Hello Geoff, Doesn't it annoy you that just navigating to a message causes it to open? I like to be able to decide whether to open a message now or leave it until later, then go back and find the unread messages.
I just use the down arrow to skim through the messages, sometimes reading the whole line, sometimes just reading the subject. Then I can just press Return and have the whole message read, go down to the next message, or press Delete to get rid of the message. It can all be done one-handed, leaving the other free for coffee. I'm starting to play a bit with the Magic Trackpad (my MacBook is too old to have the multi-touch trackpad). Trackpad commander is great for working in Numbers, much quicker than using the keyboard for navigation. Cheers, Anne On 5 Oct 2010, at 16:36, GEOFF WAALER wrote: > Greetings, > > Different strokes for different folks I suppose; I couldn't live without the > preview pane. For grins I tried to figure out how to disable it. There does > not appear to be an applicable option in the view pull down menu, preferences > or clicking on the splitter. I looked in this list's archives but didn't > find an answer there either. I didn't look very hard though because I > personally like the preview pane and this thread has not yet convinced me to > abandon it. > > First of all, I went into VoiceOver utility and under "navigation" disabled > "automatically interact when using tab key" box. Thanks to Cara Q for that > suggestion. Now VO will read the entire line like when I traverse mail in > Outlook Express using JFW. Admittedly JFW does do this more reliably -- > often VO just says blank and I may need to use the arrow keys or interact, > but usually it will read the line without need for interaction. > > To read the highlighted message in the preview pane I touch the trackpad > while pressing control. I can then read with the trackpad either with the > two finger flick down, or skim read by moving my finger down quickly. Double > tappi ng opens links (no need to press VO-shift-m and select open url from > the context menu). > > If you wish to have messages read automatically, go into preferences -> > viewing tab and change "show header detail" to "none". With this setting, > messages will be read when you press enter and you would press command-w to > close the window, but I strongly prefer using the preview pane and trackpad > as described above. > > HTH. > Geoff > > On Oct 5, 2010, at 8:56 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > >> Hello Linda, >> >> I've never been a Windows user but I might be able to help with some answers. >> On 5 Oct 2010, at 00:25, Linda Adams wrote: >>> >>> On a more specific note, is there anything that I can set in System >>> Preferences or VoiceOver Utility to get rid of the table view in Mail and >>> switch it >>> to a list view so that there aren't as many navigation steps to go through >>> to read messages? >> There are basically two ways of reading mail, either with the preview pane >> (the default setting), or without it. I prefer the second where the >> righthand part of the screen contains a list of messages and the lefthand >> part, a list of mailboxes. The messages on the right are in the mailbox >> selected on the left. >> >> You can arrow down the messages and either press Return to read one, or >> press Delete to get rid of one. You can also press Command-a to select all >> and delete the whole lot at once if you like. >> >>> Are there settings that I can do to allow me to read a website line by line >>> from the top of the page to the bottom in Safari? I like to go to catalog >>> websites >>> such as LL Bean or The Vermont Country Store where there are plain text >>> descriptions of every product below that product link. I want to see the >>> web pages >>> as they really are rather than just being shown links, headers, or other >>> such element groups. >> It sounds as though you would prefer to navigate websites in Groups mode. >> >>> My hands are quite small. Is it possible to change settings so that not as >>> many keys need to be pressed at a time to perform functions? I know about >>> Quick Nav and locking the VoiceOver keys, but the VoiceOver keys often need >>> to be unlocked to perform other commands. >>> >> You could always configure Keyboard Commander to take care of those commands >> that require too many key presses. Also, the Trackpad Commander allows you >> to do most things one-handed. Also, if you have an extended keyboard or a >> USB or BlueTooth number pad, you could use the Numpad Commander. >> >> VoiceOver is highly configurable to suit your needs. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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