Re: [orca-list] Big Problems with Thunderbird Inbox Listing

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

Hey Steve.

Sounds like this Mozilla bug:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743568

HTH.
--joanie

On 11/11/2013 06:34 AM, Steve Holmes wrote:
> I've been noticing for a while now, a serious problem with Orca not
> seeing the correct contents of the list of messages in a folder such
> as Inbox. Let me try and describe this more clearly.
>
> 1. Open up Thunderbird; I am using version 24.1.
>
> 2. Take a brief look at the list of messages in Inbox and mentally
> note the order of messages appearing there along with
> expanded/colapsed statuses.
>
> 3. Read some messages and delete some along the way as you wish. Also,
> while at it, if you have any collapsed threads, open them up with the
> right arrow key. then go up and down the list. My big problem here is
> this list does not properly reflect the new conditions. You could
> easily delete the wrong message or whatever.
>
> 4. If you Back tab to the list of mail boxes and switch to another one
> and then come back to the Inbox and re-open it, then the list is
> correctly updated.
>
> As far as I'm concerned, this problem is so serious, I cannot reliably
> use Thunderbird right now. I generally have liked the proglem but this
> bit with the message list not refreshing properly really bugs me!
>
> I don't know if this is a problem with Orca or if with Thunderbird. If
> I could get better tech info on this, I can file a bug under the
> appropriate application.
>
> Thanks and for now, I will be sticking with mutt or go on my Mac and
> use that.