I use mutt for email, but I don't think it does nntp. It is a very nice terminal based mail reader.
Jim On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 05:28:40PM -0700, Eric Oyen wrote: > have you tried mutt? its a command line NNTP client. you might have to > install Xcode tools and install it from the ports tree (from macports). most, > if not all command utilities are fairly accessible with VO. > > -Eric > > On Dec 1, 2010, at 11:56 AM, Massimo Vettoretti wrote: > > > Hi all. > > > > I am looking for an accessible NNTP usenet client. I was trying four of > > them, but none is usable. > > > > I tried Nemo. It seemed very very promising; the configuration wizard was > > fully accessible, but... the table containing the subscribed groups looks > > empty to Voice Over. I mean, it can see the table but all rows and columns > > are empty for VO. Of course, the control containing the message itself is a > > standard HTML content that VO can read with no problem... :-) Menu bar > > cannot be accessed by pressing VO+m, but they respond to ctrl+f2. Voice > > Over will not read them. :-) > > > > Ok, uninstalled Nemo, I instal thunderbird. Just for fun. As you already > > know, no accessibility at all there. > > > > Thoth was m third attempt. Another disaster. I was not able to access the > > preferences dialog. > > > > The last usenet client I tried is Unisom. Preferences are accessible and so > > are the menus and other pars of the application. But the overall > > accessibility is less then pore. Some controls do respond to VO+space, > > others need the simulated mouse click, and some are triggered only by a > > physical mouse click. The message list is not easy to find, and the > > threaded view is not a list or a table but some kind of text area... I am > > not sure... :-) > > > > Any help? > > > > -- > > 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. 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.
