Maybe I am not as dumb as I look ;-) Just purchased a small touchscreen. I will probably just use a thin client that automatically opens up to FOP for this rather than doing dual monitors. Less to mess up and I have 15 thin clients sitting in a box.
I will let you know how it goes. Thanks, Steve Totaro shadowym wrote: > Touch screen LCD with FOP is a GREAT idea if it "just works". So does it? > Anyone have any secretary feedback on something like that from the trenches? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Totaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 11:43 AM > To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] KSU Killers?? > > If it is a very nice office, give her a touch screen LCD with FOP. She > will love it. Not only will she know who is on the phone but who they > are talking to and for how long. She can also transfer calls by sliding > her finger. She may not like this at first but I think it will grow on > her and will certainly be a whiz-bang feature to show the directors. > > Thanks, > Steve > > PS. The term "she" is very sexist and I apologize in advance if anyone > is offended. I just hate typing he/she or receptionist. > > Tim Booth wrote: > >> I agree winning over the secretary is half the battle. But when she has >> 8 trunks that use to have leds that flashed green and red it certainly >> made for sense. >> >> Steve Totaro wrote: >> >>> It is usually the secretary that hates it, hates you, and hates the >>> system. People do not like change and since the secretary is the one >>> most impacted, they are almost always the one you have to win over. >>> >>> No director of anything wants to hear whining from their secretaries day >>> in and day out. >>> >>> Once they get used to it, it becomes second hat. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Steve Totaro >>> >>> >>> Tim Booth wrote: >>> >>> >>>> You have it flipped shadowym, it's the small businesses with a few lines >>>> > > >>>> that a screaming for SLA to work with Asterisk. >>>> That's my exact reasoning for keeping a small key system to resell. >>>> Large pbx customers are use to parking calls, small businesses hate >>>> parking calls. >>>> >>>> shadowym wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Only if people WANT it which is the critical point you seem to be >>>>> > missing. > >>>>> Yes, SLA does not scale but a business with only a few lines doesn't >>>>> > care. > >>>>> They just want it. There is also SCA which DOES scale and is used all >>>>> > the > >>>>> time by large organizations to group extensions. Not the same as call >>>>> > queue > >>>>> or call parking btw. >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Rick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 7:27 PM >>>>> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion >>>>> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] KSU Killers?? >>>>> >>>>> thx Dean, >>>>> >>>>> i thought i was really missing something that would cause a business to >>>>> > > >>>>> purchase 4 line phones for each desk so the first few lines could be >>>>> unavailable whenever someone in the building was 'on the phone' >>>>> >>>>> several of my neighbors have toyota prius, i guess i won't purchase one >>>>> > > >>>>> until the dealer can attach '57 chrysler fins to the back of it... 8*) >>>>> >>>>> -rick >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> It's simply old dog new tricks, people are used to it and want it that >>>>>> way. >>>>>> >>>>>> Lol I know of one guy who refused for 10 years to through out an old >>>>>> fujitsu box because of 1 function that it did and nothing would change >>>>>> his mind. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Dean Collins >>>>>> Cognation Pty Ltd >>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>> +1-212-203-4357 Ph >>>>>> +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial). >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- >>>>>> >>>>>> asterisk-biz mailing list >>>>>> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >>>>>> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- >>>>> >>>>> asterisk-biz mailing list >>>>> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >>>>> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- >>> >>> asterisk-biz mailing list >>> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >>> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz >>> >>> >>> >> - >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- >> >> asterisk-biz mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz >> >> >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
