I want to second Kim's comments, especially on the slow loading times. I know Bookshare engineering 'knows' about this, but really? Seriously? Dudes, it can take us volunteers thirty minutes or more at times for a single page in the volunteer section to load on Bookshare's site, when it comes to checking out or checking in books--and that's on both broadband or dialup. It's even worse during the times from around midnight to 6 a.m. I call it "Loony Toons time" when I check out or check in books, or look at what's available for checkout, because I find myself yelling at the site, "I hates you!" in the style of the Loony Toons cartoon character Yosemite Sam! grin.
I'm poking a bit of fun here, but it really is a total pain in the butt and has been that way for at least the last two years.
Judy s. On 3/29/2012 5:16 PM, Madeleine Linares wrote:
Hi Kim,Thanks so much for your comments! I know about the volunteer newsletter problem and I want to fix this too. We are actually talking about starting the newsletter up again. Regardless, that old link shouldn't be there. I'm not sure about the slow loading times, but I will see what I can find out about what is being done to fix this. It's really frustrating, I agree!Hopefully we'll be able to straighten out these issues! Thanks, Madeleine*From:*bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Kim Friedman*Sent:* Thursday, March 29, 2012 4:10 PM *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Redoing the Bookshare WebsiteHi, what I've noticed on the Volunteer section of the Bookshare web site: 1. The volunteer newsletter is the one dated in January when the site went live and it hasn't been changed; 2. I don't know if the engineering geniuses have solved the problem of loading pages for the checkout queue. They take a long time to load and if I wished to go to another page for checking out a book to proofread, the computer didn't seem to be able to handle it very well; 3. If I release or reject a book, I'd feel better about my decision if there was a means for me to explain my decision for the folks in charge of approving books. 4. I haven't responded to any blogs on the Bookshare site because I haven't figured out how to do it. Regards, Kim Friedman.
