[bookport] Instant max volume
- From: "Rich Hartness" <hartness@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 17:51:16 -0400
Hi All,
With regard to maximum volume, I don't think it's a matter of giving up a
feature for sheer convenience or whim. It's more a matter of avoiding
significant pain in those rare instances when something accidentally leans
against the keyboard and shoves deafening audio in your ears. This can be
very traumatic with the right MP3 file with headphones on.
I liked the idea some suggested of having the double beep feature on the
volume control advancing the volume by 4 or 5 increments.
As others have pointed out, I can see how the existing max volume feature is
very useful for certain situations like testing headphones and the like.
Why not assign it to something other than a single extended depressed button
which is less likely to be invoked by accident.
I really like the dialogue on this list. Great ideas and very respectfully
presented. It's making a better and better product. I like hearing
opposing views.
By the way, I really like the TDK amplified mono speaker that others
mentioned here in the last few months. I just got one from Amazon and it's
great. It's small and delivers very acceptable quality sound for both
speech and music. It's not hifi but what can you expect for $13 and small
like that? It's also nice to have the BP concealed and protected in the
case when it's zipped up.
Thanks,
Rich
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Allen" <wd8ldy@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 5:17 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: only feature I don't like
> Hi Steve and list:
>
> I agree with your points. Regarding the help system, when that thread was
> going around, I did not comment but privately thought putting in such a
help
> system would be a waste of space. Then a couple of days later, I find
myself
> travelling out of town, without access to a PC or internet, and wanting to
> know how a new feature worked that I had not investigated before. That
> experience turned me around on the value of a help system. In this
instance,
> I correctly guessed how to make the page number feature function. But
still
> had to wait until I had on line access again to verify my thinking with
the
> official documentation.
>
> Regarding the max volume, I also use a variety of output choices. Terie
made
> a very good point about using it for checking questionable headphones
> yesterday. If you want to make it more difficult to access, to avoid
> unintentional access, that is fine. But remember that would result in the
> Bookport becoming a less useable device for those with manual limitations.
> Above all, functionality should never be jeopardised for the sake of
> convenience.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
>
>
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