[gui-talk] Accessibility of Windows Mail?

jaybee jayjohnson62 at bellsouth.net
Thu May 31 00:10:54 CDT 2007


Thanks.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Oppermann" <chuckop at exchange.microsoft.com>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Accessibility of Windows Mail?


>I haven't been keeping up with GUI-Talk, my apologies.  Here's the quick 
>summary:
>
> Outlook Express:        Shipped with Windows 98 through Windows XP, 
> originally known as Internet Mail and News.  Often confused with Microsoft 
> Outlook.
>
> Windows Mail:   New version of Outlook Express, only available with 
> Windows Vista.  Looks and works just like Outlook Express.
>
> Windows Live Mail:      Is a beta product that looks and acts like Windows 
> Mail and Outlook Express, but supports web-based e-mail like Windows Live 
> Hotmail.  Available here:
> http://get.live.com/betas/maildesktop_betas
>
> Charles Oppermann | Program Manager | Speech Components | Microsoft 
> Corporation
> http://blogs.msdn.com/chuckop/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Ray Foret Jr.
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 7:36 AM
> To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Accessibility of Windows Mail?
>
> Can you please elaborate?
>
> What exactly will the differences be?
>
> Sincerely yours,
> The Constantly Barefooted,
> Ray
> Home phone and fax:
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> God bless President George W. Bush!
> God bless our troops!
> and God bless America
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "albert griffith" <albertpgriffith at hotmail.com>
> To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 7:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Accessibility of Windows Mail?
>
>
> Presently, you're correct but this will all change and the difference will
> have to do with whether you access it on the web or on your desk top.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Mike Freeman
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 11:59 PM
> To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Accessibility of Windows Mail?
>
> I understand that "Windows Live Mail" is different from "Windows Mail".
>
> Mike
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Ray Foret Jr.
>  To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
>  Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 6:04 PM
>  Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Accessibility of Windows Mail?
>
>
>  What I do not understand is this.  IF you read my list of complaints
> about
>  Windows Live Mail beta, (and I'm quite sure you have) I'd sure like to
> know
>  how the final release of Windows Mail is going to be different from
> what I
>  tested.  It seemed to me Windows Live Mail beta was tied very heavily
> to
>  Windows Live Messenger.  See my list of complaints for the other
> details.
>  Someone else here says that this is going to be hitting us perhaps
> next week
>  or so.  If any of you know where I can get more details about the
> final
>  release of Windows Mail, I'd sure love to know.  Thanks.
>
>  Sincerely yours,
>  and very skeptical about the new Windows Mail client,
>  The Constantly Barefooted,
>  Ray
>  Home phone and fax:
>  (985)853-0139
>  E-mail:
>  rforetjr at bellsouth.net
>  Skype Name:
>  barefootedray
>  Blog:
>  www.raysworld.blogs.com
>  Podcast .rss Feed:
>  http://feeds.feedburner.com/worldofray
>
>  God bless President George W. Bush!
>  God bless our troops!
>  and God bless America
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: "Don Moore" <don.moore48 at comcast.net>
>  To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>  Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 7:18 PM
>  Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Accessibility of Windows Mail?
>
>
>  Windows live mail is different than windows mail.
>
>  Windows mail is going to be replacing Outlook Express.  Live mail
> simply is
>  replacing the hotmail reader.
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: "albert griffith" <albertpgriffith at hotmail.com>
>  To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>  Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 11:24 PM
>  Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Accessibility of Windows Mail?
>
>
>  What's happening is that Windows Live Mail is going to be able to
> access Hot
>  Mail through the program like you can from the desk top with O.E.
>  currently, that can't be done.  Presently, you can download I.E. 7
> without
>  loosing O.E.  However, it's thought that, soon, you will loose O.E. in
> favor
>  of Windows Live Mail when you update to I.E. 7.  Currently Vista users
> have
>  no choice but to use Windows Live Mail because it's installed by
> default
>  along with I.E. 7.  Therefore it's recommended to download I.E. 7 now
> before
>  you have to take Windows Mail unless you don't care which E-mail
> client you
>  use.  And so it goes."
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On
>  Behalf Of Dave W
>  Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 8:29 AM
>  To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
>  Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Accessibility of Windows Mail?
>
>  Hello,
>  Am I missing something here?  I try to keep up on things as much as
> possible
>  but have not heard anything about this.  Is OE going away?  Can
> someone
>  send a link so I can read more about this please.  Thanks,
>
>
>
>  David Wermuth
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>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: "Ray Foret Jr." <rforetjr at bellsouth.net>
>  To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>  Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 2:20 AM
>  Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Accessibility of Windows Mail?
>
>
>  > >From what I understand, it's supposed to happen in a few weeks.  I
>  > >noticed a
>  > few points of aggravation with the beta of Windows live mail.
>  >
>  > 1.  When you go to compose a new message and you start to type in an
>  > e-mail
>  > address, Windows Live mail may or may not automatically populate the
> to
>  > field with a complete e-mail address for you; but, whether it does
> or not,
>  > you can't tell whether or not this has happened because JAWS won't
> give
>  > you
>  > feedback on this unless you tab to the subject line and back again.
>  >
>  > 2.  When entering the "unread mail" folder, and after you read a
> message
>  > there, you don't get feedback on whether or not any other messages
> there
>  > are
>  > read or unread; so, you just have to remember which messages you
> read and
>  > which you didn't.
>  >
>  > 3.  Still pertaining to the "Unread mail" folder, even after you
> read a
>  > message and delete it, it will still show up in the folder until you
> tab
>  > away from and back to it again.
>  >
>  > 4.  Messages don't get sent to any of your subfolders until after
> you've
>  > read them in the "unread mail" folder.
>  >
>  > 5.  As you navigate up and down subfolders, you cannot use first
> letter
>  > navigation to jump quickly to a desired folder.  Let's say for
> example
>  > that
>  > you have a folder called "PersonalMessages" and another called
>  > "BankMessages".  Well, at least with the beta of Windows Live Mail
>  > desktop,
>  > you cannot jus press P to go to the personal messages folder nor B
> to jump
>  > directly to the Bank messages folder.  You must use up and down
> arrows all
>  > the time to go from one to another.  Furthermore, as you move up or
> down,
>  > folder names get read twice sometimes.  For example, as you pass
> over the
>  > Bank Messages folder, JAWS will say "BankMessages selected".  But
> then, as
>  > you down arrow once again, The name of the same folder will often
> repeat
>  > but
>  > you won't hear "selected" this time.
>  >
>  > 6.  The address book does not exist in the beta version of Windows
> Live
>  > Mail.  Instead, Windows Live Mail Beta Desktop replies on your
> Windows Lie
>  > Messenger contact list.  That's why it makes you sign in to Windows
> Live
>  > using your Windows Live ID and password.  Any groups you created in
>  > Outlook
>  > Express are now gone and you have no access to them at all.
>  >
>  > 7.  When scrolling up and down through your contacts list, all you
> see are
>  > the e-mail addresses of your contacts.  This applies even if you've
>  > imported
>  > your address book.  No names are shown at all.
>  >
>  > 8.  You cannot use first letter navigation to quickly jump to a
> contact's
>  > email address or name; if there is a name.  Instead, you must use up
> or
>  > down
>  > arrows to navigate.  this applies when you press control+shift+c to
> get in
>  > to your contacts list area or press control+n to send a new message.
>  >
>  > 9.  The search edit box is no help when trying to quickly select a
> contact
>  > to whom to send a message; and, neither is right clicking on a
> contact
>  > helpful.
>  >
>  >    With such a laundry list, I sure hope they've cleaned this up by
> the
>  > final release. IF not, I believe I can anticipate quite a few
> complaints.
>  > I
>  > also anticipate Freedom Scientific will need to issue a patch or two
> to
>  > get
>  > this fixed up.
>  >
>  > Sincerely yours,
>  > The Constantly Barefooted,
>  > Ray
>  > Home phone and fax:
>  > (985)853-0139
>  > E-mail:
>  > rforetjr at bellsouth.net
>  > Skype Name:
>  > barefootedray
>  > Blog:
>  > www.raysworld.blogs.com
>  > Podcast .rss Feed:
>  > http://feeds.feedburner.com/worldofray
>  >
>  > God bless President George W. Bush!
>  > God bless our troops!
>  > and God bless America
>  >
>  >
>  > ----- Original Message -----
>  > From: "Jennifer Aberdeen" <freespirit328 at gmail.com>
>  > To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>  > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 9:51 PM
>  > Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Accessibility of Windows Mail?
>  >
>  >
>  > When is this change happening? Also, I thought IE 7 wasn't very
> acessible
>  > with Jaws?
>  >
>  > Jen
>  > ----- Original Message -----
>  > From: "Ray Foret Jr." <rforetjr at bellsouth.net>
>  > To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>  > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 5:40 PM
>  > Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Accessibility of Windows Mail?
>  >
>  >
>  >> I'm using Windows Live Mail Beta right now.  There are a few things
> to
>  >> get
>  >> used to; but, so far, no accessibility issues that I can see.
>  >>
>  >> The only thing is I can't seem to find my address book even though
> it was
>  >> imported.  Guess I'll just have to keep playing with this one for
> now.
>  >> Oh,
>  >> one more thing.  When ever you type text in to the body of a
> message, you
>  >> have to go in to forms mode if using JAWS.  Hot keys, such as
> control+r
>  >> to
>  >> reply, control+n for new message, control+shift+r for reply to all
> and
>  >> such
>  >> all appear to be the same.  In short, I don't anticipate you'll
> have any
>  >> major issues with Windows Mail.
>  >>
>  >> HTH.
>  >>
>  >> Sincerely yours,
>  >> The Constantly Barefooted,
>  >> Ray
>  >> Home phone and fax:
>  >> (985)853-0139
>  >> E-mail:
>  >> rforetjr at bellsouth.net
>  >> Skype Name:
>  >> barefootedray
>  >> Blog:
>  >> www.raysworld.blogs.com
>  >> Podcast .rss FGod bless President George W. Bush!
>  >> God bless our troops!
>  >> and God bless America
>  >> ----- Original Message -----
>  >> From: "Don Moore" <don.moore48 at comcast.net>
>  >> To: "Multiple recipients of NFBnet GUI-TALK Mailing List"
>  >> <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>  >> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 12:15 PM
>  >> Subject: [gui-talk] Accessibility of Windows Mail?
>  >>
>  >> Since Windows Mail is supposed to be replacing Outlook Express for
> XP
>  >> users
>  >> soon, is there any information about the accessibility of the
> product
>  >> with
>  >> screen readers?  Thanks.
>  >>
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