[bookcourier] File Transfer Improvement
- From: "Darren Brewer" <darren.m.brewer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 12:09:54 -0000
Hi All
I've been thinking for a while about an extra feature that could be added to
the transfer tool which would speed up the transfer of large files.
As the majority of card readers work at USB 2, it makes far more sense to
have some way of transferring files directly to the flash card through a
card reader. Rather than transferring them to the BC at the slower USB 1
speed.
It would therefore be very useful to have an option which would allow you to
choose the destination for your files. This could be one of three places.
1. Directly to the BC as normal.
2. Browse to a folder on your hard drive.
3. Browse to the flash card in a card reader.
The first option would probably be preferable where only a few small files
needed to be transferred. Options 2 & 3 would be for much larger files.
All you would have to do is to connect your card reader, insert a compact
flash card and then select a new button. It could be called, synchronize.
All the files from the folder on your hard drive would then be transferred,
via the transfer tool onto the flash card.
This would be a great improvement for three reasons:
1. Transferring files onto a compact flash card that is in a card reader is
far faster than copying to the BC directly.
2. A lot of us know from experience that if the batteries in the BC are low
or about to die then the flash card can be corrupted during a transfer. As
card readers are powered from the USB port there would be little danger of
this happening.
3. It would save on battery life as copying large files to the BC can take a
substantial amount of time and drain the batteries a little before you even
start listening to your BC.
Of course this feature would only benefit those of us with card readers. But
they are becoming so common now that I would be willing to bet that most
people who own book couriers or book ports also own a card reader.
Darren.
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