[bookport] Re: never mind my last question, but a few comments
- From: Paul Henrichsen <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 07:27:22 -0700
Hi, Rob. It is too bad you guys can't query the card and see how much will
fit. Only if there is a problem would the dialog box then come up.
Otherwise, you would just put the entire file onto the bp.
It sure is slow uploading, though<grin>.
At 6/9/2004, you wrote:
>Paul:
>
>You have to load each part of a book separately, because there is nothing =
>binding those files together as a book. Yeah, the file names are similar, =
>but you can't always count on this because of inconsistent naming.
>
>Regarding the combo boxes for start and end times...
>
>It sounds like someone like you should just ignore the boxes and press =
>Enter to get whatever will fit. The default for a file which is not on the =
>device already is to start at the beginning, and send as much as will fit. =
>If you already have the file on the device, the default is to start at =
>your last reading position and send as much as will fit.
>
>We had to come up with some kind of scheme to allow selecting how much of =
>an Audible file to send, and 5 minute intervals seemed to be the best =
>choice. Yeah, most people won't start at 15 minutes and send 30 minutes of =
>material, but Audible sections can range from very short to very long, and =
>limiting selections to sections would minimize flexibility for users with =
>small flash cards.
>
>Perhaps we could skip the dialog if all of the file will fit? What do =
>others think about the current scheme?
>
>Rob Meredith
>
> >>> paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 06/08/04 10:19PM >>>
>Hi, Larry and Rod. Never mind my last question. Turns out the book I =
>was=20
>trying to load was not type four.
>I will have to go back and see if I can get it as type four.
>However, some comments.
>It takes an extremely long time to load one of these files, much slower=20
>than loading an mp3 file.
>Also, I was surprised that in a book that contains more than one file, =
>I=20
>have to load each part separately.
>And why the combo boxes that ask me where I want to start and end? If I=20
>have plenty of room, why would I not want to start at the beginning and =
>end=20
>at the end<grin>? I don't understand the use of these boxes.
>Why would I want to start five minutes in or more?
>Thanks.
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