[icon-discuss] Re: 0.9.3 released
- From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 02:07:10 -0500
Unfortunately, I am mathematically challenged (just kidding). But I'd
rather not spend several precious seconds to convert several million seconds
to a unit of time I actually recognize. I, for one, am glad this feature is
removed.
Pratik
-----Original Message-----
From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin Jones
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 9:16 PM
To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: 0.9.3 released
I have to agree, I really liked it telling me how far the time was
adjusted. I can't see any good reason t oremove it.
John McCann wrote:
> I received my Icon just this past monday, and upgraded to 0.9.3 today
(just
> hours ago); my point in mentioning this is to say that I had not had
> extensive experience with version 0.9.2, but clearly 0.9.3 is a very
welcome
> improvement. I am particularly happy about the fact that this latest
version
> fixes the bug with the recorder where I had to go into file explorer to
play
> back my recordings. I'm also very happy about another glitch with the word
> processor which has now been fixed. With version 0.9.2, I wrote the
folowing
> text (note the punctuation):
>
> Hello John: How are you doing? I am doing fine.
>
> Now, with the previous version, when scrolling backwards to the beginning
of
> that text, whether by words or characters, the icon simply would not
> recognize anything prior to the colon; either it wasn't being recognized,
or
> somehow that backwards review trashed everything before the colon. I was
> going to comment about this, but no need now.
>
> And with particular references to the changes, Michael wrote:
>
> [JMJ]: "We now speak the software version after system startup."
>
> Hmmm, that's not happening with my unit; no big deal; that information can
> always be accessed via the menu system, but my icon does not announce the
> version number upon boot-up.
>
> [JMJ]: "We added a sleep timer to the general settings item."
>
> Sweet!!!
>
> And,
>
> [JMJ]: "We now don't announce the number of seconds by which the clock was
> adjusted when synchronizing with the internet."
>
> Gee, why remove that announcement? I rather liked receiving that
> information. Okay, strictly speaking, there's no real significance to that
> information, except to telegraph the fact that the icon's clock wouldn't
> even remotely pass muster as a time standard, <smile>! That having been
> said, though, I didn't by the Icon for use as a time reference, and its
easy
> enough to pull the time off the internet when you need or want the unit's
> time setting to be extremely accurate.
>
> Again, this is a very nice, and even after only having the unit for two
> days, a very welcome upgrade.
>
> Keep up the fine work!
>
> John
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J. Michael Jones" <mjones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <icon-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 12:50 PM
> Subject: [icon-discuss] 0.9.3 released
>
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> The news you have all been waiting for. Release 0.9.3 is now available.
>> Below are the changes in this release and the known issues.
>>
>> I think you are going to like this release.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> General
>> Speech settings weren't being backed up. They wil be now.
>> We now speak the software version after system startup.
>> We added a sleep timer to the general settings item.
>> We turned off abbreviation processing in the speech engine. No more
>> decibels directory or south dakota cards.
>> The manual is now in Daisy format. This means that when you press help
to
>> open the manual, you can now press pound to navigate through the manual.
>> there are still some places where pressing help doesn't take you to the
>> right place in the manual. Please report these so we can fix them.
>> Cutting and pasting from books and read only documents in the word
>> processor
>> didn't always work. this should be fixed.
>> There was a bug that caused searching through documents and books, as
well
>> as opening the navigation view by pressing pound to be very slow. this
>> should be fixed now.
>> We now don't announce the number of seconds by which the clock was
>> adjusted
>> when synchronizing with the internet.
>> We now don't allow the unit to enter disk drive mode if another
>> application
>> is using the hard drive.
>> We now don't allow the unit to enter disk drive mode if the hard disk or
>> flash disk is too full.
>>
>> Added Grade II support in text fields.
>> End at end of paragraph now moves beyond the last character, instead of
to
>> the last character.
>> improved go to end; moving back by line to the previous paragraph now
>> leaves
>> you at the beginning of the line segment instead of the end.
>> got the alarm manager to start more reliably.
>> Manual updates
>>
>> Word Processor:
>>
>> We've added Grade II support. this means you can enter and review
>> documents
>> in Grade II using thumb Braille.
>> We now remember the last directory you were using when opening or saving
>> documents.
>> Braille text is spoken with a different voice.
>> * Saving a file in the word processor as a .brf file causes text to be
>> translated into Braille.
>>
>>
>> Media Player
>>
>> Fixed the random stopping issues.
>> Properly clean up media cache when starting and stopping the player.
>>
>> News Stand
>>
>> The wording was changed to make things more clear. Now, the menu item to
>> add a periodical to the list is called "add a periodical" instead of
>> subscribe. After selecting an issue from the list, the periodical
>> settings
>> are presented, allowing you to select how many days to keep backissues,
>> and
>> whether you want to subscribe to this periodical.
>> It is now possible to delete individual issues, and remove periodicals
>> from
>> the list.
>> There are now menu items to check all periodicals or simply check for new
>> issues for the current periodical.
>> The unsubscribe and resubscribe menu items were removed, and now there is
>> simply a periodical settings form which allows you to subscribe and
>> unsubscribe from a periodical, as well as modify how long you wish to
keep
>> backissues.
>> Automatic deletion of old issues is now working.
>>
>> RSS Reader
>>
>> We've added top and Bottom sounds on Feed List
>> Spelling & Repeat work in Feed List
>> Update Folder Feeds added
>> Better handling of RSS feeds whose items have no dates.
>> Deleting podcasts is now possible by pressing star when pointing to a
>> podcast.
>> Added complete sound when RSS downloads complete.
>> RSS downloads that time-out will gracefully stop.
>> Import and Export OPML support
>> Updated default feeds.
>> Fix delete folder and feed bug
>> Add the ability to move feeds or folders.
>>
>> File Explorer
>>
>> Create new folder refreshes the current list.
>> Rename file allows editing of old name.
>>
>> Planner
>>
>> Fixed planner attachment bugs.
>>
>> Console
>>
>> Fixed various keyboard handling issues.
>> To exit, choose exit from the menu.
>>
>> Email
>>
>> Email has the ability to allow the user to enter a different name for an
>> attachment when saving. Attachment save form remembers last directory.
>> Attempting to remove an email account didn't work. This is now fixed.
>>
>>
>> Network Manager
>>
>> bug fix where scrolling over profiles very fast would not present the
>> correct connection information.
>> Correctly display connection status for wireless profiles.
>>
>> Browser
>>
>> if the only way to extract text information from a link is by the file
>> name
>> of an image then do so.
>> Properly read buttons with images.
>> Browser find feature added
>> Added goto top of page in the browser (pres 2).
>> Added browser tabs support. This means that we now properly handle sites
>> that open other sites in new windows, and it also means that you can open
>> and switch between multiple pages.
>> The browser now begins reading pages automatically.
>> Don't start continuous read after a find.
>> don't stop reading when the volume keys are pressed.
>> Added new voices for text, links, graphics, etc.
>> These settings can be modified to suit each user.
>> basic google web search macro
>> Mp3 streams can now be played directly from the browser.
>>
>> Recorder
>>
>> The recording destination from the recording settings form was
eliminated.
>> To select where a recording is placed, simply arrow to the appropriate
>> recording list and press OK to start recording.
>> Recording to mini SD is now possible.
>> Audio skipping when recording to the hard drive should now be eliminated.
>>
>> Known issues
>>
>> 1. Turning off disk drive mode while wireless is on seems to hang the
Icon
>> requiring a reset. Any testing to verify this would be very helpful.
>> Disk
>> drive mode seems to turn off OK when wireless is off.
>>
>> 2. Automatic deletion of periodicals seems to fail on the first
periodical
>> in the list. Again, testing to confirm this would be helpful.
>>
>> 3. The news stand will exit if you try to read a different periodical
from
>> where you started.
>>
>> 4. There are skips in recordings made to the mini SD card.
>>
>> 5. We still have issues with some ID3 tags.
>>
>> 6. Brf files are not reading properly.
>>
>>
>> Take care,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> Michael Jones
>> LevelStar
>> 1500 Cherry St. Suite D
>> Louisville, CO 80027
>> Phone: 303-926-4334 x 707
>> Fax: 303-926-1787
>> mjones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>
>>
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