Re: Kobo books no longer available in France

[Esther]

Hi Anne,

I tried doing a search to find if there were any similar issues, and I found a 
reference posted by someone in Japan at the end of July.  From what I gather 
from the web site description, Kobo entered into a partnership with a Japanese 
company named Rakuten (which is meant to be an Amazon competitor for books and 
eBook content in Japan).  After that happened, users had to create and log into 
Rakuten accounts to access their Kobo book contents.

Here's someone's blog post on the topic:
• Kobo closed iOS App in Japan (July 20, 2012)
http://blog.taiyolab.com/en/kobo-closed-ios-app-in-japan/ 

I'll excerpt:

I’ve signed up on Kobo this June, when Rakuten announced they would release 
Kobo touch eReader in Japan.  And registered on Kobo Writing Life to publish my 
novel.  Reading life solution was good.

Today, I found I was not able to sign on Kobo with Kobo account.  Rakuten 
forced to log-on with Rakuten ID not with Kobo account.  Rakuten decided all 
user to use their Japanese huge user-based account Rakuten ID. And, I lose all 
control of my purchased ebooks and my novel publishing data.

I couldn’t find account transition announce at noon, and I’ve removed with 
using another browser kept last login session.

http://www.kobobooks.com/japan_transition

I understand Rakuten want force user to use Rakuten ID for their business.  
Generally, world wide service uses to keep one-through account information, but 
Rakuten did broke this rule.  Rakuten ID user base will break Amazon’s account 
cloud in Japan, and when Rakute goes to Brazil, France or other country, local 
based account will be the sledge hammer to break Amazon’s account coverage.  
Books are not cultural transparent item to sell, then local (sometime legacy) 
account will be good for sell books.

And I’ve been surprised Rakuten stopped  to provide Kobo iOS App in Japan.  
iPhone 4S awarded the most sold cell-phone handset in Japan, and iOS coverage 
is larger than other countries.  Kobo App for iOS was one of the best EPUB 
reader, I was moved future e-reading by this iOS App.  But Rakuten removed App 
from Japanese App Store today. 



Some thoughts:
1. A search of the iTunes Store on my Mac (after changing country to France) 
brings up an app named "Kobo by FNAC" that was released on October 17, 2012.   
Is it possible that you need to download the new app and log in with this 
latest version in order to access your previously purchased books?
• Kobo by FNAC
https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/kobo-by-fnac/id480683940?mt=8

The U.S. Store version (also 5.7.1) was released on October 4, 2012
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kobo/id301259483?mt=8

I believe that before the new app was issued, using the URL of the Kobo app 
from the U.S. Store would automatically take you to the app in iTunes for your 
own country's corresponding Kobo app.  For example, if I change the country of 
my iTunes Store on my Mac to the UK, Australia, or Canada, and then bring up 
the URL in Safari, activating the "View in iTunes" link will bring up the app 
in the iTunes Store.  (Use item chooser menu to find the text with "Free" or 
"Gratuit", then navigate (VO-Left twice) to the "View in iTunes" link or 
"Afficher sur iTunes" and VO-Space).  The other countries (UK, Australia, 
Canada, etc.) will open to the Kobo app in iTunes.  The French store uses a 
different ID number for the app, and the US link won't bring up a valid app in 
the French iTunes store any more.  
 
2. Did you try downloading the new app for "Kobo by FNAC" and logging into your 
account?  If they did the migration correctly, they should have brought over 
your account.

3. It might be that there's some requirement for a tie-in to a new account with 
FNAC.  I don't think that's likely, but it's what happened in Japan.

If Archie has a separate Kobo account, does he also encounter the same problem?

Let us know how this turns out.  Also, Kobo seems to be very concerned with 
social networking.  If you don't get a satisfactory response, consider creating 
a Twitter account just to air your problems.

HTH.  Cheers,

Esther

On Oct 21, 2012, at 05:30, Anne Robertson wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> 
> At some point since October 10 when I last bought a book, the Kobo site has 
> stopped recognising me and will not give me access to my library or allow me 
> to buy books. I called the help line but they were unable to be of assistance 
> since they weren't seeing what I see from here. They could find my account 
> but had no idea why I was being refused access.
> 
> I think the problem is related to Kobo going into partnership with FNAC here 
> in France, and I'm wondering if the same problem is occurring in other 
> European countries. I'm absolutely furious about this as I've bought well 
> over 50 books in recent years. Luckily, I downloaded most of them onto my 
> computer, but not all of them and I still want to be able to read them on my 
> iPhone.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Anne
> 

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Re: DJay4 Mac

[Sarah Alawami]

Oh. I don't use djay in that manner. but maybe the brake note idea could still 
work. set a silent brake note if he can code it for 10 seconds etc. Sorry if 
this does not make sense. I'm doing this whilst getting ready to go.
On Oct 21, 2012, at 1:39 PM, Gordon Smith  wrote:

> That doesn't quite cut it though.  I'm talking about, for instance, a 10 
> second pause here, a 3 second pause there, etc…  That would be hugely helpful 
> in playlist planning.
> 
> On 21 Oct 2012, at 17:34, Sarah Alawami  wrote:
> 
> What I do for the time based pauses is I made a silent file I called live box 
> for exactly 3 minutes as that's all the time I need. but yeah it would be 
> nice to do brake notes that would turn off and on the mic and stuff like that 
> in another program. I think I also made that suggestion to him as well. You 
> can send an email directly to the dev using the contact page.
> Good luck.
> On Oct 21, 2012, at 4:57 AM, Gordon Smith  wrote:
> 
>> Hi Esther
>> 
>> I have to admit I tend to steer clear of forums of that nature because, for 
>> one thing, I find them time-consuming and I don't have a lot of time at the 
>> moment.  But I will try to contact the developer directly with this 
>> suggestion.  It would be really nice if you could build playlists based on 
>> category and time and maybe other criteria with this app.  It would also be 
>> nice if you could do things like insert time-based pauses into a playlist, 
>> things like that.
>> 
>> Gordon
>> 
>> On 18 Oct 2012, at 00:26, Esther  wrote:
>> 
>> I believe you can contact the developer of DJay4 through Twitter, using 
>> @algoriddim as the contact address.  The other way to give feedback is to 
>> join the forums at their web site, and the forum leader is named Anders.  
>> This information comes up from a Mail Archive search.  There's a history of 
>> the developers' responding to feedback about VoiceOver.  Most of the 
>> accessibility inputs (for both the Mac app, and then later for the iOS app 
>> releases for both iPhone and iPad) started 3 years ago (in the previous 
>> version of DJay3), with the efforts of Yuma Decaux. 
>> 
>> She was active in contacting the developers for VoiceOver improvements, and 
>> tested the iOS app versions on both iPhone and iPad. I'm passing on the 
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Re: DJay4 Mac

[Gordon Smith]

That doesn't quite cut it though.  I'm talking about, for instance, a 10 second 
pause here, a 3 second pause there, etc…  That would be hugely helpful in 
playlist planning.

On 21 Oct 2012, at 17:34, Sarah Alawami  wrote:

What I do for the time based pauses is I made a silent file I called live box 
for exactly 3 minutes as that's all the time I need. but yeah it would be nice 
to do brake notes that would turn off and on the mic and stuff like that in 
another program. I think I also made that suggestion to him as well. You can 
send an email directly to the dev using the contact page.
Good luck.
On Oct 21, 2012, at 4:57 AM, Gordon Smith  wrote:

> Hi Esther
> 
> I have to admit I tend to steer clear of forums of that nature because, for 
> one thing, I find them time-consuming and I don't have a lot of time at the 
> moment.  But I will try to contact the developer directly with this 
> suggestion.  It would be really nice if you could build playlists based on 
> category and time and maybe other criteria with this app.  It would also be 
> nice if you could do things like insert time-based pauses into a playlist, 
> things like that.
> 
> Gordon
> 
> On 18 Oct 2012, at 00:26, Esther  wrote:
> 
> I believe you can contact the developer of DJay4 through Twitter, using 
> @algoriddim as the contact address.  The other way to give feedback is to 
> join the forums at their web site, and the forum leader is named Anders.  
> This information comes up from a Mail Archive search.  There's a history of 
> the developers' responding to feedback about VoiceOver.  Most of the 
> accessibility inputs (for both the Mac app, and then later for the iOS app 
> releases for both iPhone and iPad) started 3 years ago (in the previous 
> version of DJay3), with the efforts of Yuma Decaux. 
> 
> She was active in contacting the developers for VoiceOver improvements, and 
> tested the iOS app versions on both iPhone and iPad. I'm passing on the 
> contact information she supplied.
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Re: I need somebody who has experience with vm fusion 5 on a mac

[Gordon Smith]

Afraid not.  You'd have to look it up on their website, if it still exists that 
is.  But be mindful that it was done with a very early beta of Fusion 1.0.  I 
was in on the act from the start.

On 21 Oct 2012, at 15:50, Phil Halton  wrote:

Could you provide a link?

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Re: DJay4 Mac

[Sarah Alawami]

What I do for the time based pauses is I made a silent file I called live box 
for exactly 3 minutes as that's all the time I need. but yeah it would be nice 
to do brake notes that would turn off and on the mic and stuff like that in 
another program. I think I also made that suggestion to him as well. You can 
send an email directly to the dev using the contact page.

Good luck.
On Oct 21, 2012, at 4:57 AM, Gordon Smith  wrote:

> Hi Esther
> 
> I have to admit I tend to steer clear of forums of that nature because, for 
> one thing, I find them time-consuming and I don't have a lot of time at the 
> moment.  But I will try to contact the developer directly with this 
> suggestion.  It would be really nice if you could build playlists based on 
> category and time and maybe other criteria with this app.  It would also be 
> nice if you could do things like insert time-based pauses into a playlist, 
> things like that.
> 
> Gordon
> 
> On 18 Oct 2012, at 00:26, Esther  wrote:
> 
> I believe you can contact the developer of DJay4 through Twitter, using 
> @algoriddim as the contact address.  The other way to give feedback is to 
> join the forums at their web site, and the forum leader is named Anders.  
> This information comes up from a Mail Archive search.  There's a history of 
> the developers' responding to feedback about VoiceOver.  Most of the 
> accessibility inputs (for both the Mac app, and then later for the iOS app 
> releases for both iPhone and iPad) started 3 years ago (in the previous 
> version of DJay3), with the efforts of Yuma Decaux. 
> 
> She was active in contacting the developers for VoiceOver improvements, and 
> tested the iOS app versions on both iPhone and iPad. I'm passing on the 
> contact information she supplied.
> 
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Kobo books no longer available in France

[Anne Robertson]

Hello everyone,

At some point since October 10 when I last bought a book, the Kobo site has 
stopped recognising me and will not give me access to my library or allow me to 
buy books. I called the help line but they were unable to be of assistance 
since they weren't seeing what I see from here. They could find my account but 
had no idea why I was being refused access.

I think the problem is related to Kobo going into partnership with FNAC here in 
France, and I'm wondering if the same problem is occurring in other European 
countries. I'm absolutely furious about this as I've bought well over 50 books 
in recent years. Luckily, I downloaded most of them onto my computer, but not 
all of them and I still want to be able to read them on my iPhone.

Cheers,

Anne

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RE: I need somebody who has experience with vm fusion 5 on a mac

[wayne coles]

Hello Gordon no i did not so would it be possable to put a linkto
the list

 Thanks in advance
--wayne coles
---Original Message-
From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net
[mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Gordon Smith
Sent: 21 October 2012 13:02
To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility
Subject: Re: I need somebody who has experience with vm fusion 5 on a mac

I wonder, did you manage to hear my April 2007 demo of Fusion on ACB Radio
Main Menu?  It was done using an earlier version of Fusion but the
principles are the same.

On 18 Oct 2012, at 01:03, Laurel and Stockard 
wrote:

you know, some of you all who have a tun of experience with this vm fusion
stuff, really aught to write a blog post about it. I bet if we could get
some experienced people to make a check list so to speak for what people
need to know before installing, and during the process of using vm fusion it
would help a lot of us newbies out there. There is tuns of vm fusion stuff,
but not much out there having to do with how we, the blind/visually
impaired, use this program and the benefits/cons to it. Just saying, it
should be a blog post or something somewhere.
jmo
Laurel

Sent from my iPad

On Oct 17, 2012, at 18:58, Eric Caron  wrote:

> Hi Phil,
> 
>   I also use a full size Apple USB keyboard.  I don't have a insert key.
Where exactly are you finding yours?
> 
> Eric Caron
> 
> 
> On Oct 17, 2012, at 10:46 AM, Phil Halton  wrote:
> 
>> I don't know why you say the mac doesn't have an insert key - My apple
wired USB full-sized keyboard has an insert key in the usual place on the
numpad.
>> 
>> 
>> - Original Message - From: "Sean Murphy" 
>> 
>> To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" 
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 5:51 AM
>> Subject: Re: I need somebody who has experience with vm fusion 5 on a 
>> mac
>> 
>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I live in both world's.  Depending on which version of Windows 7 you are
going to use determines the amount of RAM. If you use the 32 bit then you
only need 2 gb of RAM for the OS. If you are going to use 64 bit then you
require 4 gb. So you can get away with only 4gb on the Mac if you only use
the Windows 7 32 bit. Ideally it is best to have more then you require to
prevent any performance reduction on the Mac.
>>> 
>>> Installing the OS will have the same challenges if you do it on a native
PC. That is, you either do it via a script or have sighted assistance. What
ever screen reader you use will be done in the same fashion.
>>> 
>>> Caveats in relation to settings within VMWare:
>>> 
>>> 1. There is an article in the archives that discusses about remapping
keys within the Mac and Windows. Edsharp is the app for windows to remap
keys. The reason for this is that the Mac does not have a insert key and you
cannot use the caps lock key while Voice over is on within Windows.
Voice-Over doesn't pass the key through.
>>> 2. Turn off all shortcut keys within the VMWare configuration.
>>> 3. Only use a 1 CPU. You do not get any advantage with more then 1.
>>> 4. Set up share and access your documents from the VMWare share. This
allows you to access them from windows or the Mac.
>>> 5. Install vmware tools in the guess OS.
>>> 
>>> Other then this, there is not much more to do.
>>> 
>>> Sean
>>> 
>>> On 17/10/2012, at 1:44 PM, Laurel  wrote:
>>> 
 Alrighty, if that's what most people want than it's ok with me. I 
 just have tuns of questions and I want to be respectful of the list 
 and not clutter it up too much for people who might be uninterested.
 As I understand it, I should have at least 4 gb of ram, I need 
 windows
 7 or 8 the regular version and not windows for mac, and I should 
 install JAWS on my windows side of my mac so that I can use it when 
 I need to use a windows program. Is there anything else I should 
 know before installing? And how hard is it to install and set up.
 Thanks,
 Laurel
 
 On 10/16/12, Phil Halton  wrote:
> I really think taking the discussion offlist defeats the purpose 
> of the list. I could benefit from the discussion as well, as could 
> others.  I'm about to install VMWare fusion 5 soon and would like 
> to hear about others experience. Please keep this onlist.
> .
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: "Gordon Smith" 
> To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 2:08 PM
> Subject: Re: I need somebody who has experience with vm fusion 5 
> on a mac
> 
> 
>> By all means write privately to me or to Lynne. 
>>  or
>> 
>> .
>> 
>> On 16 Oct 2012, at 18:08, Laurel  wrote:
>> 
>> As my subject says, I am looking for an individual who has 
>> experience setting up and running vm fusion 5 on a mac. I 
>> generally understand how it works, and am planning on installing 
>> it on my mac. I do have some questions though, and rather than 
>> posing my questions to the e

Re: I need somebody who has experience with vm fusion 5 on a mac

[Phil Halton]

Could you provide a link?

- Original Message - 
From: "Gordon Smith" 

To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" 
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: I need somebody who has experience with vm fusion 5 on a mac


I wonder, did you manage to hear my April 2007 demo of Fusion on ACB Radio 
Main Menu?  It was done using an earlier version of Fusion but the 
principles are the same.


On 18 Oct 2012, at 01:03, Laurel and Stockard  
wrote:


you know, some of you all who have a tun of experience with this vm fusion 
stuff, really aught to write a blog post about it. I bet if we could get 
some experienced people to make a check list so to speak for what people 
need to know before installing, and during the process of using vm fusion 
it would help a lot of us newbies out there. There is tuns of vm fusion 
stuff, but not much out there having to do with how we, the blind/visually 
impaired, use this program and the benefits/cons to it. Just saying, it 
should be a blog post or something somewhere.

jmo
Laurel

Sent from my iPad

On Oct 17, 2012, at 18:58, Eric Caron  wrote:


Hi Phil,

  I also use a full size Apple USB keyboard.  I don't have a insert key. 
Where exactly are you finding yours?


Eric Caron


On Oct 17, 2012, at 10:46 AM, Phil Halton  wrote:

I don't know why you say the mac doesn't have an insert key - My apple 
wired USB full-sized keyboard has an insert key in the usual place on 
the numpad.



- Original Message - From: "Sean Murphy" 


To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" 
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 5:51 AM
Subject: Re: I need somebody who has experience with vm fusion 5 on a 
mac




Hello,


I live in both world's.  Depending on which version of Windows 7 you 
are going to use determines the amount of RAM. If you use the 32 bit 
then you only need 2 gb of RAM for the OS. If you are going to use 64 
bit then you require 4 gb. So you can get away with only 4gb on the Mac 
if you only use the Windows 7 32 bit. Ideally it is best to have more 
then you require to prevent any performance reduction on the Mac.


Installing the OS will have the same challenges if you do it on a 
native PC. That is, you either do it via a script or have sighted 
assistance. What ever screen reader you use will be done in the same 
fashion.


Caveats in relation to settings within VMWare:

1. There is an article in the archives that discusses about remapping 
keys within the Mac and Windows. Edsharp is the app for windows to 
remap keys. The reason for this is that the Mac does not have a insert 
key and you cannot use the caps lock key while Voice over is on within 
Windows. Voice-Over doesn't pass the key through.

2. Turn off all shortcut keys within the VMWare configuration.
3. Only use a 1 CPU. You do not get any advantage with more then 1.
4. Set up share and access your documents from the VMWare share. This 
allows you to access them from windows or the Mac.

5. Install vmware tools in the guess OS.

Other then this, there is not much more to do.

Sean

On 17/10/2012, at 1:44 PM, Laurel  wrote:


Alrighty, if that's what most people want than it's ok with me. I just
have tuns of questions and I want to be respectful of the list and not
clutter it up too much for people who might be uninterested.
As I understand it, I should have at least 4 gb of ram, I need windows
7 or 8 the regular version and not windows for mac, and I should
install JAWS on my windows side of my mac so that I can use it when I
need to use a windows program. Is there anything else I should know
before installing? And how hard is it to install and set up.
Thanks,
Laurel

On 10/16/12, Phil Halton  wrote:
I really think taking the discussion offlist defeats the purpose of 
the
list. I could benefit from the discussion as well, as could others. 
I'm
about to install VMWare fusion 5 soon and would like to hear about 
others

experience. Please keep this onlist.
.

- Original Message -
From: "Gordon Smith" 
To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" 
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: I need somebody who has experience with vm fusion 5 on a 
mac



By all means write privately to me or to Lynne. 
 or


.

On 16 Oct 2012, at 18:08, Laurel  wrote:

As my subject says, I am looking for an individual who has 
experience

setting up and running vm fusion 5 on a mac. I generally understand
how it works, and am planning on installing it on my mac. I do have
some questions though, and rather than posing my questions to the
entire list, I would like it if I could talk to somebody who is 
really

experienced with this and could help me out. If you have experience
setting up/running this program, and can help me, please write me at
laurel.stock...@gmail.com. I would prefer if you could write me
priavetly, as not to clutter up the list.
Thanks so much, I really appreciate it.
Laurel
P.S.
If anybody knows of any good blogs or places where to get vm fusion
tutorials for blind people I would also appreciate tha

Re: I need somebody who has experience with vm fusion 5 on a mac

[Gordon Smith]

I wonder, did you manage to hear my April 2007 demo of Fusion on ACB Radio Main 
Menu?  It was done using an earlier version of Fusion but the principles are 
the same.

On 18 Oct 2012, at 01:03, Laurel and Stockard  wrote:

you know, some of you all who have a tun of experience with this vm fusion 
stuff, really aught to write a blog post about it. I bet if we could get some 
experienced people to make a check list so to speak for what people need to 
know before installing, and during the process of using vm fusion it would help 
a lot of us newbies out there. There is tuns of vm fusion stuff, but not much 
out there having to do with how we, the blind/visually impaired, use this 
program and the benefits/cons to it. Just saying, it should be a blog post or 
something somewhere.
jmo
Laurel

Sent from my iPad

On Oct 17, 2012, at 18:58, Eric Caron  wrote:

> Hi Phil,
> 
>   I also use a full size Apple USB keyboard.  I don't have a insert key.  
> Where exactly are you finding yours?
> 
> Eric Caron
> 
> 
> On Oct 17, 2012, at 10:46 AM, Phil Halton  wrote:
> 
>> I don't know why you say the mac doesn't have an insert key - My apple wired 
>> USB full-sized keyboard has an insert key in the usual place on the numpad.
>> 
>> 
>> - Original Message - From: "Sean Murphy" 
>> To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" 
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 5:51 AM
>> Subject: Re: I need somebody who has experience with vm fusion 5 on a mac
>> 
>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I live in both world's.  Depending on which version of Windows 7 you are 
>>> going to use determines the amount of RAM. If you use the 32 bit then you 
>>> only need 2 gb of RAM for the OS. If you are going to use 64 bit then you 
>>> require 4 gb. So you can get away with only 4gb on the Mac if you only use 
>>> the Windows 7 32 bit. Ideally it is best to have more then you require to 
>>> prevent any performance reduction on the Mac.
>>> 
>>> Installing the OS will have the same challenges if you do it on a native 
>>> PC. That is, you either do it via a script or have sighted assistance. What 
>>> ever screen reader you use will be done in the same fashion.
>>> 
>>> Caveats in relation to settings within VMWare:
>>> 
>>> 1. There is an article in the archives that discusses about remapping keys 
>>> within the Mac and Windows. Edsharp is the app for windows to remap keys. 
>>> The reason for this is that the Mac does not have a insert key and you 
>>> cannot use the caps lock key while Voice over is on within Windows. 
>>> Voice-Over doesn't pass the key through.
>>> 2. Turn off all shortcut keys within the VMWare configuration.
>>> 3. Only use a 1 CPU. You do not get any advantage with more then 1.
>>> 4. Set up share and access your documents from the VMWare share. This 
>>> allows you to access them from windows or the Mac.
>>> 5. Install vmware tools in the guess OS.
>>> 
>>> Other then this, there is not much more to do.
>>> 
>>> Sean
>>> 
>>> On 17/10/2012, at 1:44 PM, Laurel  wrote:
>>> 
 Alrighty, if that's what most people want than it's ok with me. I just
 have tuns of questions and I want to be respectful of the list and not
 clutter it up too much for people who might be uninterested.
 As I understand it, I should have at least 4 gb of ram, I need windows
 7 or 8 the regular version and not windows for mac, and I should
 install JAWS on my windows side of my mac so that I can use it when I
 need to use a windows program. Is there anything else I should know
 before installing? And how hard is it to install and set up.
 Thanks,
 Laurel
 
 On 10/16/12, Phil Halton  wrote:
> I really think taking the discussion offlist defeats the purpose of the
> list. I could benefit from the discussion as well, as could others.  I'm
> about to install VMWare fusion 5 soon and would like to hear about others
> experience. Please keep this onlist.
> .
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: "Gordon Smith" 
> To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 2:08 PM
> Subject: Re: I need somebody who has experience with vm fusion 5 on a mac
> 
> 
>> By all means write privately to me or to Lynne.  
>> or
>> 
>> .
>> 
>> On 16 Oct 2012, at 18:08, Laurel  wrote:
>> 
>> As my subject says, I am looking for an individual who has experience
>> setting up and running vm fusion 5 on a mac. I generally understand
>> how it works, and am planning on installing it on my mac. I do have
>> some questions though, and rather than posing my questions to the
>> entire list, I would like it if I could talk to somebody who is really
>> experienced with this and could help me out. If you have experience
>> setting up/running this program, and can help me, please write me at
>> laurel.stock...@gmail.com. I would prefer if you could write me
>> priavetly, as not to clutter up the list.
>

Re: DJay4 Mac

[Gordon Smith]

Hi Esther

I have to admit I tend to steer clear of forums of that nature because, for one 
thing, I find them time-consuming and I don't have a lot of time at the moment. 
 But I will try to contact the developer directly with this suggestion.  It 
would be really nice if you could build playlists based on category and time 
and maybe other criteria with this app.  It would also be nice if you could do 
things like insert time-based pauses into a playlist, things like that.

Gordon

On 18 Oct 2012, at 00:26, Esther  wrote:

I believe you can contact the developer of DJay4 through Twitter, using 
@algoriddim as the contact address.  The other way to give feedback is to join 
the forums at their web site, and the forum leader is named Anders.  This 
information comes up from a Mail Archive search.  There's a history of the 
developers' responding to feedback about VoiceOver.  Most of the accessibility 
inputs (for both the Mac app, and then later for the iOS app releases for both 
iPhone and iPad) started 3 years ago (in the previous version of DJay3), with 
the efforts of Yuma Decaux. 

She was active in contacting the developers for VoiceOver improvements, and 
tested the iOS app versions on both iPhone and iPad. I'm passing on the contact 
information she supplied.

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Re: TakeControl of Vemware V5.

[Gordon Smith]

Not yet.  We're expecting it soon.


On 17 Oct 2012, at 22:57, Jim Noseworthy  
wrote:

Is there such an animal out there?

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Re: Trial versions of apps [was Re: DJay4 Mac]

[Gordon Smith]

Hi Esther

Yes, that's what I meant.  You cannot download trial applications from the app 
store.  But I had understood that Apple meant that developers shouldn't post 
trials on their websites.  But thinking about it, you're absolutely right.  Why 
should Apple have any jurisdiction on developer's external policies.  So thanks 
for the clarification.

Gordon

On 17 Oct 2012, at 20:18, Esther  wrote:

I think that the precise statement is that Apple does not allow for trial 
versions of applications to appear in the Mac App Store, because it does not 
allow developers to distribute apps that will suddenly stop working unless the 
user pays more money at a later date in the app stores.  Similarly, it does not 
allow for special pricing for subsets of users. The dev can choose to lower the 
price for everyone for a day or other extended period, and inform previous 
customers on his mailing lists or on his web site that he is going to do so, 
but he can't give different treatment to selected groups in ways that would 
(possibly) allow a fair distribution system to be subverted.  

But there's nothing to prevent a developer from offering trial versions of 
software at his web site, or from running separate discount promotions or 
bundle sales of the same app from his web site. That's one of the reasons I 
check the MacUpdate site listing for most apps.  Even though there are 
occasional errors, they're usually pointed out in user comments, and links are 
supplied to the developer's site so you can find more current information.  
(Some developers' web sites aren't laid out as rationally as the MacUpdate 
site, so I also appreciate the standard layout that is used.)

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Re: I need somebody who has experience with vm fusion 5 on a mac

[Gordon Smith]

Yes, screen-readers and magnifiers. What I am saying is that if you install a 
Boot Camp partition, then want to use it with Fusion, no! Fusion doesn't 
"Import" the partition.  It just gets its operating system settings from it. 
You delete the partition, you have no operating system left.  Using it this way 
is a bit pointless in my opinion.  Unless you have very specific reasons for 
doing it that way.  For instance, if you want to natively boot for some reason.

On 17 Oct 2012, at 20:20, Phil Halton  wrote:

Gordon, could you clarify what you mean by "assistive accessibility tools". Are 
you refering to screen readers?
Also, I assume the wastage you speak of has to do with the disk space utilized 
by the bootcamp and which would perhaps not be used by Fusion - is that right?

I thought I understood that you could actually install the Guest OS via Fusion 
and recover the space used by the bootcamp partition, effectively removing 
bootcamp after importing it into Fusion. Does that sound about right?
?

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