Re: [orca-list] Very interesting observation with Thunderbird and Orca

[Krishnakant <kkmane riseup net>]

On Tuesday 24 October 2017 07:22 AM, Christopher Gilland wrote:
> So,
>
>
> I've been playing more tonight with Thunderbird, and I think I've 
> finally tracked down exactly what is causing the line repeat issue 
> when opening a message.
>
>
> It seems like this is happening only when hitting enter on a message, 
> first of all. It doesn't happen in the reading pane if you simply just 
> tab over to it from the message list.
>
>
> Further, if you go to the edit menu in your menu bar, then up arrow to 
> preferences and hit enter, now down arrow to display, and then go in 
> the advanced tab.
>
>
> In here, there is an option to open messages. You either can set it to 
> in a new tab, which is the default, or you can set it to in a new window.
>
>
> I chose to set it to in a new window, as this felt more to me like on 
> Windows, how I could hit enter to open the message, then escape to 
> close it.
>
>
> The problem is, by doing that, I'm finding that this is when things 
> break.
>
>
> If you set it to the default, to open in a new tab, it doesn't happen. 
> Lines then only are read one time as they should be.
>
>
> This is in Orca 3.2. I did manage to get updated.
>
>
> BTW, I'm now on Ubuntu 17.04, and no longer 16.04. Still running Gnome 
> 3. Why not 17.10? Well, that's for another post. I don't wanna veer 
> too much from my initial subject.
>
>
> Anyway, getting back to opening in a new tab, for those who don't 
> know, just hit CTRL+W to close the message window. If you set it to 
> open in a new tab, where Orca won't repeat each line twice as you 
> arrow through things, then escape won't work.
>
>
> To me however, that's a really small price to pay for getting it to 
> read better.
>
>
> LOL!
>
>
> Chris.
I had accidentally discovered the very same issue when I changed the 
settings you talked about regarding opening message in a different window.
However I did not complain for precisely the same reason as yours.
I have been using Thunderbird since ages and barring some ups and downs 
in accessibility, I found it very accessible and fast too.
I will shift to Ubuntu 18.04 with Gnome or mate, althought I am very 
happy with 16.04 LTS right now.
Happy hacking.
Krishnakant.