Hi, Almost - my original intent was to show that not all problems are attributed to keysoft.exe's fault, which I noticed was (and might still is) the case when pinpointing problems (both old and new sets). In other words, people would assume (in my thinking) that almost all problems are caused by keySoft not working according to how people want it to work hwen in fact there might be multiple culprits. I didn't mean to say Microsoft should receive blame - that I just wanted to clarify a few things that I've noticed on this list, that's all. My apologies if my words conveyed a misleading message... Cheers, Joseph
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sabahattin Gucukoglu Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 4:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Braillenote] A random thought: Is it a KeySoft problem, the OS's problem, both or none of these? (Joseph wonders if we ought to blame Microsoft, in essence.) And the answer is: well, sort of. While it is inappropriate to single out any specific component when arguing for the poor performance of these devices, it is nevertheless the case that HumanWare designed, built and released them - they chose the operating system, the hardware to run it on, and the application suite (implemented as a single executable plus a couple of helpers) to exploit that operating system. HumanWare tuned every aspect of that combination, as far as possible, to produce what we know as the BrailleNote. Any fault is a fault of the system as the user experiences it. The entire package is therefore at fault, and I question whether or not it's really relevant which bit has gone wrong, so long as it has in fact gone wrong. If we have a problem with BrailleNote as a whole, it might be prudent to check the viability of that problem to other, non-assistive PDAs or smartphones running Windows CE (or one of Microsoft's assembled derivatives of it, Windows Mobile or Pocket PC), but that's about it. Nothing else really matters. Cheers, Sabahattin ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. 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 ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. 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
