"JethroUK©" <reply@the.board> wrote in message
news:uBMrn9#zIHA.4416@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Vista has a very serious problem with object focus - makes it very
> difficult/ nay totally impossible to operate with a keyboard so i suspect
> it's lost a lot of customers for this reason alone
>
> Live Mail also seems to have a focus issues & i'm not sure which is to blame
>
> when you attempt to move (up/down) folders in the folder pane using
> keyboard - if there is news/mail download, the folder loses focus to the
> mail/message window - if not it takes two presses to activate the folder -
> ?????????? - again this peculiar behavior makes it impossible to navigate
> with keys


No, you just have to watch the presentation areas like a hawk
to look out for changes. If focus switched out of the Folder pane
into a Message list you can tell by a change of highlighting, etc.
So then you have to press Backtab to put focus back where
you would have preferred that it had stayed.


You can get some control back by setting Work Offline
but then if you are configured to use a Live ID while online
be prepared to be peppered with prompts about that.

The keyboard user is only being served by WLMail as an
afterthought IMO.


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