[bksvol-discuss] Re: Redoing the Bookshare Website
- From: "Sandi Ryan" <sjryan2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:30:29 -0500
MessageHi All,
It sounds to me like the problem with slow-loading pages might be solved by
separating the Volunteer site onto a different server from the membership site.
Or something.
I would be helped greatly by the book titles being headings. On the membership
site, it's easy to click the h repeatedly to skip from title to title, and this
would really help with all the book lists.
I encourage not only thoroughness in the manual, but also conciseness. And
searchability of the FAQ by linked questions.
The list of "safe" and "unsafe" publishers should be updated frequently and put
on the Volunteer page as a link, just like "Books in Process" and "Submit a
Book," etc.
Keep the page as simple as possible.
And thanks for adding MP3. I requested a file at about 8:00 this morning,
Central time, and have not received the e-mail that it's ready yet.
Sandi
----- Original Message -----
From: Judy s.
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 8:22 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Redoing the Bookshare Website
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 Website
Hi, 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.
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