[bksvol-discuss] Re: I don't like the new site
- From: "Pavi Mehta" <pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:41:37 -0800
Hi All,
Great to see all the feedback coming in for the new site. I think Carrie
might have mentioned this already, but we've put in a request for the
short synopses to be reinstated where they were before, and it will
likely be fixed for the next release. We can certainly see why it would
be missed and apologize for the temporary inconvenience on your end.
I have been compiling a list of the other issues you've identified both
on the list and in offline emails (such as the need for a screen
acknowledgement after Check In of a book etc), and we will present them
to the team here when we meet to go over priority fixes for the new
site.
Thanks for your patience as we work with engineering and the other teams
to iron out the unavoidable initial kinks that accompany transitions of
this kind!
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
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Monica
Willyard
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 11:30 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: I don't like the new site
It's a split for me because I really like having the download link on
the same page as the book list. I wanted that feature. I do want to see
a short synopsis too though. I want both, not an either or deal. I don't
want to open a books individual page unless I want more details about
it.
Monica Willyard
"The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 10:35 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: I don't like the new site
I think the jury is still out on the new site, but I also miss the short
synopsis.
Why have both a short and long synopsis if they are going to appear
together on the book information page?--Makes no sense.
In the past I'd use the short synopses on the "new books" page to
determine whether or not I wanted to do further investigation. But, I'm
not going to bring up a new screen for a book unless I really think I
want to read it, as that could take a long time.
As I said in the beginning, I think the jury is still out on the new
site--they still have problems so I think we should give them time to
work some of those out. I do wish they had asked us what we thought
about the layout before surprising us with it. After all, we might have
some ideas of our own.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Riddle <mailto:captinlogic@xxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 8:44 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] I don't like the new site
I don't like the new bookshare site. I miss the short synopsis
appearing on the browse books page. Why on earth was that taken away.
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