[bookshare-discuss] Re: The new site, one complaint
- From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:14:11 -0500
Hi Patti. I know this is a new way of doing things, and it can seem awkward
at first if you're not used to it. Like you, I had my browser set up for the
old site to unpack files when I downloaded my books. You can set your
browser up to open zip files in the same way if you like and can just tell
your zip program where to extract the files. It'll just ask for your
password and let you go on doing whatever you're working on.
If you choose to try them, there are several tools for making working with
zipped files easier. Many tools are completely free and work well with
speech and Braille displays. If you use a free program like 7-zip or Iceows,
you can press the applications key on a file in you're my Computer window
and choose to extract the brf file. It'll let you extract that file to the
folder you're in or choose a different folder to put the file in. You can
also use these programs to create a separate folder for each book you
download if you like to organize books by title. Using zip format gives
Bookshare users more flexibility to use their files when and where they
like. So although it's a definite change, you might grow to like it over
time. I hope so.
Monica Willyard
"The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker
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From: Patti Johnson [mailto:pat1206@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 11:46 PM
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] The new site, one complaint
I don't understand why we have to unzip brf files now. I think we used to
ages ago when the site was brand new. Or when they were text files, way
back when. but later on, I never had to. I used to just open them to
bypass the unpacking of them later.
So I'd ask to open the file, then hit the unpack button, enter my password,
save the book and I was done.
Now, I have to Save the dang thing, then unzip it. An extra step I didn't
have to do before. Is this for security reasons or something?
just wondering.
Patti
The average dog is a nicer person than the average person
Andy Rooney
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