Hi, A good suggestion - which cannot be expressed in words alone - both to the user and companies. Rewriting setup with our features in mind means a fundamental strategy change and code programming, and keeping it this way (closed) would mean chance of loss of momentum on development of a device like this. Because of the space issue, I'll stop here - I'll write more about it on the next post... Cheers, Joseph
-----Original Message----- From: Timothy Clark [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 10:06 PM To: Joseph Lee Cc: Nicole B. Torcolini at Home; Josh Gregory; Braillenote Subject: Re: [Braillenote] suggestion to enhance keymail HW should rewrite their set up with our feetures in mind. On 12/28/10, Joseph Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > If I understand right, what Josh is suggesting is using realtime email > notifications - which is somewhat doable yet not quite possible under the > unit in question. Email communication is handled not by KeySoft, but by > Connection Manager (connmgr), quite similar in "appearance" to what we have > with chat notifications. However, because of the way KeySoft is written, > it's not really possible to emulate not all realtime functionality of > getting notification sounds for email. > > Are there options to solving this dilemma? Certaintly - reusing components, > allowing KeyMail part of KeySoft to get messages from email handler saying, > "ask the operating system to sound this sound when new message arrives" and > so on. Of these, I believe it'll be slightly easier for HumanWare > programmers to reuse notification components under KeyChat in KeyMail i.e. > allow users to do something when new email arrives. I can see two options > coming to mind: something similar to KeyChat where user will be prompted to > do something when new message arrives, or adding a status text after > "KeyMail Menu" is displayed to let users know how many new message it has > received. The former method could include an option to not prompt for > options but display number of new messages and/or play a sound, and the > second method would be similar to what we have with Database Manager - > displaying the name of the database file after "KeyBase Menu" is spoken. In > simple terms, either of these cases (using status notifications or sounds to > indicate new messages) means almost fundamental change to how we view and > use email on the BrailleNote (and I can see it coming in near future). > > As a small test: for those who think they understood this picture, please > explain it using simple words... > > Cheers, > Joseph > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nicole B. > Torcolini at Home > Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 11:47 AM > To: Josh Gregory; Braillenote > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] suggestion to enhance keymail > > I do not think that this is possible at this time. Unless I am > misunderstanding part of the bn system, here's what's going on. > > The bn can only really run one program at a time, with a few exceptions. > When you are receiving email, that is all that your bn is doing. It is not > like computer based email programs that sit in the background, waiting for > mail. You have to go tell your bn to receive email. Unless hw adds a feature > > that allows email to process in the background, this is not possible at this > > time. > > HTH, > Nicole > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Josh Gregory" <[email protected]> > To: "Braillenote" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 9:43 AM > Subject: [Braillenote] suggestion to enhance keymail > > >> Hi, >> My friend and I were talking yesterday and he asked if KeyMail alerts you >> when you get new email. I told him no, but I told him that was a >> suggestion I had for HW. I've had it for a while but haven't posted it. >> So I guess my question is: Would that be something that HW could add to >> KeyMail to enhance its usability (I mean even a sound notification would >> be nice just to let you know you have an email, it's really annoying to >> check my email, see something someone sent me and then find out it was >> sent, say, two hours earlier). >> Thoughts? >> Thanks, >> Josh >> PS: What I mean by "alert" is like when your computer makes that sound to >> tell you that you have a new email. 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