Hi Karli, Thanks for the exact link, that helps a lot.
First of all I'm using dsl here so have a reasonably fast connection to the internet and I'm connecting the braillesense plus using wireless. I went to the link you provided and the page did load. I followed a couple of links and was able to use the backspace p command to go back to the previous page and tried it a couple of different times successfully. The one thing I really noticed about this whole site is how slowly it loads with the braillesense. It really is one of the slowest pages for loading I've seen, and the same held true with using the backspace p command. If you're using a dialup connection, you might want to consider going out for dinner and taking in a show while the page loads. <smile. My guess is that it has something to do with the very large number of links and such on the page, but that's only a guess. Don't be nervous about using the web browser as you can't hurt anything. The worst that might happen is that it can lock up on some pages and you'll have to do a reset, but if the browser is all you have open, you really won't loose any data. Maybe Raul will have some thoughts on this. Hope this helps, Don ----- Original Message ----- From: Karli To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 9:02 AM Subject: Re: [GWN] Problem With Previous Page Command When Using web Browser Hi Don and Mike, Don. Sorry for not getting back to you earlier. The address of the page I used was http://news.google.ca/nwshp?hl=en&tab=wn From there, I clicked on a news story in the top stories portion of the page. After reading the article, I then pressed backspace p to go to the previous page, and that's when the unit would freeze up and just display "loading page" until I press the reset button. I am nervous about trying to use the web browser program anymore because I don't know what other problems will come up. Thus far, I noticed that pages load very slowly, sometimes its tricky to read information because the braille sense seems to have problems reading line by line without repeating itself, and of course because the unit freezes up with a simple command as "go to previous page". Mike, thanks for your insite. I'm sorry you feel that I am overreacting because my braille sense has been behaving strangely. Its just that here in Canada, a braille sense plus costs almost $8000, so it's only natural for me to want to know whether my unit is deffective or the problems I mentioned are common for these types of braille notetakers. Thanks again to both of you for your comments and suggestions. I would truly appreciate any insite you may have on using the braille sense's web browser program. Cheers Karli ----- Original Message ----- From: don bishop To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 9:14 PM Subject: Re: [GWN] Problem With Previous Page Command When Using web Browser Karli, What link did you use to get to the google news page? I tried www.google.com/news and when I clicked on a story the bs tried to download a file rather than go directly to a news article. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: Karli To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 7:43 PM Subject: [GWN] Problem With Previous Page Command When Using web Browser Hi, On my second attempt at the google news web page, my braille sense plus again locked up when I pressed backspace p to go back to the previous page. Immediately after I pressed backspace p, the braile displayed showed "loading page", and stayed that way until I pressed the reset button; nothing else worked including the power button. Could one of you please try that command after clicking on a news story to see if the same thing happens. I am really concerned that my unit is deffective; I had the memory stick problem before as well. Also, is it normal for the unit to repeat by voice and braille display parts of lines until one reads work by word with the space 2 or space 5 command? It just seems to be a pretty tedious way of accessing the internet if it is normal for the braille sense to function that way. Any help with regard to using the web browser program would be greatly appreciated. I was really hoping to use my unit for the internet but so far had not had a very good experience. Karli __________ NOD32 4235 (20090711) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com __________ NOD32 4239 (20090713) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
