Hi folks, This is Joseph, one of the developers for BrailleNote Users website. Just wanted to inform you of some site changes and notes on what'll happen to BrailleNote PBWorks:
Site changes: * Connecting to the Internet (under Useful Articles): A number of anchors (same page links) were added to allow people with differing KeySoft versions to find out how they can configure internet connectivity on their BrailleNote. This includes using wireless connection under KeySoft 9.1. Also, at the end of the article, a link is provided for setting up an email account and a link on connectivity dictionary is also availible. * Technical: I've been trying to improve the visibility of our site to search engines. Thus, I've been doing some code optimizations and using Google Webmaster tools to improve our site in search engine rankings. Status on BrailleNote PBWorks: I'm sure some of you are coming to our new site through BrailleNote PBWorks's front page (braillenote.pbworks.com). For a while, the link will be availible, but after next year, BrailleNote PBWorks itself will be gone (along with the redirect link). This was a necessary yet painful decision on the developers' part. A number of factors contributed to this decision, chiefly problems with editing content using the editor provided on the site, inability to customize the detailed workings of the site and so forth. Hence, in May, some of us (including myself and Alex H) got together and decided that we needed to start our site from scratch, using the code written by users so the site can work well with BrailleNote's web browser (which was our prime target audience). Hence, we (myself, Alex and a former list member) decided to get a hosting service, write the site's content based on latest BrailleNote PBWorks and make the site work not only with BrailleNote, but also with PC/Mac/desktop Linux users and users of other mobile platforms; hence, the BrailleNote Users site was born - and I'm safe to say that we do have technical foundations from where we can add new content based on your (viewers) feedback and allow users themselves (via email at the moment) to write content, thus contributing to improvements to the site. In the end, the devs' goal is to create a place like Applevis where users can upload useful content for other BrailleNote users, something we couldn't dream of with PBWorks interface. Hope this explains our situation. If you have any comments about the BNUsers site, feel free to contact the admin at [email protected]. Thanks. Cheers, Joseph ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [email protected] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
