Hi Sandy. Well, personally i might, but generally, I don't think we'd be asked to do that. i think they are asking for future hardware releases I suspect. Marlaina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy Licht" <slicht@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 2:01 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: Opinion Needed > How would going to springs effect those of us who have Bookports now? We > aren't going to want to send our Bookports in to have the clips replaced > with springs, surely.At 03:29 PM 2/5/2005, you wrote: > >There is a tactile indicator on the floor of the battery compartment now. > >My concern about it is that it is very small, and I think perhaps for the > >person with decreased sensitivity, difficult to use. I really hope APH goes > >to springs, for this seems to be the easiest for everybody to use without > >concern about the ability to either remember which way the battery should > >go, or the ability to have enough sensation in the fingertips. I just think > >the spring is a much more universally easy to use method. > > > > > >Marlaina Lieberg > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Scott Howell" <n3byy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 4:48 AM > >Subject: [bookport] Re: Opinion Needed > > > > > > > Larry, > > > > > > Not sure if ths is of any value. I haven't had a spring break, but I > > > imagine it can happen and they do seem a little more touchy perhaps, but > > > as far as the clips, what about this idea. Either > > > 1. use a concave surface for the positive or negative contact > > > or > > > 2. perhaps a tactile indicator on the floor of the case that would > > > notify you as to the negative/positive contact. > > > Just a thought. > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > > > > >What do you all think of the merits of spring based battery connections > >vs = > > > >the clip type connectors currently used on Book Port? > > > > > > > >One appealing thing about the springs, of course, is the fact that it is > >= > > > >easier to identify the correct orientation of the battery, but what about > >= > > > >the possibility of damage to springs? The clips don't seem nearly as > >easy = > > > >to break. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________ NOD32 1.991 (20050203) Information __________ > > > > > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > > > http://www.nod32.com > > > > > > > > Sandy Licht > Phone: 409-898-8218 > Jeremiah 29:11 - 14A > 11For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They > are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. > 12In those days when you pray, I will listen. 13If you look for me in earnest, > you will find me when you seek me. 14I will be found by you," says the > LORD... > > > > > __________ NOD32 1.991 (20050203) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.nod32.com > >