Only in the sense that if you're trying to keep track of your sources, it
might be useful to know. Like I said, I don't feel strongly about it one
way or the other. If Walt's way won out, I wouldn't be upset about it, but
if I had to come down on one side or another for a preference, I'd choose
being more informed than less.
bruce
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On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Sandy Licht wrote:
But since every file type, except audio, is converted to text, would it really be necessary to announce those extensions?
At 04:04 PM 1/10/2006, you wrote: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
> >
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