Re: [orca-list] Thunderbird's Index View

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

Hi Christopher, All:

I'm picking up on this old Thunderbird thread because I keep working at
learning Thunderbird from time to time. I've made progress, but I'm
still learning and have a specific question.

Actually, two questions ...

1.)     When in an email message, I note that TAB and Shift+TAB take me
among hyperlinks embedded in the message. But, how do I get out of that
view and back to what I've called the index listing? Nothing else I try
seems to work reliably short of going into the menus. Some simple key
combo would be very satisfying at this point.

2.)     What is the correct graphical desktop term for what I'm calling
the index? What term should I use to identify the list of messages in a
folder? What's that called?

With thanks,

Janina

Christopher Chaltain writes:
> OK Janina, I get what you're talking about. I guess I just call that the in
> box, but the index view may be the more appropriate term.
>
>
> I don't use the calendar in Thunderbird at all. I just use Google Calendar's
> web interface. I don't see anything to do with a calendar or Lightning in
> Thunderbird, so I'm guessing I just disabled that add on altogether.
>
>
> I do come up in my in box. I also have the message pane turned on, so I just
> use the F6 key to jump from the folder list to the in box for that folder
> and then the message body. The folder list will also take you between
> accounts. The left and right arrows will collapse subfolders. BTW, I also
> have my messages in a threaded view, and the left and right arrow keys will
> also collapse and expand each thread.
>
>
> I hope this helps, and I can answer more questions or give more details
> later.
>
>
> On 1/1/20 10:48 AM, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > Hi, Christopher:
> >
> > By index I mean the summary view of all mail in a particular folder, for
> > example the folder inbox of one of my setup accounts--perhaps
> > janina rednote net.
> >
> > One can get there via menus, Go, Folders, then the particular account,
> > etc. This path can be very slow, especially if the local imaps hasn't
> > updated recently.
> >
> > I believe Outlook also calls it an index view, as I know the console mua
> > I use, mutt, does. So, I'm not sure what else to call that screen, but
> > it's definitely the most useful to me as I literally dispose of hundreds
> > of emails daily.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Janina
> >
> > Christopher Chaltain writes:
> > > Sorry for my ignorance Janina, but what do you mean by the index view? I'm
> > > not familiar with this term.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 1/1/20 9:52 AM, Janina Sajka via orca-list wrote:
> > > > Hi, All:
> > > >
> > > > I've been trying to use Thunderbird recently. I'm hoping my frustration
> > > > with Thunderbird is just a lack of knowledge and appropriate
> > > > configuration.
> > > >
> > > > Here's my problem:
> > > >
> > > > I want to work from the index view. I would like to default to that tab
> > > > when I launch Thunderbird. I don't care about it's calendar, today,
> > > > tomorrow, and 5 days forward.
> > > >
> > > > Is there a way to set T-bird to default to the index view?
> > > >
> > > > Also, when in an actual email message, how does one most efficiently
> > > > return to the index view?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for all suggestions. Happy New Year, everyone!
> > > >
> > > > Janina
> > > -- 
> > > Christopher (CJ)
> > > Chaltain at Gmail
>
> -- 
> Christopher (CJ)
> Chaltain at Gmail

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Janina Sajka

Linux Foundation Fellow
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The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
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