[bksvol-discuss] Re: book upload

Mine are always submitted with spaces in the file names, but no other 
punctuation except for the . before the three extension.

BBut I always label my files with the title of the book, would never be able 
to find them if I didn't.

Shelley L. Rhodes M.A., VRT, CTVI
and Guinevere, Golden lady Guide
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Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Alumni Association Board
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More than Any other time, When i hold a beloved book in my hand, my 
limitations fall from me, my spirit is free.
- Helen Keller

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 11:49 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: book upload


I routinely upload books with spaces in the filenames to Bookshare with no
problems. No apostrophes, of course. I always replace the underscores with
spaces in the filenames of the books I download from Bookshare. They just
look more natural that way on my Pac Mate. I was not aware that other
operating systems have problems with spaces in their filenames. I suppose I
could get used to looking at, and putting in, underscores or dashes in my
filenames; just like I got used to the cramped style of eight characters for
filenames back in the DOS days; but I'm not going to bother unless I have
to. Hopefully, someday, other operating systems will catch up to Windows
with respect to being able to create more natural looking filenames. <grin>

Evan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 8:21 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: book upload


> Hi Dave,
>
> No, this is *not* the issue.  <smiling>  Now I'm beginning to sound like
> E., God bless her.  The issue, for the hundredth time, is that the control
> which comprises the edit field and the browse button, is only truly
> visible to users of Jaws.  If you use WE, you see this control as a double
> edit box.  It does not show up at all in System Access.  I realize that a
> good eighty percent of you use Jaws so the issue doesn't apply to you, but
> it is most definitely one that needs to be addressed. It is not, as I said
> in my former post, a bookshare issue.  It is an issue with all sites of
> this kind that have this control.  It is a general, pervasive, important
> issue concerning web accessibility!
>
> As for file-names, I couldn't agree more!  In fact, one of the things in
> the proposed Wiki should be a note about file naming conventions.   Dave
> is right.  A file name should contain no spaces, and no additional
> punctuation like apostrophes or whatever.  One should use either dashes or
> underscores between the words of the file-name.  Computers running
> operating systems other than Windows have a hard time with file-names that
> have spaces in them.  Why aggravate yourselves?  Get used to writing
> file-names properly all over your computer, and you won't have any more
> trouble.
>
> Ann P.
>
> -- 
> Ann K. Parsons
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