Hi Chip,
Thanks for your insight into Outlook, your preferring 2010 to the
current, and your idea to just get this app alone rather than the whole
Office suite.
Actually, I just went through the nasty rapids of installing and
configuring MozillaThunderbird, and I'm pretty cool with it. Just to let
you know, what is new to me about this app over Windows Live Mail is
it's numerous options of replying to messages, and things of this
nature. It really seems to be the hobbiest's choice in an e-mail app,
which I guess is open source in a nutshell. It's worth installing and
checking it out, if for no other reason than curiosity and knowledge
gain. What I love the most over WLM is it's traditional pull-down menu
system, both in the main app window as well as in the message window.
Configuring the e-mail is a cinch, once you trust the app to do the job
for you. I'm glad Outlook works for you and your wife; I would have to
see the calendar-type functions of Outlook for myself before I believe
it, but I know GW Micro has done a lot of work with it to make it
accessible. For me for now, I'm just happy to be able to write an e-mail
without having to use Notepad and do cut and paste. :)
Anyway, Chip, thanks again, and take care,
Rod :)
On 4/23/13 9:30 PM, Chip Orange wrote:
Hi again Rod,
Well, already answered most of this as I’m reading messages out of order.
Any accessibility issues for Outlook 2010 have been dealt with by a GW app
called Outlook Enhance, which I highly recommend (I’m not sure if it’s being
included with the WE distribution or not).
One point: I think you can buy Outlook alone, you don’t have to buy an
Office suite I don’t think; and, my own opinion, I’d buy 2010 if you still
can (just because it probably has more of its issues worked-out with WE than
2013 does yet). I don’t know this however, so maybe you could check with GW
support to see what they think of 2013.
Hth,
Chip
From: Rod Hutton [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 9:38 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: E-mail client accessibility
Hi Chip,
On an unrelated matter, I’m using Windows Live Mail for my e-mail client
(mainly, for the moment, because it’s free). However, for literally months,
I’ve had tracking issues in my message window and I’m about a step and a
half away from getting some cash together to buy the MS Office Suite and so
be able to use Outlook. I noticed you are using Outlook (from viewing your
message details ), and I was wondering how you like it, and do you
have any accessibility issues?
Also, anyone reading this: what’s the best e-mail client from the point of
view of accessibility? Bruce, I see you are using the reliable old Outlook
Express, but, unfortunately, Windows 7 barred the use of it...too bad for
me! :)
Thanks, Chip, and everyone,
Rod Smile
