Jim; Did you ever get my e-mail about embossing? I had some trouble with your address and never heard from you, that I remember. I have been through so many e-mails that I might have missed it. After reading the estimate from this weekend, my estimate might be rather low. Please send me a note. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Terry Powers
-----Original Message----- From: James Aldrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 7:20 PM To: braillenote List Subject: [Braillenote] in defense of the file manager Hello all, I believe there are issues here which people haven't thought about when considering the functions of the file manager. To start with, the file manager will show you every file in a folder where the word processor will only show you those files which you can alter in some way when writing in them unless you wish to see hidden files. When in the word processer, I would only want to see my written documents or those files I can read. I don't wish to be bothered with application files or programs etc depending on which directory I'm searching in. There are times I may wish to know about files which affect the operation of the BN but generally, I am more concerned about files I can read or files I write in. It is true the word processer may not show a file with no extention and I can see where it would be nice to be able to open the file. It really isn't hard to change the filename so that the word processer can see the file and it can be opened with it. I had to do this with a bunch of Blazie ttype files I wrote but once I put a .brf extention on them, I could read those files. I think too when one is copying, moving or otherwise acting on a file, these files need to be acted upon without any risk of their being deleted or written in during the processes of copying or moving. If you intend to erase a file, that's a different matter. If in the file manager, how would you want your file to be opened? You'd probably need a choice of the word processor or book reader. There are times I use the book reader to open the file so I won't risk altering it in any way. I think Sarah's suggestion is the best I have heard, combining the word processor with the file manager but then, I'm use to having the file manager do the more complex stuff to files and being able to read and write files in the word processer or simply reading files in the book reader function. Six point two has given Keysoft more ability for multitasking. One can listen to MP3 files or audio streams when doing Email. There are ways to insert calculations or at least the answer to a calculation into a file. When in a file list, one can type the first letter of a filename and it is right there unless one has more than one file which begins with the same letter. So the BN does have a bit of a windows feel in that respect. I tend to agree that the Keysoft suite of programs are simple to learn and use and I have accomplished any number of things more quickly with my BN M-power than I have with my PC. HTH Jim Aldrich ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
