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Attila Hammer (hammera) wrote : Re: [Bug 689193] Re: [Lucid] When Thunderbird 3.0.10 version upgraded with 3.1.7 version, I see some not good accessibility related problem

Mica, how can you would like fix the problems with Lucid related?
The patched Orca version in Maverick only fix the long list navigation
problem if after the Orca upgrade is happened the users turn off the
speak child position check box with Orca application
preferences/thunderbird page. But for example if the users do this, not
hear the tree view element number position index (for example 2 of 7
style number) if using Thunderbird. Speak child position feature tells
users what the actual choosed item number and how many elements have the
list.

Have another bug with not fixed yet with Orca level entire, only if the
speak child position feature is turned off:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=634642

I little fraid too big the difference the 2.32 and 2.30 Orca releases
with Lucid update related, but absolute sure Luke Yelawitch
accessibility developer possible answer this related.

But this fix unfortunately not resolving the user wroted search entri
related problem, and the message read related problem if the user
perhaps not using the present new tab option. Now in 3.1.7 the existing
message window and message presenting new window is not working right).
For example if I using another two option to present messages and if I
moving the cursor, I not hear the actual mail text content.
An Orca user reported this issue with Mozilla developers, the bugreport
link is following:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=615064.
He wroted following:
"Something which may be of interest to users, the 3.3 branch of
thunderbird does not show this bug.

So coming back to the question of whether something like my fix should
be added to orca, definitely not, I suspect it wouldn't deal with all
affects of this additional window:activate event which I suspect may be
coming out from firefox as well at times.

Michael Whapples"
If you would like read entire thread this problem related, the subject
of this thread is "Orca and the problem when opening messages in a new
window in thunderbird", and the orca-list homepage is
http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
The november archive containing this problem related thread, the
beginning date of this thread is november 26TH, 2010.
Or if help you, I copying welcome a file with this thread letters and
attaching this.

Temporary I reinstalled thunderbird 3.0.10 related packages and holded
the packages with my Lucid system, because my work I entire day using
Tthunderbird with Orca Screen Reader.

Attila