But why is it so bad to hear file extensions anyway? It's not like they're
heard first, and the speech interupts when you navigate.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Smith" <walt@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 7:06 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: very non-standard, an old issue revisited
This discussion was initiated in the context of the _new_ Book Port user and
the _new_ user has virtually no reason to care about the file extension.
Besides, Sandy's message, pointing out that all file types except audio
files are converted to text, pretty well sums up my argument.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Toews" <DogRiver@xxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 5:04 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: very non-standard, an old issue revisited
I'd nonvehemently disagree with your last point. I think the file extension is relevant to the end user. We all have extraneous pieces of info we don't care to hear but which is still relevant to the next person. Bruce
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On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Walt Smith wrote:
Like I said, I have no problem with your suggestion _if_ the file
extension
were stripped off and I wouldn't have to hear "dot txt, dot doc, dot htm,"
or whatever. Technically, the file extension is not part of the file name
and 99 times out of 100, the file type is of no interest or value whatever
to the user.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Barrett, Don" <Don.Barrett@xxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 4:31 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: very non-standard, an old issue revisited
You are probably the exception rather than the rule. Most users, especially new ones, will think it's weird; I'm not picking on you, it's just that this is not how Windows works and I think the BP should be as seamless as possible in fitting into the Windows framework of doing things.
Don
-----Original Message----- From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Walt Smith Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 4:19 PM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] Re: very non-standard, an old issue revisited
I don't necessarily agree. While I occasionally find it irritating when
the
first line of the book is not the actual title, given the types of books I
read most (Audible, text, braille), it normally is. I don't want to hear
"dot txt" or something similar as I move through each of my file names. I
would withdraw this, however, if the file extension were stripped off when
I
choose to send the file name as the title.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Barrett, Don" <Don.Barrett@xxxxxx> To: "Bookport (E-mail)" <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 2:44 PM Subject: [bookport] very non-standard, an old issue revisited
I was helping a new user with the Bookport and came to see how
non-standard
(at least to me) the "send filename as title" option is. I personally
would
like to see this gone, unless there are users who really like to see the
first line of the file as the bookport file name in which case it should
be
left; I would be surprised.
At least however, it should be checked by default for the new user;
unchecked by default makes it operate differently from any Windows-related
file transfer utility.
Just my opinion I realize, but I think it unwise to force new users to
tweak
the first line of every file they want to send to the bp just to get the
right filename on the unit. Please check this by default.
Don
