Ann, As many BN users use Active Sync to connect the BN to their PC, it is then within the scope of the list to say that file extentions in Microsoft Internet Explorer can always be viewed. The switch to show file extentions in IE, can be made in a minute or less. This can be made the default in IE. The mentioned three files will then be clearly differentiated. This allows thingking adults to have IE customized "their way".
Indeed, viewing the file name including the extention on any computer platform, is important for BN and VN users. This is especially so when performing file maintenance during an ACTIVE Sync session between the BN and the PC. SINCERELY, Jerry Weinger > ----- Original Message ----- >From: Ann Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[email protected] '>Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 06:49:49 -0400 >Subject: [Braillenote] advice for saving web pages worked >Hi all, >That is why it is so important for people to understand file >extensions! Microsoft doesn't let you see your file extensions unless >you actively tell it to do so. Cudos to Polsedata for treating its >consumers with the respect they deserve by placing the file extensions >on files so that one knows what's what! There is nothing so >frustrating as being in My Computer in Windows and having three files, >all with the same name, but you don't know which file is which because >Bill Gates has decided to treat his users like children! >In the case of Lisa's problem, the file extension was critical. It >told the BN what l'deuce to do with the file! My advice to you, Lisa, >is to read about file types and translation options in the manual. >Learn those file extensions and keep them in the front of your >memory. They will help you not only with the BrailleNote, but with >any other computer you deal with. >Ann P. >-- > Ann K. Parsons >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp >"All that is gold does not glitter. >Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
