As for me, I do have an interest in when a book was added, so I use both list view and table view, but if the date was placed on the list view where it seems to belong I would have no use for the table view at all and I fail to see the point of it, especially as the default view. "Philosophers have merely interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it." Karl Marx table with 2 columns and 6 rows Subj: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Book History question Date: 1/30/2009 6:00:54 PM Eastern Standard Time From: rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Reply-to: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent from the Internet (Details) table end I suppose it's to provide a briefer look at a larger number of books? I agree that listview should be the default view at least until someone chooses table view. ----- Original Message ----- From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 4:42 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Book History question > Does anybody understand the point of having the table view and the list > view. I mean besides the fact that book descriptions do not come up in > table view? > Who benefits from table view? Would it make sense for the site to default > to list view. That way a casual visitor interested in the site would read > descriptions. > > > A blind person unaware of the need to turn on list view could go a long > time wondering how to get those descriptions. > > E. > > > At 05:42 PM 1/30/2009, you wrote: >>At least I am not seeing "donedone", the phrase on the old site that used >>to >>make everyone laugh. Someone said that whoever thought of donedone must >>be >>dumbdumb, just to add some humor. >> >>Sue S. >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 4:20 PM >>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Book History question >> >> >>Would it make sense to put in "book was not renewed and so expired" >>instead of the message now given? >> >>At 03:33 PM 1/30/2009, you wrote: >> >Hi Tracy, >> > >> >We took a look at the Book History for Lord of the Nile and can >> >understand why it's confusing. Here's the explanation for what it means: >> > >> >The book was not renewed and expired. Which is why it says that >> >Bookshare administration released it. >> >The other two events recorded both happened on January 11th >> >pre-launch during the phase when the Bookshare site was on freeze >> >and the data transfer to the old site was happening. The system >> >located this file and identified it as a book on step 1 and then >> >marked it as a book ready for proofreading on the new site. So >> >basically those two steps refer to part of the transfer process, and >> >not to any volunteer or admin actions. Hope this makes sense. Feel >> >free to write in if you have any other questions. >> > >> >All good things, >> >Pavi >> > >> >Pavi Mehta >> >Volunteer Coordinator, Bookshare >> > >> >Benetech >> >480 S. California Ave., Suite 201 >> >Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609 USA >> >Phone: +1 650 644-3459 >> > >> >pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx >> > >> >www.benetech.org >> > >> >The Benetech Initiative - Technology Serving Humanity >> >A Nonprofit Organization >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione >> >Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 8:38 AM >> >To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Book History question >> > >> >Carrie, Pavi, or whoever, >> >Can you explain what these entries mean in the "View Book History" for >> >Lord of the Nile? >> >I'd like to know, for future reference, when I see something similar. >> >Thanks. >> > >> >Jan 11, 2009 8:38:44 AM >> > >> >Mark title available for proofreading >> >Active artifact id 132094 (RTF): (no comment) >> >Jan 11, 2009 8:38:44 AM >> > >> >Validate >> > >> >Dec 27, 2008 3:55:09 AM >> >Bookshare.org Administrator >> >Release >> > >> > >> >What I don't understand is why it says an administrator released it, why >> >it says "Validate", and why it says "ready for proofreading". 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