Dear HumanWare staff, development team and
BrailleNote List members,
HumanWare released KeySoft 7.5 on August 31,
2007. Th upgrade is full of many new
features such as SSL support, Playlist
support and so on. Alth it has many features
that we, the users asked for many months both
on the list and off list, there are still
bugs that still pleague KeySoft and might
create a situation that we've experiencec a
year ago: when KeySoft 7.2.43 was released
last year, there were countless reports of
bugs experienced by users of BrailleNote
family of products. Alth KS 7.5Ag is
certaintly more stable than 7.2.43, it still
has numerous bugs that might affect daily use
of the product.
Some of the notable and documented bugs
include:
inin KeyMail: when attempting to connect to
send and receive email, two things happen
depending on the following two scenarios:
a. If an email account uses SSL to connect
to the email server (for example, Gmail):
when you invoke Connect function, an error is
returned, stating that it is "incorrect
function" for no apparent reason.
b. When an email account does not use SSL
connection: when a user uses "Connec"
function, it returns an error stating
"invalid socket handle" with error cone
10038.
These two scenarios occur when attempting to
connect to an email service using a network
(Ethernet) connection.
inin Networking: When a network card
(specifically Ethernet cards such as Socket
EA2902-139) is used to connect to the
Internet, a dialog appears with the following
text:
Windows CE Networking
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
was unable to obtain an IP address. If the
network card is removable, try reinserting
the card. Otherwise, you can assign static
IP address.
DHCP is used to assign unique IP address for
the BrailleNote (if a network uses
router/hub/switch to connect multiple
computers). Th occurs even though the
configuration in question is set to use DHCP
(the user have to say "yes" to the prompt
"obtain an IP address automatically"). Al,
even though a user assigns static IP address
such as 192.168.0.17, the error message with
the words "invalid socket handle" is still
displayed.
inin KeyPlus: When entering Data Entry Mode
with SPACE with d (on BT), an exception is
thrown. X says, "Exception: Command: 600 at
"address". Access violation at "memory
location"." This persists every time a user
turns Data Entry on. Data Entry mode is used
to input data for statistical inperations.
Af few attempts at this, KeyPlus "literally"
stops working with following symptoms:
a. When attempting to access Scientific
Calculator (KeyPlus) from Main Menu, an error
beep is heard and the cursor stays at Main
Menu items.
b. When Scientific Calculator is run, it
displays "KeyPlus" on the braille display and
nothing else.
The only way to solve this "temporarily" is
to reset the BrailleNote.
Inconsistancies:
inin File Manajer: when invoking Help
function at "Drive" prompt, the shortcut key
for Flash Disk and KeySoft System Disk (RAM
Disk; f and k, respectively) is surrounded by
what looks to be quotation marks. All other
shortcuts for other drives (CF, PC, SD, hard
disk; c, p, s and h, respectively) does not
have quotes around the shortcut key.
inin Information: The date for the copyright
for KeySoft is written like this: the number
"1986" is written in literary grade 2
braille, while numbers "2007" is written in
computer braille. Th also applies to the
word "to" between these numbers.
inin General/Help: When a user invokes Help
function at a prompt that is part of a
database e.g. when adding an email account
or manipulating Connection Configurations,
the help messages are displayed in computer
braille instead of preferred braille grade
e.g. literary Grade 2. All other prompts,
such as help messages for menus, are
displayed using preferred braille grade.
I hope that these issues would be resolved in
the near future (like in the form of a patch
for KeySoft 7.5).
Regards,
Joseph Lee
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