Dear Dean, I used Keyweb to open the html documents. I'm using a QT keyboard. I couldn't figure out how to access a list of all documents on my compact flash card with the browser open.. According to the manual, I was supposed to type the path and file name of the html document. I wasn't able to use read with x to bring up the all files option and I couldn't use the space bar to cycle through the list. These methods only worked when I copied the documents from the compact flash card to the my favorites folder on the flash disk.
These documents all came from the Nokia how-to online manual for the Nokia 3200 cell phone. I believe the URL is www.nokiahowto.com. I was able to access a link leading to this page from www.nokiausa.com. Nokia's web site is quite complex, and I'm always requested to download MacroMedia Player and I always refuse. I can see why the site might be a challenge for the BN. If it would be helpful, I could send a sample of these documents as attachments. Terri Pannett, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 1:56 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] reading HTML files locally on the BN : : Hello Terri, : : Terri, I require a little more information from you. Please review your : message below along with my comments . : : I may be able to comment further upon doing some software testing next week : and talking to the software developers. : Dean. : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Terri Pannett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 7:18 AM : Subject: Re: [Braillenote] reading HTML files locally on the BN : : : > Dear Dean, : > : > I copied some HTML documents from my PC to the BN using the CompactFlash : > card. I discovered the following: : > : > 1. I couldn't make the BN cycle through the list of html files on the : > CompactFlash card. Since the documents had long file names, I didn't want : > to type the full pathname. Could something be done so you can cycle : through : > html files stored on a CompactFlash card? As a work-around, I copied the : > files from the CompactFlash card to the My Favorites folder. : : Terri, how were you trying to cycle through the files on the card? Which : file list in KeySoft were you using? Did you try pressing space with x?> : : > 2. Some of the documents read well, but others had lots of garbage in : them. : > By garbage, I mean 1 pixel, option field this and that, etc. : Terri, I am presuming that you read all the documents in KeyWeb? : : > 3. Sometimes, the browser would say a document was 100% finished, but the : > BN still beeped. When I pressed escape, the documents appeared in : computer : > braille instead of grade 2. I was able to read others in perfect grade 2 : > braille. : Terri, this problem is quite possibly due to the fact that KeyWeb is still : running on IE4 and certain problems are indeed encountered when attempts are : made to access websites with complex functionality that is not yet : supported. : : > 4. Some of the documents not only had garbage in them but some of the : data : > was lost. : Terri, can you please point me to websites where you have experienced this : problem for testing purposes? : > I ended up editing the html documents using my PC and transferred them to : my : > BN. Note: when I opened the documents with lost data using Internet : > Explorer, all of the "lost" data was there. : > : > Perhaps there's a difference to the BN's mind between reading html : documents : > saved with IE and reading html documents straight from the web. : Terri, Again, KeyWeb is still running IE4. This could be related to : differences in how it handles HTML or how we are handling the information : being extracted from IE4. : : > Terri Pannett, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, : > California : > ----- Original Message ----- : > From: "Dean Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 9:10 AM : > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] reading HTML files locally on the BN : > : > : > : : > : Hi Ann, : > : : > : As I said, I'll chat to the developers next week and see if I can give : you : > a : > : better explanation as to why this has been done and if/when we can : rectify : > : the situation. I totally understand where you're coming from though, be : > : assured of that. : > : : > : Dean. : > : ----- Original Message ----- : > : From: "Ann Parsons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > : To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > : Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 3:31 AM : > : Subject: Re: [Braillenote] reading HTML files locally on the BN : > : : > : : > : > Hi all, : > : > : > : > Dean, that's confusing as heck because most web pages use the forward : > : > slash, but if that is how you do it...I do think, though, that perhaps : > : > you may want to make the thing consistent throughout the BN. Reason : > : > is, that in Windows, e.g. you always use the backslash when talking : > : > about files and folders and the forward slash for web pages. This is : > : > the normal way most people keep things straight. If it's done : > : > differently, when talking about files on the BN, especially when all : > : > other menus use the forward slash in their paths this makes life : > : > totally topsy-turvy for users. It makes no sense! : > : > : > : > 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." 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