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

[Jason White <jason jasonjgw net>]

Which version of Orca are you using? It's working here for me with 
Thunderbird 78.6.

The only problem I am aware of is that sometimes the braille display 
remains on the previous line while I am typing text on the next line. I 
haven't yet obtained debug output and tried to track down the cause.

On 1/11/21 4:44 PM, Daniel McGee via orca-list wrote:
> 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
>
>
> .
>
> 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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