OK, Bob, now that you've explained your point better, let me clarify some things.
The Options Menu have all the utilities that can be accessed anywhere in Keysoft. Thus, PDI thought of putting the web disconnect option there so that if you are still connected but you've already exited Keymail or Keyweb (which you can do, by the way, by replying yes to the prompt about remaining connected when you switch to another task from Keymail or Keyweb, say to Keyword or Keybook), you can access it easily without having to enter either Keyweb or Keymail. Putting something in the Utilities Menu will only make it less readily accessible, since you would have to leave the application you're currently in just to switch to that one (which you currently cannot do, because as you have noted, it's not in the Task Menu, meaning, there's no keyboard shortcut for it). Since you cannot multi-task on the BN, entering the Utilities Menu inevitably implies exiting whichever application is currently running. This is not true for the items in the Options Menu. For instance, when you access the User's Guide, you do not exit the application you're in, right? Also, notice that the Stopwatch is not listed in the Main Menu, because this is the only feature that can run simultaneously with other applications (heck, it's just a variation of the clock anyway). Next, the reason why the Connect to Service option is in Keymail only is because the BrailleNote didn't have a web browser before. When they added Keyweb, the option to connect to a service (by choosing from the records stored in the Directory of Services database) is made available when you hit ENTER after typing the URL of the page you wish to visit into the web address field. If you get disconnected while viewing a web page, you can press ENTER with O (CTRL with O) and you will be returned to the Web Address bar where you can type the URL (if it's not being offered), press SPACE with dots 5-6 (READ with 9) to enter the browser history and select it from there (it should be the first item), or retype it (if it's not offered at the prompt or listed in the history). If you are in Keymail, and you selected the Connect to Service option, successfully connected to your ISP, but before the BN announces the number of messages on the server, you decide that you wish to use Keyweb and surf the net instead, you can press SPACE with E (ESCAPE), then type I to hang up immediately. Wait for a while and you will be asked, "Remain connected to modem?". Type Y for yes. You do not have to exit to the Main Menu just to enter Keyweb. While still in Keymail, just press ENTER with BACKSPACE with I (FUNCTION with 0). This time, since you're already connected, just type in the URL or select it from the browser history or Favorites list, and the page will be downloaded. HTH, Roselle >----- QUOTED MESSAGE ----- >Sent by: bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Hi Laura, >Actually, no I didn't know that "web disconnect" was in the options menu. How >interesting. >You asked why I would want to move the connect and disconnect to the utilities >menu. The thought originally occurred to me when I was working on the >internet and became disconnected. I was surprised not to find a "connect to >service" in the keyweb menu. It's just as logical to expect it in the keyweb >menu as it is to expect it in the keymail menu. But, when I selected "connect >to a service" in the keymail menu, I not only connected, I then checked my >email and when I exited from the keymail menu I found myself back in the main >menu. This was becoming like one of those old adventure games I used to play: >one would wonder around a maze and see where the next turn would take them. >It occurred to me that what was missing here was modularity. The "connect" >was so deeply involved with the keymail system that it was hard for the user >to do it with out doing an email function. That leads to no logical place to >put a "disconnect" function, so you wind up putting it some arbitrarily >selected place like the options menu. >Why not put it somewhere where everyone can know where to find it: in the >utilities menu. It's just an attempt to bring some sense of order from a >system that, at times, seems to need a little more structure. Once it's >tucked away in the utilities menu, you can put it in the keyweb menu, or leave >it in the keyweb menu. At least, it's someplace where people can go to find >it whenever they need it. >Hope this explanation explains things more explicitly. <grin >Thanks, >Bob
