Free eBook - Beginners Guide to Cycling

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ColinJ

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My feedback is this - I never download exe files from strangers on t'Interweb! :sad:

PDFs only for me.
 

Rob3rt

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ColinJ said:
My feedback is this - I never download exe files from strangers on t'Interweb! :sad:

PDFs only for me.

+1

You can get free .doc (and other files) to .pdf software-printers easily.

(I'd volunteer to convert a text or doc file to pdf for you if you dont have a converter :biggrin: but I dont download .exe's)
 
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I intend to do a PDF soon - but it won't have the functionality of the .exe

ColinJ
I'll drop you a copy through t'letterbox next time I'm touring up your way;)

Thanks for the offer Rob3rt, I've got myself a PDF creator but the content has never existed as a .doc. The eBook software I'm using works with html files.

Best Wishes...
Kev, bottombracket

P.S There have been over 600 downloads of it from my site (including riding buddies), no problems so far...
P.P.S. Also had it verified by cleansofts.com on 02/02/2010 (free of virus, spyware, adware)
 

jethro10

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Although it might be very useful, calling it an eBook when it is infact a program is misleading and it's this that makes people wary.

You should either make a proper eBook version of it or re-advertise it as an interactive tutorial or some such like.
no eBooks are executable.

Jeff
 
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Hi Jeff,
I've just got in from work and read your post(s).
Thanks for your feedback.

Re ActiveX
I don't think there's anything sinister going on there...
Normally ActiveX runs in the background un-noticed.

Examples of ActiveX controls include the following:
Adobe Reader
Apple QuickTime Player
Macromedia Flash Player
Microsoft Windows Media Player
Real Networks RealPlayer

I've just been to the Microsoft site and looked into the ActiveX prompt you mentioned... (i suspect the prompt referred to 'this webpage' i.e the eBook itself rather than 'another website')
MS say this "applies to versions of Internet Explorer that were released and updated between April 2006 and April 2008. In April 2008, the behavior that is described in this article was removed from Internet Explorer"

I guess this means late IE6 and some IE7 - not sure exactly which IE was on release between these dates.
So I guess some will be prompted to 'Run ActiveX'

If the eBook causes anyone any real problems whatsoever, I will of course delete the post and link without hesitation.I have called it an "eBook" as the software used to create it is a programme called eBook Maestro...
I know .pdf is more commonplace for eBooks, but in this format it allows for 'text to speech', search box and other functions.

Very Best Wishes and Thankyou again, Kev
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
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I know .pdf is more commonplace for eBooks, but in this format it allows for 'text to speech', search box and other functions.
I've just checked and Adobe Acrobat Reader (for PDFs) has a text reader function built in (View/Read Out Loud/Activate Read Out Loud). Naturally, it also has a search box (Find).

What other essential functions does your exe book thingy give us that PDFs don't? ;)
 
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Colin,
I don't have an answer for you. You are probably right that Acorobat Reader is a functional bit of kit.
I created something that I thought would be helpful for beginners to cycling.
Not something that would haunt me!
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
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Colin,
I don't have an answer for you. You are probably right that Acorobat Reader is a functional bit of kit.
I created something that I thought would be helpful for beginners to cycling.
Not something that would haunt me!
Hey Kev, it's good of you to do that and I wouldn't want you to think that we are getting at you, it's just that downloading and installing EXEs from unknown sources is the number one thing that you shouldn't do from a computer security point of view.

It isn't that I don't trust you - I once had my computer infected by a virus which was in an EXE file installed from a virus-checked PC magazine cover disk so I am certainly reluctant to install files received from individuals.

I once had to clean out a friend's PC that was taking 30 minutes to boot into Windows. It turned out that her teenage sons had installed so many dodgy porno EXE files that the computer had 500 viruses running, one of which I discovered had rerouted her dial-up internet access to a premium rate international phone number! ;)
 

jethro10

Über Member
ColinJ said:
Hey Kev, it's good of you to do that and I wouldn't want you to think that we are getting at you, it's just that downloading and installing EXEs from unknown sources is the number one thing that you shouldn't do from a computer security point of view.

It isn't that I don't trust you - I once had my computer infected by a virus which was in an EXE file installed from a virus-checked PC magazine cover disk so I am certainly reluctant to install files received from individuals.

I once had to clean out a friend's PC that was taking 30 minutes to boot into Windows. It turned out that her teenage sons had installed so many dodgy porno EXE files that the computer had 500 viruses running, one of which I discovered had rerouted her dial-up internet access to a premium rate international phone number! :smile:

Yeah, this is totally correct. It boils down to "why take the risk" in this day and age

you can do similar stuff to what your currently doing with .chm files basically hyperlinking between HTML files like you do in the .exe and the web site but all rolled up into one file that is not executable, so safe in most peoples eyes.
Search for ".chm" or "Compiled HTML" makers

J
 
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Thats precisely why I got it verified by Cleansoft.com - "no virus, spyware or adware". (Cleansoft is not a desktop anti-virus programme. It an organisation that hosts 1000's of utilities and academic etc programmes)

600+ downloads so far. No actual problems reported.

I certainly agree - NEVER click on anything you suspect!

Gotta pedal off to work now...

P.S. did I mention the no-quibble money back guarantee? :smile:
 
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