[nabs-l] security alerts on the braillenote

Ashley Bramlett bookwormahb at earthlink.net
Mon Mar 11 21:07:05 UTC 2013


Valerie,
Bugs happen. Have any of you asked humanware about this and if so what was 
their response?
I suspect they will fix it.
I don't go online with the braillenote, so am not too sure of these 
problems.
I suppose exiting doesn't work?
If there is an error, I often just exit the screen.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Valerie Gibson
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 4:42 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] security alerts on the braillenote

Ashley,

I agree with what you've said.  This is my main reason for a complain.  I 
don't mean to complain because I want to bash what humanware is doing, but 
only because there is so much more potential to be had.  I just think the 
apple devices are becoming more convenient than the braillenote.  One thing 
i loved about the braillenote in the beginning was it's ability to do so 
much in one device.  With these security dialogs, I'd much perfer getting 
online on my computer.  One could see how cumbersome this could be for 
school things where the internet is required.

On Mar 11, 2013, at 3:23 PM, "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> 
wrote:

> Sara,
> Some people want the ease of a notetaker built with braille displays and 
> speech.
> In  a  braille note, you can turn it off and turn it on and be in the same 
> document and pick up where you left off.
> Also it¡¯s a keyboard. Its user friend;ly; no double tapping or issues 
> with swiping the wrong way.
> You can also  go on google, facebook, etc with a netbook or laptop which 
> is also portable.
> It depends on your needs. I prefer phones with buttons; much easier to 
> stay oriented. Not everyone wants or needs a I phone, and not everyone can 
> afford it.
>
> So, your argument seems kind of backward. True the braille note has its 
> problems like these security issues you all brought up, but still its 
> simple relatively speaking, user friendly, and is very powerful even 
> without connecting to the internet. Some of us like notetaking and reading 
> those notes in braille. true you can connect some displays to the Iphone, 
> but I heard its not an exact science and those small displays sure cannot 
> fit much braille on them. You keep your Iphone if that is your preference, 
> but, I hope humanware continues to improve the Braillenote and stay up 
> with technology.
>
> Ashley
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Sarah
> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 2:05 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] security alerts on the braillenote
>
> Yeah my point is the same why in the world would you have to pay
> over $5,000 for a device that can barely do more than go on
> Facebook or google or Bookshare when an iPhone costs less than
> half the price and you can do anything on it.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Valerie Gibson <valandkayla at gmail.com
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 01:38:15 -0500
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] security alerts on the braillenote
>
> I think i saw something about it on the BN mailing list, but
> someone said their computer was doing it too, and I have not had
> that problem.  Overall, the thread on it was not too helpful, but
> maybe I just didn't dig deep enough.
>
> Another bad part about all this is, I can't even exit the
> internet because the dialog pops up again.  I have to reset my
> BN.
>
> It's sadly getting to the point where, if not for the braille
> display, the BN would not be worth having…at least that's my
> thinking.
>
> I know the BN can only do so muc, but if it were half as good as
> a mobile device that would be something.  I don't mean to bash
> the braillenote or the manufacturer, and I appologize if my tone
> is coming across as such, it's just…to spend that much money on a
> device and have your iphone/ipad, which coasts a fifth of the
> price, work more flawlessly is a wee bit disappointing.
>
> Maybe humanware should up the game and make a iphone/ipad docking
> station with a braille display at the bottom…or an iphone/ipad
> case with a braille display somehow built in.  You have to admit,
> that would be beautiful.  :)
>
> If anyone figures out a way around this, please let me know.
> Thanks so much.
> On Mar 11, 2013, at 12:09 AM, Zachary N.  Griego-Dreicer
> <zdreicer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> good evening Valerie.  I get those annoying things all the time!
> I can not figure a way around them either.  Do you know of  the
> braillenote mailing list?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 10, 2013, at 10:59 PM, Valerie Gibson
> <valandkayla at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Quick question.  Does anyone ever get a ton of security alerts
> while using the internet on the braillenote apex?  When I go to
> facebook or bookshare, I'll get:
> Security alert dialog.
> informationyou exchange with this site cannot be viewed or
> changed by others.  However, there is a problem with the site's
> security certificate.  The security certificate is from a trusted
> certifying athority.
> The security certificate date is valid.
> The name on the security certificate is invalid or does not
> match the name of the site.
> Do you want to continue?
>
> The problem is:
> 1.  I can sometimes get eight or ten of these in a row, and I
> just hit yes on it.
> 2.  When i'm moving to a new line on the dialog, the braillenote
> lags.  for example, from "The name on the security certificate is
> invalid? to "do you want to continue? it takes the braillenote
> a second at most to jump from those two line.  When you're
> dealing with four lines, that's four seconds, just to get to the
> prompt.  With all of that added up, it takes about a minute to
> get past that.  I even tried hitting "no" on the prompt and it
> still brings up security stuff..
>
> Any advice, suggestions, helpful hints, complaints such as this,
> etc? :)
>
> Thanks
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