Kirstyn, you are half right. I'm stubborn, but I don't think I'm a fanatic.
Kirstyn wrote:
"Now, if you can think of a new suggestion, post it and I will be happy to be
the first to commend you for coming up with a new one and joining the long
waiting list."
Kirstyn, I'll get to your interesting challenge soon, but first, let me state
that I don't care what any other notetaker can do. I do care about what my BN
can do, and how well it does it. That's why I refuse to play the "my notetaker
is better than your notetaker" game.
You said: hisWe make suggestions and wait for months and years, but PDI cannot
deliver at a reasonable pace.
I do agree with you that the responsiveness of PDI is less than I would like,
and I share your frustration. But, since I don't work for PDI, I really can't
make them set their priorities according to my wishes. However, as a user, I
can continue to tell PDI what I want and why. So, whether my suggestions are
new or old, I'll keep making them until someone from PDI either says "great
idea it's in the next release to come out within the next twenty-four hours" or
"it'll never happen!"
But, I think your challenge is an interesting one. I have been monitoring this
list for about two and a half years and am probably as aware of which
suggestions have been made as most other list members. Let me see if I can
come up with one I haven't seen before.
I would like to see a better way of marking books in the book reader. Right
now, when you close the book reader, the system marks where you are. It's good
for about 20 or 30 books. A new book replaces the oldest book you've marked.
I would like a choice whether or not I want to mark a book when I exit, and I'd
like to be able to mark an unlimited number of books. So, when I finish a book
I don't mark the bottom of the book, or, if I just open a book to find out
something about it, I don't take up a slot just for browsing. And, I don't
loose a book I haven't read in a while just because I read a new one.
Okay, there's my answer to your challenge. I don't remember seeing this
suggestion before. Do I win the big banana? Maybe other list members can
come up with a better suggestion.
Thanks,
Bob.
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From: "Kirstyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Another idea for future upgrades:
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 19:22:17 +0000 (UTC)
Hi,
Sorry to those who are stuck on believing that the posts comparing the BN
to the PACMate are meant to do only that, just to compare. I guess even if I
repeat myself here time and again, stubborn fanatics will continue to be
stubborn fanatics--after all, that's what those two words imply really.
Bob, all of your suggestions for future upgrades are great, and I'm sure
many of us, if not all, agree with you. But notice this sad reality--they are
repeats or rehashes of suggestions we have read for several months now. I'm
sick and tired of reading them as "suggestions for future upgrades", and I can
already hear Jonathan Mosen's probable response ringing in my ears. I do not
know how long you have been subscribed to this list and how closely you monitor
it, but you said absolutely nothing new. If you check the archives and if
possible, the archives of the old BrailleNote list hosted at Lyris, you will
see suggestions like yours, and frankly, I have read better ones, that were
posted as early as December 2002 as far as I can remember.
That's the point you seem to have been missing. We make suggestions and
wait for months and years, but PDI cannot deliver at a reasonable pace. The
SDK request was first posted two years ago, where is it? The request for an
improved email system was requested as early as version 3.6 and maybe even
earlier, and we are now holding our breaths for 5.2, where is it? The need for
an upgrade to KeyWeb's underlying IE 4 was voiced out last year, even before
5.0 was released, and still no assurance that it can be addressed because of
limitations to the Windows CE version used or whatever, what then?
The comparison to PACMate was not to declare the BrailleNote dead or a
dinosaur, but was to prove that if another company can do it for their product,
it is reasonable for us to expect similar, not really the same, progress and
development for our beloved BrailleNote, and to let PDI know that users are
aware of this. Stop confusing this intention with your most dreaded topic of
comparing the BrailleNote with competition. Please. The BrailleNote is far
from becoming a dinosaur, sure. But at this rate, it will be in time and
that's what we all--yes, believe it or not, including me--do not want to see.
Now, if you can think of a new suggestion, post it and I will be happy to
be the first to commend you for coming up with a new one and joining the long
waiting list. Let's play a game--the suggestion that gets considered the
longest, wins!
Cheers,
Kirstyn
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