For a 4GB card, the time the process would take would be somewhere between
the time it takes for a politician to accidentlly make a wise decision and
the time it takes for ice cubes to naturally form in Death Valley.
Bruce
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On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, Russ & Valerie wrote:
That's a good point; it could be a button in the Options menu.
I would prefer that the update take place at the start or end of a BP
online session. But I'm still wondering about the speed of this process.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Bowman-Jones"
<mikebowmanjones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, 18 June, 2006 01 40
Subject: [bookport] Re: feature idea
Bruce,
The question can be avoided by putting it as an optional feature--those
who want to use it can use it and those who don't can ignore it.
Michael Bowman-Jones
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Toews" <DogRiver@xxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 6:12 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: feature idea
> How much spoon-feeding is appropriate and how much is too much?
> There's teh $64,000 question.
>
> Bruce
>
> --
> Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he
> gave the right to become children of God. John 1:12 NIV
>
> Bruce Toews
> E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: DogRiver@xxxxxxxx
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>
> On Fri, 16 Jun 2006, Tyler Wood wrote:
>
> > It would save people the trouble of copying and paisting (laisy
> > people, like me, who feel that if its not right there like don said
> > a hit enter feature they don't use it <g>
> >
> > Tyler
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Toews"
> > <DogRiver@xxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 7:47 PM
> > Subject: [bookport] Re: feature idea
> >
> >
> > > It's also probably a fairly easy feature to implement into the
> > > transfer
> > > software.
> > >
> > > Bruce
> > >
> > > --
> > > Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name,
> > > he
> > > gave the right to become children of God. John 1:12 NIV
> > >
> > > Bruce Toews
> > > E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: DogRiver@xxxxxxxx
> > > Radio Show and Podcast: http://www.totw.net
> > > Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries):
> > > http://www.ogts.net
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> > >
> > > On Fri, 16 Jun 2006, Don Barrett wrote:
> > >
> > > > Right you are Bruce; I just maintain that some folks will be
> > > > more inclined
> > > > to back up if it's a built-in hit enter feature. For all my
> > > > railing about
> > > > it, I haven't backed up my cards yet LOL.
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > > On Behalf Of Bruce Toews
> > > > Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 8:28 PM
> > > > To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: [bookport] Re: feature idea
> > > >
> > > > I'm not missing the point. Someone said they'dd like to be able
> > > > to do
> > > > something, I suggested how it could be done.
> > > >
> > > > Bruce
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his
> > > > name, he gave the
> > > > right to become children of God. John 1:12 NIV
> > > >
> > > > Bruce Toews
> > > > E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: DogRiver@xxxxxxxx Radio Show
> > > > and Podcast:
> > > > http: //www.totw.net Web Site (including info on my weekly
> > > > commentaries):
> > > > http: //www.ogts.net Info on the Best TV Show of All Time:
> > > > http: //www.cornergas.com
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 16 Jun 2006, Don Barrett wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Of course that will work, but you're missing the point. A
> > > > > lot of
> > > > > people won't do it.
> > > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > > > On Behalf Of Bruce Toews
> > > > > Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 6:10 PM
> > > > > To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > Subject: [bookport] Re: feature idea
> > > > >
> > > > > Is there any reason the below wouldn't work?
> > > > >
> > > > > 1. Atach your Book Port.
> > > > >
> > > > > 2. Navigate to the BP drive in Windows Explorer. Tab to the
> > > > > list view.
> > > > >
> > > > > 3. Control+a to select all files and folders.
> > > > >
> > > > > 4. Press control+c to copy.
> > > > >
> > > > > 5. On your hard drive, create a BPbackup directory or some
> > > > > such, and
> > > > > just paste the whole mess into it. Then if you need to
> > > > > restore, you
> > > > > should be able to do so by, in effect, reversing the process.
> > > > > Is this not
> > > > doable?
> > > > >
> > > > > Bruce
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his
> > > > > name, he
> > > > > gave the right to become children of God. John 1:12 NIV
> > > > >
> > > > > Bruce Toews
> > > > > E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: DogRiver@xxxxxxxx Radio
> > > > > Show and
> > > > Podcast:
> > > > > http: //www.totw.net Web Site (including info on my weekly
> > > > > http: commentaries):
> > > > > http: //www.ogts.net Info on the Best TV Show of All Time:
> > > > > http: //www.cornergas.com
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, 16 Jun 2006, Sarah Cranston wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Don,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'll heartily second this suggestion. Oh how I wish I'd
> > > > > > backed up my
> > > > > > 2GB
> > > > > card the day I was so eager to show my BookPort to my mother
> > > > > that I
> > > > > just pulled the card right out without making sure it had
> > > > > beeped
> > > > > first. Needless to say, everything on the card was gone and
> > > > > it had to
> > > > > be reformatted. It took literally weeks to put it all back
> > > > > the way I
> > > > > wanted it. I'm another one of those lazy people who never
> > > > > gets around
> > > > > to backing things up, so this feature would be great.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > > [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Don
> > > > > > Barrett
> > > > > > Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 4:39 PM
> > > > > > To: Bookport
> > > > > > Subject: [bookport] feature idea
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi All,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I just heard about someone who lost a bookport on an
> > > > > > airplane and I
> > > > > > got this huge knot in my stomach just thinking about the
> > > > > > prospect.
> > > > > > It would be bad enough to have to replace the book port,
> > > > > > but the
> > > > > > thought of having to create two gigs of numerous text and
> > > > > > audio files
> > > > > > with all of their attending bookmarks would be a truly
> > > > > > horrible prospect.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It gave me the thought that perhaps a feature for the
> > > > > > transfer
> > > > > > software might be a backup card function. This function,
> > > > > > if
> > > > > > activated, would open a folder on the hard drive, and
> > > > > > either compress
> > > > > > or just plain copy the whole card to it, bookmarks and all.
> > > > > > This
> > > > > > could be an automatic feature which happens once a week or
> > > > > > whenever
> > > > > whenever the bp is hooked up.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Now I know the naysayer's will say hey if you want to
> > > > > > backup the
> > > > > > card, just copy everything to a folder; but human nature
> > > > > > says that
> > > > > > most people just will intend to do it but just plain won't
> > > > > > because
> > > > > > it's a bother and all that. Make it a feature which is
> > > > > > easy and
> > > > > > appeals to lazy people like me and I'll jump on it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The reason this feature might be doable is that it doesn't
> > > > > > impinge
> > > > > > upon the firmware at all; it's just another feature request
> > > > > > for the
> > > > > > transfer software.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Don
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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