Well, at the presentation, they said they applied CE updates, which fixed the problem. I take this to mean that the new download program is from Microsoft, not Humanware. Still, you'd think it could pop up its own progress indicator...
On 2/14/11, Joseph Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > You are correct. From user's perspective, you are correct. > However, from system's perspective, there is a back story behind > it... > You see, when HW fixed the download size limit, I think they've > decided to write a new download engine. This engine is stored on > ROM image as httpdownload.exe, a completely new program to handle > download cases. This is the reason why you won't see a > percentage. If it was a dll, then we would have a different > story; however, > with this being an exe, it'd be hard to restore percentage > indicators. > I'll explain this on another post. > Cheers, > Joseph > ----- Original Message ----- > From: peter greco <[email protected] > To: Joseph Lee <[email protected]>, > [email protected], [email protected] > Date sent: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:39:10 +1030 > Subject: bad move to have done away with percentage display of a > download > > Hi Joseph > Your suggestion worked, at least partly! I downloaded a podcast > of 4 megs or so, however, checking the space on the flash disk > the numbers there didn't change. I think this is a most > unhelpful move to have done away with the percentage progress of > a download! > Cheers > Peter > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joseph Lee <[email protected] > To: peter greco <[email protected]>, > [email protected], [email protected] > Date sent: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 01:04:31 -0800 > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] used the Voice Sense to download the > KS 9, 1 upgrade > > Hi, > Yes. > Cheers, > Joseph > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: peter greco <[email protected] > To: Joseph Lee <[email protected]>, > [email protected], [email protected] > Date sent: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:23:22 +1030 > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] used the Voice Sense to download the > KS 9, 1 upgrade > > Joseph > Can this be done as you explain here whilst downloading? > I feel this is a retrograde step, it's good to know how far one > is into a download and how it is progressing! Others opinions? > Peter > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joseph Lee <[email protected] > To: peter greco <[email protected]>, > [email protected], [email protected] > Date sent: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 22:12:00 -0800 > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] used the Voice Sense to download the > KS 9, 1 upgrade > > Hi, > That's correct - this is because it is now using a different > program to download the file. To really find out how much you > are downloading, I recommend downloading it to Flash Disk; that > way, if you access Options Menu/Support Information Mode, you'll > be able to find out free space with Flash (SPACE with I/READ with > I). The indicator of download progress is that you'll get less > and less free space. > Cheers, > Joseph > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: peter greco <[email protected] > To: Joseph Lee <[email protected]>, [email protected], > [email protected] > Date sent: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:51:41 +1030 > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] used the Voice Sense to download the > KS 9, 1 upgrade > > Hi Joseph > I tried to download 9,1 having already installed 9,1. As it's > downloading I just have "please wait" on the display, no > percentage is displayed. Is this new for 9,1? If so, how is one > suppose to know how much of the download has been completed? > Pressing h with space doesn't give this information either! > Peter > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joseph Lee <[email protected] > To: Alex Hall <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Date sent: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:42:26 -0800 > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] used the Voice Sense to download the > KS 9, 1 upgrade > > Hi, > When I tried downloading it with 9.1, it worked well. I > downloaded the file to Downloads folder on Flash (for testing > purposes). > Cheers, > Joseph > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alex Hall <[email protected] > To: peter greco <[email protected] > Date sent: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:46:38 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] used the Voice Sense to download the > KS 9, 1 upgrade > > It is certainly ironic! I wonder if the apex could do it now with > the > latest ks version, since one "under the hood" feature is the > elimination of a download file size. > > On 2/13/11, peter greco <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been able to successfully upgrade to KS 9,1 by > downloading > the upgrade to an s d card using the Voice Sense. > Couldn't use the Apex to do this! > Thought some may find this interesting! > Peter > > ___ > 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 > > > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from GMail website) > [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap > > ___ > 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 > > -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. 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