Re: iphone mailng listRe: Working with MobileMe web mail and setting up aliases [was
Dear Rostislava, Please e-mail the moderator of the VIPhone list directly. Her name is Cara Quinn and her e-mail address is: caraqu...@caraquinn.com With best wishes Simon On 9 Jul 2009, at 19:43, Koumanova Rostislava wrote: > > hi, > can somebody help , i can not subscribe to the iphone mailing list. > thank you. > rk > > Il giorno 09/lug/09, alle ore 11:31, Simon Cavendish ha scritto: > >> >> Dear Esther, >> >> Thank you for such an excellent set of steps to help me set up >> aliases >> in MobileMe. It was well worth waiting for. >> >> With best and warmest wishes >> >> Simon >> On 9 Jul 2009, at 05:17, Esther wrote: >> >>> >>> Hello Simon, >>> >>> Simon Cavendish wrote: >>> Has anyone successfully set aliases in MobileMe with VO? I tried many times yesterday but failed. Any tips? >>> >>> I have set up mail aliases in MobileMe, although I have to say that >>> it >>> was a lot easier to do in the previous incarnation as dot Mac. >>> You'll >>> need to work with the web interface to MobileMe, which is where the >>> current accessibility issues are. I've found it much easier if I >>> set >>> my mouse cursor to track my VoiceOver cursor for the navigation >>> options under VoiceOver utility, though I'm not sure it's necessary >>> now for setting up aliases. In the past there were some instances >>> where I could not select with VO-Space, but had to click with VO- >>> Shift- >>> Space, in order to choose options. If I didn't have cursor tracking >>> turned on, I couldn't reliably make selections. Since I've >>> generally >>> found that the accessible performance of the MobileMe web interface >>> is >>> better, or at least equally good when using the Webkit nightly >>> builds >>> instead of Safari, I'll describe the procedure of setting up mail >>> aliases for MobileMe using the latest Webkit nightly build to log >>> into >>> your MobileMe web page and using DOM navigation for web navigation >>> preferences. Another general comment: The web format of MobileMe >>> appears to substitute the Control key for the Command key in normal >>> Mac shortcut key sequences and preferences. By that, I mean that if >>> you have selected "Mail" from the MobileMe web options, you can >>> reply >>> to messages you read with Control-R instead of Command-R, compose >>> new >>> mail with Control-N instead of Command-N, forward messages with >>> Shift- >>> Control-F instead of Shift-Command-F, etc. And the shortcut to >>> bring >>> up preferences for the MobileMe web form of mail is Control-Comma >>> instead of Command-Comma. This helps a lot if you want to use the >>> MobileMe web pages to read and respond to your mail. The other >>> general comment is that when navigating to preferences use item >>> chooser menu. Somehow, the separate windows (for preferences and >>> for >>> the mail messages area) don't appear to be well separated under >>> MobileMe's web site, and contents appear jumbled together. So in >>> order to move to the various preference panes, you won't be able to >>> use window chooser menu to navigate; you're going to have to use >>> item >>> chooser menu to navigate to the pane selections, including the one >>> for >>> setting aliases. I found I couldn't reliably activate the "Add new >>> alias" link unless I had cursor tracking on. >>> >>> 1. Log in with your user name and password at MobileMe's web page >>> at: http://www.me.com >>> (There is a setting under your local machine's mail accounts >>> preferences (brought up with Command-Comma) where, if you select >>> MobileMe as the account, there will be an "Edit E-mail aliases" >>> button >>> on the "Account Information" tab, but this only brings up he >>> MobileMe >>> web page set to mail. I find it much easier to ignore this and >>> simply log into the MobileMe web page myself, then choose the "mail" >>> and bring up mail preferences for the web page with Control-Comma.) >>> For example, if your MobileMe email is address is >>> "simoncavend...@me.com" you would type the part before the AT sign >>> into the user name text edit field (e.g.,"simoncavendish"), then >>> tab, >>> then type in your MobileMe password. >>> >>> 2. After you've logged in, interact with the HTML area. You're >>> probably in your Mail utility, but in general, if you VO-Right arrow >>> after interacting, you'll hear the different MobileMe selection >>> option >>> links announced: "Mail", "Contacts", "Calendar", "Gallery", "iDisk", >>> and "Account Settings". Press (VO-Space) on your selected link (in >>> this case, use VO-Space on the first link, which is mail) to select >>> this option. As I said, I think this may default to "Mail" if there >>> were no previous selections, and you can VO-Right arrow to the >>> mailbox >>> selections and then to the messages table. >>> >>> 3. Press Control-Comma to bring up your mail preferences. I'll >>> quote >>> from "Take Control of MobileMe" for the description of preferences: >>>
iphone mailng listRe: Working with MobileMe web mail and setting up aliases [was
hi, can somebody help , i can not subscribe to the iphone mailing list. thank you. rk Il giorno 09/lug/09, alle ore 11:31, Simon Cavendish ha scritto: > > Dear Esther, > > Thank you for such an excellent set of steps to help me set up aliases > in MobileMe. It was well worth waiting for. > > With best and warmest wishes > > Simon > On 9 Jul 2009, at 05:17, Esther wrote: > >> >> Hello Simon, >> >> Simon Cavendish wrote: >> >>> >>> Has anyone successfully set aliases in MobileMe with VO? I tried >>> many >>> times yesterday but failed. Any tips? >>> >> >> I have set up mail aliases in MobileMe, although I have to say that >> it >> was a lot easier to do in the previous incarnation as dot Mac. >> You'll >> need to work with the web interface to MobileMe, which is where the >> current accessibility issues are. I've found it much easier if I set >> my mouse cursor to track my VoiceOver cursor for the navigation >> options under VoiceOver utility, though I'm not sure it's necessary >> now for setting up aliases. In the past there were some instances >> where I could not select with VO-Space, but had to click with VO- >> Shift- >> Space, in order to choose options. If I didn't have cursor tracking >> turned on, I couldn't reliably make selections. Since I've generally >> found that the accessible performance of the MobileMe web interface >> is >> better, or at least equally good when using the Webkit nightly builds >> instead of Safari, I'll describe the procedure of setting up mail >> aliases for MobileMe using the latest Webkit nightly build to log >> into >> your MobileMe web page and using DOM navigation for web navigation >> preferences. Another general comment: The web format of MobileMe >> appears to substitute the Control key for the Command key in normal >> Mac shortcut key sequences and preferences. By that, I mean that if >> you have selected "Mail" from the MobileMe web options, you can reply >> to messages you read with Control-R instead of Command-R, compose new >> mail with Control-N instead of Command-N, forward messages with >> Shift- >> Control-F instead of Shift-Command-F, etc. And the shortcut to bring >> up preferences for the MobileMe web form of mail is Control-Comma >> instead of Command-Comma. This helps a lot if you want to use the >> MobileMe web pages to read and respond to your mail. The other >> general comment is that when navigating to preferences use item >> chooser menu. Somehow, the separate windows (for preferences and for >> the mail messages area) don't appear to be well separated under >> MobileMe's web site, and contents appear jumbled together. So in >> order to move to the various preference panes, you won't be able to >> use window chooser menu to navigate; you're going to have to use item >> chooser menu to navigate to the pane selections, including the one >> for >> setting aliases. I found I couldn't reliably activate the "Add new >> alias" link unless I had cursor tracking on. >> >> 1. Log in with your user name and password at MobileMe's web page >> at: http://www.me.com >> (There is a setting under your local machine's mail accounts >> preferences (brought up with Command-Comma) where, if you select >> MobileMe as the account, there will be an "Edit E-mail aliases" >> button >> on the "Account Information" tab, but this only brings up he MobileMe >> web page set to mail. I find it much easier to ignore this and >> simply log into the MobileMe web page myself, then choose the "mail" >> and bring up mail preferences for the web page with Control-Comma.) >> For example, if your MobileMe email is address is >> "simoncavend...@me.com" you would type the part before the AT sign >> into the user name text edit field (e.g.,"simoncavendish"), then tab, >> then type in your MobileMe password. >> >> 2. After you've logged in, interact with the HTML area. You're >> probably in your Mail utility, but in general, if you VO-Right arrow >> after interacting, you'll hear the different MobileMe selection >> option >> links announced: "Mail", "Contacts", "Calendar", "Gallery", "iDisk", >> and "Account Settings". Press (VO-Space) on your selected link (in >> this case, use VO-Space on the first link, which is mail) to select >> this option. As I said, I think this may default to "Mail" if there >> were no previous selections, and you can VO-Right arrow to the >> mailbox >> selections and then to the messages table. >> >> 3. Press Control-Comma to bring up your mail preferences. I'll quote >> from "Take Control of MobileMe" for the description of preferences: >> >> Configure MobileMe Mail Preferences >> When you choose > Preferences, MobileMe presents five sets >> of preferences: General, Composing, Viewing, Aliases, and Other. >> Click one of those icons to display a view containing that category. >> When you’re finished modifying preferences (in one or more views), >> click the Save button at the bottom; to discard changes and return >> to
