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On 12/29/10, Joseph Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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