[bookport] Re: Opinion Needed
- From: "Michael Massey" <micmey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 07:04:50 -0700
Hi all. You're right on that one, Sandy. Not I.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandy Licht" <slicht@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 3:01 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.
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>
> Sandy Licht
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