Actually, all I have been trying to do is set up a gmail pop account. No go. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis" <bhawkesle...@googlemail.com> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 2:32 AM Subject: Using Gmail with VoiceOver [was: Letting Apple Accessibility know when they've done a good job]
On 04/09/2009 21:50, Rich Ring wrote: > However, with my inability to send and receive email [snip] I am thus far > not > overjoyed with this machine at all. [snip] > I don't have a clue as to how to solve my Gmail problem, and therefore I > will just stick to Windows for mail right now. Are you using Gmail's web interface with Safari? If so, here's four things you might like to try, if you haven't already: 1. Try Gmail's basic HTML view via https://mail.google.com/mail/h . Instructions at: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=15049 http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=64950 http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=146375 2. Try Gmail's standard view, but in Opera 10 instead of Safari. Download Opera from: http://www.opera.com/download/ Instructions for using with VoiceOver here: http://www.iheni.com/using-opera-10-beta-with-voiceover/ 3. Try Gmail's basic HTML view again, but with Opera instead of Safari. 4. Use Apple Mail to access your Gmail over IMAP. Instructions here: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=81379 The standard web view of Gmail depends on support for an experimental technology (ARIA) for screen reader access. Safari's support for ARIA is still rather rudimentary, although Apple are involved in attempts to standardize how ARIA should work. Opera claims better support for the ARIA draft specification: http://www.opera.com/docs/specs/presto22/#aria As the draft is rather unclear, implementations in Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, and Safari are likely to differ, so your mileage may vary. You may (or may not) find the "glacial performance" you mentioned on the web improves with Opera; it's worth a shot. -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---