Hi all,
Alex, good thinking, but I'm wondering if having a device that
virtually does everything for one would dumb down the device until no
thought or care or intelligence was needed to use it. Now, I'm not
saying your idea is bad, but consider the fact that when you are asked
where you want your file, and what you want it to be called, the
BrailleNote assumes that *you* are intelligent enough to know where
you want your file to be stored and what you want to name it. These
are clear indications that the makers of the BrailleNote respect us
enough to assume that we have the intelligence and the desire to
control our own devices and to use them and the information they
contain as we see fit.
What you're looking for is a device that mimics Windows. What you
want is someone to decide that all your documents should go into My
Documents, all your music should go into My Music and so on. You
actually have to deliberately take control of a Windows computer and
tell it "No, I don't want my files in My Computer! I want them in a
folder called Office. I want my classical music in a folder called
classical and my folk music someplace else. I want my downloaded
files to go into a folder of my choosing, and not all downloaded files
should go there."
The next time you pick up your BrailleNote and ask it to create a file
and you have to go through what you *think* is a cumbersome process,
remember that the process is there because Humanware, as its name
implies, figures that humans should control computers, not the other
way around!
Just my philosophical thoughts for a Tuesday Evening.
Ann P.
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