> > let's not call this a "Channel" please. We > > do not want to continue the incorrect association (legally, morally, > > ethically) with "That Other Product", do we? Can we think of another > > name for this? > > People already understand the concept of TV channels. I don't see why > this is a legal, moral or ethical question. I may not understand what > "That Other Product" is.
I am certainly open to what to call the things other than channels; it is easier to specify the term now than more time spent rewriting things. All the other GUI subscribed portable Palm web systems I have ever seen use the term channel, probably for easier first user/migration, and the fact that new people are familiar with the concept of a 'channel' in the real world, as being some content that is delivered onto your device by specifing where to dial into the originating source. Nevertheless, terms can be created that aren't always the most intuitive. But for myself, any other term that I could think of, pretty well would have in the help file this phrase: "Well, it's like a channel" to describe what the term actually meant. Some of the possibilities: --Document: (ties with viewer's Document manager well). --Database: the former name of Library manager. --Ebook, Site, File, Plucker File, Plucker Document, Plucker Channel, Plucker Database. Still don't know of a suggestion that would cover it well and be helpful to new users also. For FAQ, I think these are questions people may have regardless. "How come Plucker can't sync with AvantGo channels?" --This is how I would answer this if someone on the street asked me this: "(i) Part of the licensing agreement of an AvantGo channel into the AvantGo list of channels is that there are blockers to prevent any other competing browser from accessing the directory holding an AvantGo channel. (ii) Good designers use compliant HTML and standard components, and extended/new language depreciates well across all browsers. If poorly designed by the content author, AvantGo channels can be peppered with non-standard crap that isn't read by every other browser". "How do I add a channel from your website?" --This is a fair enough question and would probably be answered in a sentence or two describing the different ways of addding that are available. Interesting to see that content sites are starting to answer this question themselves and for a larger variety of viewer platforms, like the Sydney Morning Herald: http://www.smh.com.au/handheld/howto.html Best wishes, Robert
