looks promising but may require some improvements (orca scripting may solve some 
> > of the issues).
> >
> > The alternative browsers are more important as I don't know so many which generally work with some of the 
> > modern dynamic websites. Emacs has never really clicked with me, I am more one for nano or vim if pushed 
> > to a more popular editor. Again I require being able to print pages from time to time when using the 
> > browser.
> >
> > Michael Whapples
> > On 28/04/11 14:44, Alex Midence wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm partial to Alpine for a mail client.  Thing is, I don't use it
> > > with Orca.  I've never tried.  I'm sure it works well though, it's
> > > text based.  There's a gtk+ mail client I came across while browsing
> > > through synaptic the other day which I mean to try some time called
> > > Sylpheed.  It's supposed to be very lightweight.
> > >
> > > For browsers, I am taking Netrik for a spin.  It's supposed to be good
> > > for pulling up all kinds of webpages.  Emacs w3 is nice with
> > > Emacspeak.  For use with Orca though, I haven't really found anything
> > > that provides the same functionality as Firefox all the issues with it
> > > notwithstanding.  I hope epiphany becomes an option soon.  also,
> > > hopefully, Qt-At-Spi will be done some time soon and we will be able
> > > to explore some of the qt-based browsers as options.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Alex M
> > >
> > > On 4/27/11, Michael Whapples<mwhapples aim com>  wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > > I have to be honest over time I have drawn the conclusion that Mozilla
> > > > products just seem to always be full of accessibility bugs (at least on
> > > > Linux) and each new release just comes with its own new bag of bugs. I
> > > > am now at a point where I doubt, despite however much work is done,
> > > > Mozilla things will just not work really well.
> > > >
> > > > So I am now wanting to move away from Mozilla based software, which for
> > > > me means finding another email client (evolution is one option and I
> > > > remember earlier this year there was a discussion on other mail clients
> > > > which I will look through) and also another browser. As far as I know,
> > > > webkit based browsers may have some promise at some point. How is the
> > > > webkit support coming along for orca? Beyond that, I can only think of
> > > > the text based browsers, which I admit I do sometimes use, but just will
> > > > not do all websites.
> > > >
> > > > So my question is, other than what I have said, has anyone got any
> > > > suggestions for other email clients and web browsers?
> > > >
> > > > Michael Whapples
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