[bksvol-discuss] Re: book upload
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:01:01 -0700 (PDT)
Ditto.
G.Cindy
--- talmage@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Thanks Jake,
>
> I wasn't aware that issue had been dealt with. Good
> to know. I
> guess that explains why we've gone a while without
> that problem
> coming up. It seems like before it used to raise
> its ugly head every
> month or so.
>
> Dave
>
> At 01:47 PM 3/29/2008, you wrote:
> >Hi Dave,
> >
> >Yes the apostrophy was the most prevalent character
> that caused
> >problems in the past. We fixed that bug sometime
> last fall, along
> >with other potential character problems. If you run
> across a
> >filename that the system doesn't like, please drop
> us a note.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Jake
> >
> >Jake Brownell
> >QA Engineer, Bookshare.org
> >jake.b@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- From:
> <talmage@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 11:40 AM
> >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: book upload
> >
> >
> >>Evan,
> >>
> >>That's it, I think that the ' was the character
> that was causing
> >>difficulties in the past.
> >>Unix, Linux, and other Unix like operating systems
> don't care for
> >>spaces, they don't usually cause problems, but
> they have to use an
> >>escape character to display them, so "my
> Documents" would appear as
> >>"My\ Documents". I don't know what Macs do with
> them, since their
> >>OS is a significantly changed derivative of Linux,
> but G. Cindy
> >>could tell us. I don't run into file name issues
> on my uploads, as
> >>you could say I'm fixated in my MS-DOS stage, and
> I always move my
> >>working file to my root level and change its name
> to a short DOS
> >>style before upload, but I do remember a number of
> people having to
> >>deal with this in the past, which now that you've
> mentioned it,
> >>were probably associated with the apostrophe.
> >>As for that red flag of other operating systems
> catching up with
> >>Windows, I'm not even going to rise to that bait!
> >>
> >>Dave
> >>
> >>At 11:49 AM 3/29/2008, you wrote:
> >>>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
> >>>>Portal Tutoring
> >>>>EMAIL: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>http://www.portaltutoring.info
> >>>>"All that is gold does not glitter,
> >>>>Not all those who wander are lost."
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