Re: Request for Keyboard Accessibility in Thunderbird/Seamonkey re:Altering Headers

  Thanks David and Jamal.

Sorry for the late reply. It would be amazing if someone could go 
through the list of tbird accessibility bugs and update the status on 
any that might already be filed, and file new ones for bugs you describe 
below which are not yet filed. I realize this can be cumbersome but if 
anyone is willing to spend the time it is really appreciated. Here is 
the current list:

http://mzl.la/bdC9KR

cheers,
davidb

On 20/09/10 11:46 AM, Jamal Mazrui wrote:
> As a blind user of Thunderbird, let me affirm the desirability of such
> keyboard enhancements.  I would also prefer that that the TO CC and BCC
> fields be separate controls when composing a message.
>
> Jamal
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]
> ] On Behalf Of David Goldfield
> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2010 12:39 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Request for Keyboard Accessibility in Thunderbird/Seamonkey
> re:Altering Headers
>
> Hello.  I am a blind user of Mozilla products, particularly Seamonkey as
> well as Firefox.  I use screen readers to access my Windows computer
> with speech output using the NVDA screen reader, available from
> www.nvda-project.org.
> I have several requests regarding keyboard accessibility accessing
> certain functions from within Seamonkey as well as Thunderbird.  These
> programs have many keyboard commands which benefits blind and sighted
> users alike, but I would like to offer the following requests which
> would make using your products even easier from the keyboard.
>
>
> 1.  My first request is regarding the implementation of keyboard
> commands to perform certain functions from within Thunderbird and
> Seamonkey regarding altering message headers.
> I am unable to find a way of adding or removing the headers in my mail
> window, such as from, subject, date, etc.  I know that there is a button
> which, when clicked, invokes a menu which allows the user to add or
> remove specific headings but accessing this graphical button is awkward
> and, with NVDA, practically impossible.  Can a menu option or hotkey be
> added to allow blind users to access this feature via the keyboard?
>
> 2.  I would like the ability to choose the order of my headings, such as
> moving the "from" heading to the beginning of the row of headings.  I
> cannot find a method of doing this via menus as you can, let's say, with
> Outlook which can present a list of headings with "move up" and "move
> down" buttons.  Could Mozilla implement a similar system?
>
> 3.  While navigating the folder treeviews of items such as Inbox,
> Outbox, Trash, etc. could Mozilla allow keyboard users to input the
> first letter of the desired folder, such as pressing I for Inbox, T for
> Trash, etc.
>
> 4.  Would Mozilla consider implementing a hotkey which accesses the
> inbox folder from any other mail folder, such as shift-ctrl-I?  As the
> Inbox is probably the most commonly accessed folder this would allow
> blind users to quickly access this folder without the need to tab into
> the folder list and then navigate through the treeview.
>
> 5. Finally, would Mozilla consider implementing a user-controlled option
> allowing for the Inbox folder to be immediately opened and gaining focus
> at startup?  This would allow the message list to immediately become
> accessible without the need to first navigate to it?
>
> I would be happy to test any of these features if Mozilla decides to try
> implementing them.  If you put the word out that you are considering
> adding any of these features I believe that many other blind users would
> like to test them as well, particularly on the Blind Mozilla list.
>
> David Goldfield
>
>
>
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