[bksvol-discuss] Re: Google Desktop Broke my Bookshare Books
- From: Guido Corona <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:19:22 -0600
Hi Allison, luckily we have Monica, who is already quite familiar with
Google Desktop. . . I will try it as well! G.
Guido Dante Corona
IBM Research,
Human Ability & Accessibility Center, (HA&AC)
Austin Tx.
Phone: 512. 838. 9735.
Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx
Web: http://www.ibm.com/able
". . . Maybe it was only those who were most certain they were right who
were guaranteed to be wrong. And that maybe, just maybe, those who
questioned the most were in the end those who came closest to being wise."
[David Poyer, The Command]
"Allison Hilliker" <bookshare_girl@xxxxxxx>
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Hi Guido,
I tried your below suggestion and it didn't solve the problem. Let me
know
what you find out after your download.
BTW, I've now updated to JFW v 7.1 per Pratic's suggestion.
Best,
Allison
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From: "Guido Corona" <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Google Desktop Broke my Bookshare Books
> Allison, is it possible that installation of Google desktop derailed
file
> association for HTML files? If you decide to install Google Desktop
once
> more, select a Bookshare html file, press shift-F10, and try to
reassign
> the default program to render these files to IE. I'll try to install
> Google Desktop as well and will post results. Guido
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>
> Guido Dante Corona
> IBM Research,
> Human Ability & Accessibility Center, (HA&AC)
> Austin Tx.
> Phone: 512. 838. 9735.
> Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Web: http://www.ibm.com/able
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> ". . . Maybe it was only those who were most certain they were right who
> were guaranteed to be wrong. And that maybe, just maybe, those who
> questioned the most were in the end those who came closest to being
wise."
> [David Poyer, The Command]
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> Hi everyone,
>
> At the Bookshare users meeting last Tuesday, many individuals suggested
> that
> I try Google Desktop. I thought it sounded interesting, so I downloaded
> it.
>
> I frequently read the HTML Bookshare files when I want to read a book.
> After installing Google Desktop, I found that I couldn't directly open
my
> Bookshare HTML files. When I clicked on an HTML file in My Computer, it
> would take me directly to the Google search page instead of the book
text.
> The same thing happened when I tried to open the XML file. This
happened
> with a few different books too. I tried for a long time to figure out
how
> in the world I would be able to read my HTML Bookshare files and
couldn't
> think up a solution. So I uninstalled the Google Desktop application.
> When
> I did, my XML files read, but my HTML files still didn't open and I
really
> wish they did because I like reading that way. So, if anyone has a
> suggestion as to how I can keep Google from breaking my Bookshare files,
> I'd
> appreciate it. BTW, I'm using JFW version 7.0.
>
> After a lot of trial and error, I discovered that I could read my HTML
> files
> by pressing control tab from the Google search page. Thanks to this, I
> can
> now read my HTML Bookshare books. However, I'd really prefer to not
have
> to
> do the control tab at all. I really want my book to open up right away
as
> it used to. I don't know how to fix that. As I said, I've already
> uninstalled the Google Desktop so can't figure out why Google still has
a
> hold over my computer. I looked in my add and remove programs box and
> there
> are no Google components left on my system, and yet somehow it appears
> that
> there is something left from that program.
>
> I wrote this message for two reasons. 1. I'm hoping that someone can
help
> me figure out how to fix my HTML files. 2. It's important for us all to
> realize that, while some new programs may look fun and easy to us, there
> are
> plenty of other users who won't find them half so intuitive. This
doesn't
> mean that Bookshare shouldn't develop new applications, it just means
that
> not everyone has the same level of tech skills and it's important to
keep
> that in mind.
>
> Best,
> Allison
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