[bookport] Re: feature idea
- From: "Don Barrett" <donter@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 16:09:33 -0400
What about the hundreds perhaps thousands of bookmarks people have; that
alone would make the feature worth it. Remember, it's voluntary; it's an
option. No one will be beaten into using it.
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Bruce Toews
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 4:04 PM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: feature idea
Yes, but is it a USB1 device? I also don't have anything on my BP that I
don't have somewhere else.
Bruce
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On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, Don Barrett wrote:
> I back up my 300 gig hard drive all the time using Ghost, and it's
> well worth the waiting.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Russ & Valerie
> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 2:57 PM
> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bookport] Re: feature idea
>
> That long?!?!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruce Toews" <DogRiver@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, 18 June, 2006 14 44
> Subject: [bookport] Re: feature idea
>
>
>> 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
>>
>> --
>> 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
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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 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, 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
>>>>>>> Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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):
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>>>>>>>> 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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