I think Laura is to be congratulated. It seems that she may be the only
one not having to reset when using NLS.
Jim, I believe Jonathan said in one of his last posts that the upgrade
wouldn't be out until sometime in December. I've kept his posts, so I
could look it up, but I believe that's accurate. HTH
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "James Aldrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]
>Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 11:03:37 -0700
>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] double text boxes not enough character space
>Hello Laura and list,
>I too have had to reset my unit when on the NLS site. When I'm about to
>get a file with a braille volume of a book, my unit locks up. I can't do
>anything more with it unless I reset my unit. Once I do this, I can
>usually download my book. On rare occasions, I have done a 4 5 6 reset.
>It will be interesting to see how the BN will function with the new
>upgrade. It should be available soon!
>Jim Aldrich
>At 05:55 AM 10/16/2004 , you wrote:
>>Hello Lisa:
>>I hate to correct Bob like this, but this is a BN issue. There is a
>>character limit for all text boxes (it's a little higher than 504, I
believe
>>it's 507), and it prevents you from writing anything longer than
that. It is
>>not a problem with the website, it is a BN issue. And, like you, I agree
>>that PDI tells us one to many times "This is a great suggestion. I'll be
>>sure to file it in our *database* for future upgrades." only for the next
>>upgrade to come around, and the same suggestions to be rehashed "will this
>>be in the upgrade?" "no, but it's a great suggestion..." One would think
>>that a company would be sure to incorporate some of the bigger issues (like
>>a global find feature etc) before developing new programs. I've had my BN
>>for a year and have heard ad nauseum how an SDK "is a really good idea and
>>will hopefully be a priority soon." Well, when does "soon" turn into "now"
>>exactly?
>>I digress. Anyway, there's really nothing you can do here. My
suggestion is
>>that you ask your profs for email addresses, then go to the site, copy down
>>the test questions, and write them an email with full, detailed answers to
>>the test questions. This is an inexcusable situation because it is both
>>unfair to you and the professors.
>>This issue used to bother me enormously until I got a laptop, so now I know
>>for which thing I should use which machine.
>>Also, for Bob and yourself: If you get such an exception command when
>>writing an email, you don't necessarily have to reset. Don't always
jump to
>>resetting... I've never heard anything to the contrary but I would
equate it
>>to constantly restarting a computer, and that has to have some adverse
>>affects. If I get the exception command when spellchecking, I simply exit
>>the spellchecker, reenter, and begin the process again. It always works.
>>Similarly, Bob, I am curious as to why you need to reset your unit after
>>downloading books from NLS. This should not be happening. Please describe
>>what happens to your unit which makes you need to reset. Thanks, Laura
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Lisa Ehlers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>To: <[email protected]
>>Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 1:43 AM
>>Subject: [Braillenote] double text boxes not enough character space
>>> Hi Listers,
>>> I have been trying all afternoon to post to a forum on a Web site. I
have
>>tried four times now. The text box I am trying to write my message in is a
>>double text box. I guess that's what you call it. It has two and
signs and
>>the beginning and two ys at the end of the box. Anyway I had this same
>>issue with these double text boxes the other day while trying to complete a
>>test online. Both times I have freed my database in my email, cleared
>>cookies, deleted my temp files in my browser, and erased my browser
history.
>>If there is to be a set character limit please consider PDI putting a
>>warning of some type so the user doesn't have to be frustrated when trying
>>to type information in. Like a warning like you have 10 characters left or
>>something. I don't care so much about the forum as I do my test answers
>>that the BN refused to let me write. Good thing the class I took was not
>>really for credit and it didn't cost anything. Does anyone else find this
>>as frustrating and an!
>>> noying as I do? It appears more to occur when writing in double text
>>boxes. Thanks for your help and your time.
>>> Lisa
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