(Enhancement) Better support for e-ink/e-paper screens in Thunderbird
Categories
(Thunderbird :: Disability Access, enhancement)
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People
(Reporter: erwinm, Unassigned)
Details
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.14; rv:88.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/88.0
Steps to reproduce:
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E-ink screens are a common recommendation for people with migraines, post-concussion syndrome, or anything else which can involve light, flash, flicker, or visual motion sensitivities.
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They are still a lot smaller and more expensive than e-ink screens. Dedicated e-ink monitors range from about 10.3" to 13.3". Hybrid tablets which can be used as monitors range up to 13.3."
2a. To navigate Thunderbird on a 10.1" screen, I have to show the Folder Pane, and to read messages, I have to hide it.
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They are usually grayscale displays, so they don't show distinctions by color. They may not show much distinction between regular and bold text either.
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They hay have trouble tracking moving mice, with a noticeable lag and/or with screen refresh behind the cursor. Many but not all support touch controls instead. But I think they make keyboard control more important.
Expected results:
I think 3 main things should help:
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Making sure Thunderbird works well on small screens.
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Making sure it works well on monochrome screens.
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Making sure as much as possible can use the keyboard without using the mouse, and allowing users to create more keyboard shortcuts.
See also bug 1677118 about keyboard shortcuts.
Under #2, I meant "... smaller and more expensive than conventional lcd and led screens."
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