[brailleblaster] Re: MDI

  • From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:38:51 -0500

Right, there are more important things to do. The MDI will probably just 
be left as is for a while.

John

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 03:10:11PM +0000, Keith Creasy wrote:
> I understand. I'm not really sure it is simple and-while I don't officially 
> have any say in the matter-my opinion is that there are more important things 
> to spend time and effort on. That's just my opinion for what it is worth, 
> maybe nothing. 
> 
> Besides, people can always open multiple instances of BB and get almost the 
> same advantages as an MDI.
> 
> Keith
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J. Boyer
> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 10:54 AM
> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: MDI
> 
> Hi Keith,
> 
> The MDI shouldn't interfere if people open one documentj, so there is no need 
> to disable it. The fixes may be quite simple. 
> 
> I've also had good results translating large NIMAS files. 
> 
> Eventually BrailleBlaster will display images and will also be able to 
> produce tactile images on embossers that are capable of doing so. We will be 
> working on opening or importing archive files like NIMAS or DAISY. 
> 
> John
> 
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 02:28:24PM +0000, Keith Creasy wrote:
> > Just FYI, some of the large NIMAS files-over 2 MB-seem to just about bring 
> > down most of the software that I've tried to use. This is mostly because 
> > it's XML and has over 1500 images. I really can't imagine that many people 
> > are going to need multiple documents open at once-at least not in our 
> > context at APH. My suggestion is to make as much progress as possible 
> > getting a single document interface fully developed. Maybe keep the MDI 
> > framework but disable it for now.
> > 
> > I was able to load and translate the 2.2 MB book with BB so that's a good 
> > sign.
> > 
> > BB doesn't display images yet does it? That would be an important feature 
> > to add since describing the images is a lot of what transcribers need to do.
> > 
> > Just a suggestion.
> > 
> > Keith
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vic Beckley
> > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 9:56 AM
> > To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [brailleblaster] MDI
> > 
> > I'm not sure if you are aware of this, but the MDI isn't working correctly 
> > at all. Here are three major problem I have found so far.
> > 
> > When you have multiple documents open closing one document closes all 
> > documents.
> > 
> > If you have a document open with text and Braille, then loading a second 
> > document with text and Braille won't load the Braille.
> > 
> > If you have several documents open and try to save one of the documents, BB 
> > saves the wrong document. I tried to save document 2. It presented me with 
> > the name of document 1. I thought it just was confused about the name so I 
> > changed it to the name of document 2 and saved it. When I brought up 
> > document 2 again it was actually the text of document 1.
> > 
> > 
> > Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
> > 
> > Vic
> > E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> --
> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> Madison, Wisconsin USA
> Developing software for people with disabilities
> 
> 

-- 
John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities


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