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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:23 pm Post subject: |
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I can see both sides to this BUT if the ogg files are re-named the Speed Camera files would also have to be renamed - no big deal one might think.
How many posts do you think we will have within the first release week with people saying they have double warnings, or they will update the database but not re-configure the warnings, so they would be running on old data?
I have to say leave it well alone, if anything we could re-write the guides to put the ogg files into a folder to get rid of the stupid missing photos message that is a regular problem for users. Doing this could re-name the ogg files leaving the cameras alone. I bet only a small percentage of Speed Camera Database users actually use the forums or read the download page when performing an update - Mike |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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Your comments mirror my concerns. It's a lot of work to change and a lot of hassle in support for little real gain as their is nothing to stop anyone wishing to use this method from renaming the files themselves if they wish.
Anyway we'll see what the rest of the team think. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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Tend to agree that there WOULD be a sticky couple of weeks (but an extra note about deleting everything just this once could be put next to the download button or in the download package itself).
The plus points are that it would solve a long-term issue about not being able to see the relevant part of the actual .ov2 file's name on some screens and it would mean that both methods of voice alert could be easily implemented with one set of files. |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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Other knock on effects would be the Ash10 and CBROM's PC based software would need a re-hash to work, I would also think telling people to delete files from a map folder is dangerous, how many wrecked devices would there be from carrying this out incorrectly (as undoubtedly quite a few would mess it up).
As I said before people don't read instructions, you could shout the message from the highest hill top it still wouldn't get through - don't forget the Speed Camera Database is used by lots of different navigation units, removal instructions might not be as simple for all of them as they are for the TT product range - Mike |
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MikeB Frequent Visitor
Joined: 20/08/2002 11:51:57 Posts: 3859 Location: Essex, UK
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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With such a large number of people using the database any major change like this will cause havoc. 90% of people dont read instructions so will not realise that a change has occurred. The level of support would be amazing...
I used to live by an old motto "I if it aint broke dont fix it".
I realise that it is inconvenient for what I imagine is a very small percentage of the users who do change the alerts this way, but then it is not impossible for these guys to rename the files. Indeed we could include a .bat file to rename them. _________________ Mike Barrett |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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MikeB wrote: | Indeed we could include a .bat file to rename them. |
If that's easy to do (and more importantly, easy for the punters to do), it would be the simplest solution. |
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