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

[Daniel McGee <danielmcgee134 gmail com>]

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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