Hi,
Fixing this problem means doing some "deeper" tweaking to let
KeySoft show the progress message. This is because another
program (not KeySoft) is involved when doing these operations.
For example, there is a program called "apexzip" which handles
zipping and unzipping functionality, and this program doesn't
report its progress to KeySoft. This is because the program is
an application itself (an executable), not an extension, hence
not being able to show you what it is doing. As for other
messages, I'd hypothesize that its the file system that is doing
its job while not reporting its progress to KeySoft.
Fixing this issue (that is, showing progress message) would, I
think, require some underlying tweak under KeySoft with various
solutions and flaws:
* Using extension version of the program: By far, this would be
the simplest solution, but we have a big drawback: KeySoft might
slow down because it needs to load the extension for that
operation before the operation, let the extension handle it and
close it immby when all operations are done (so a momentary slow
down could be expected).
* Telling the application to show output: This would require some
harder tweak, but it is slightly clean. But then we're open to
stalls and possibility of bad operation, which would crash the
program which is performing the requested operation.
So, to put it in simle words: the fix is not availible for now,
but I'm sure HW is aware of it; its just that some other program
is performing an operation that doesn't report its progress to
you.
Cheers,
Joseph
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From: Michele Thredgold <[email protected]
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Date sent: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:27:02 +0930
Subject: [Braillenote] Please Wait Messages
Hi listers. Would it be viable to have more information provided
with "please wait" messages? For example, when unzipping Marvin's
programs onto my flash drive, it would have been helpful for the
APEX to provide me with a percentage, like JAWS does, while it's
unzipping - the same as when a file is downloading. One can't
even press the information command without it beeping at you to
say you're doing the incorrect thing. When all you get is
"please wait", that could mean anything from the BN doing it's
thing, to its being stuck in a cycle of just beeping and saying
"please wait" but not being able to get past a particular part of
what it's doing. I hope I'm making sense.
Cheers!
Michele
Ps on a different topic, if I want to identify at the end of each
email message that it was written on my BrailleNote, do I have to
do that manually each time or is it possible to create a
signature?
Thanks.
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