Who cares what Human Ware wants? What ever happened to customer service? Maybe Humanware has a cultural problem that will drag pulse Data down with them.
Brenda Mueller > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Richard Ring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 11:11:25 -0500 >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Doesn't click, Doesn't Copy >Ok. >First of all, as I stated earlier, Humanware wants to keep the product >as far from the GUI as possible. >I think there is room for improvement, however, I think that some of us >expect functionality and robustness that simply isn't there. >I don't know any sighted people who download 500 emails on their Ipaqs, >and yet, people on this list do it on their Braillenotes all the time. >However, it seems to me that in order to handle that kind of traffic, >one must perform a good deal of maintenance, and frankly, I'd much >rather use a PC where all I have to do is download and read the mail, I >don't have to free database space, I don't get error messages such as >"the operation completed successfully" (which means almost the exact >opposite of what it says) >I simply am not willing to work that hard to simply read email. I do >feel that cutting and pasting between applications in the ordinary way >should be supported, all I was trying to say is that is you feel that >because you paid a huge sum of money for your Braillenote that it should >have all of the functionality of a laptop, then you were highly >misinformed and you would have been better served by purchasing a small >light weight laptop. When I say you here, I mean anyone. >Remember when our notetakers were notetakers? They served their >function quite well. Now, our PDAs are expected to perform many new >duties, and frankly, they do many things quite well. >Many individuals like the Braillenote family of products because they >are menu driven but they don't present a Windows interface. >Many prefer that interface over a PC. Well, fine. Obviously, this is >one of the biggest selling points for Humanware. >But, Humanware never told anyone that having a Braillenote was the same >as having a laptop. >It isn't. >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul >Henrichsen >Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 6:52 PM >To: Braillenote List >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Doesn't click, Doesn't Copy >I guess the obvious question is why will it never happen? There is no >reason why the programmers could not make the pk act as if it were a >little >computer. Just because people classify the bn as a PDA doesn't mean it >has >to be limited by necessity. PDA's, themselves, do things differently >depending on the price you pay for the unit. >But again, why will it never happen that the bn cannot act more like a >pc? >What aare your reasons for making such a statement? >What the bn does or doesn't do depends on what PDI decides is important >to >implement. >If older braille units had a way to dial numbers, why doesn't the bn >have >this feature? Easy. PDI decided it wasn't important or a feature that >many >folks would use. >Why can't we click on a url within email or copy an address from an >email >easier? Who knows. But there is no reason other than memory limitations >that these features and many others could not be implemented if PDI >thought >they were necessary. >Why not? >? >At 7/12/2005, you wrote: >>This isn't a regular computer! >>It is a PDA, and all PDA's suffer from limitations that do not show up >>in a PC. >>Sure, the product should be improved, all products should. However, if >>you expect the Braillenote or any other PDA to behave precisely like a >>PC, it will never happen. >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gabe Vega >>Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 11:14 AM >>To: 'Braillenote List' >>Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Doesn't click, Doesn't Copy >>And I agree with you and I feel the same. But instead of improving the >>products they got, they make a new one and rave about it being the best >>thing since slaced bread and leave us pk users in the dust. >>Sounds like a company we all know and love >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicole >>Torcolini >>Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 9:09 AM >>To: Braillenote List >>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Doesn't click, Doesn't Copy >> I have also noticed in general, not only in email, the block >>commands >>menu does not work in places that a regular computer would allow you to >>paste things. Two examples are the find and replace and creating files >>and >>folders. I know there are more, but I can't think of them at this >>moment. >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Kathy Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >>Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 4:27 AM >>Subject: [Braillenote] Doesn't click, Doesn't Copy >>> There are some truly annoying features and lack there of with the >>> Keysoft email software. The awkward way one must handle adding an >>> address to the address book is prehistoric.It is probably the number >>> one reason I won't be using my new toy for Email as soon as I get my >>> laptop back. While it's fun and fast, it's a pain in the neck to >have >>> to cut and paste from one operation to another just to get the >address >>out >>of a message. >>> The next most bothersome problem is not being able to click on an >URL >>> within an email message. This is truly annoying because while I was >>> able to use edit commands to hear I was cutting the url, when I got >to >>> the internet area to enter it for my url selection, it had >disappeared >>> from the clipboard. Makes it a pretty expensive toy when you can't >use >>> it for the obvious. >>> As someone else mentioned, the lack of phone dialing is surprising >>> since it was a standard feature on both the Braillemate and >Transtype >>> for over a dozen years already. Where was Humanware when that >standard >>> was being developed I don't imagine anyone specificly asked them for >a >>> keyboard either, but they figured out it was expected. >>> ___ >>> 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 >>___ >>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 >>___ >>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 >>___ >>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 >___ >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 >___ >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
