Re: [orca-list] thunderbird - typing and reading with orca



Hi all an update to my issue.


So I was sitting there, trying to figure out what was going on then I had the brain wave of installing Thunderbird from terminal.


sudo apt install thunderbird


Long story short, it installed V68 and granted I am going quite a bit back from V78


However, the terminal version has fixed the typing issue. Compared to the Ubuntu Software center's version. At least for now.


I know I should really be running the latest for  security reasons but having characters not being announced when typing or deleting was a deal breaker for me. So at least I have a working version for now.


Thanks all again for your input.


I'm new to Linux but I'm learning!


Daniel


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On 1/11/21 1:06 PM, Rastislav Kish via orca-list wrote:
Hi there,

I have Ubuntu Mate 20.04 as well.


Even though i don't experience strange behavior now, I remember issues
very similar to what you're describing with Thunderbird 78 installed
from Snap.

Deleting characters was one issue if I remember right.


However, the whole Snap TB was quite strange. I was unable, despite
setting up the permissions, to use profile from another partition for
example. While setting up an account, TB did not recognize ProtonMail as
my eMail provider and tried to connect to protonmail.com through imap,
instead of using the locally running imap bridge, which is normally
recognized by Thunderbird.

And even when I configured everything, I managed to make the mails
reading working, but sending an eMail always failed with no offers for
adding an exception for ProtonMail's certificate.

And as a minor, but also noticeable plus, the whole client was
completely soundless and did not have any need to switch to my native
language.


So, I have removed the thing, now I'm running a compiled version
downloaded directly from thunderbird.net, also TB 78, more precisely
78.6, and everything works without any issues, including characters
deletion.


Best regards


Rastislav


Dňa 10. 1. 2021 o 21:06 Daniel McGee via orca-list napísal(a):
Hello everyone

When using the thunderbird email client latest version. On Ubuntu Mate
20.4 LTS

Orca doesn't announce what one is typing / deleting.

Are there keystrokes that I am missing to be able to compose emails in
the programme?

Work around is currently to type my text in Plumer and paste said text
into application.

with kind regards

Daniel
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