[bookshare-discuss] Re: browse more difficult
- From: "Sandy Stegmayer" <ssteg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:41:15 -0500
Hello
I just joined the list this afternoon becausse I have been having trouble with
the new setup. I was afraid it was just me. I've sent a couple of emails to
Bookshare asking for assistance but have yet to get a response.
Since this is the first message I've gotten, I'm not sure exactly what has been
previously discussed. My problem is primarily with the new additions. It seems
everytime I try for the most recent postings, it just doesn't seem to work out.
I am so upset. It used to be so easy. Does anyone have any suggestions/comments?
Confused and frustrated,
Sandy
----- Original Message -----
From: EVAN REESE
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 5:02 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: browse more difficult
On the old site, we used to be able to get all of the books on what was then
called Step 1 all at once. This is useful because you can search the entire
list of books waiting for check out at the same time. Also, you used to get the
entire list of authors under a specific letter on one page, also enabling you
to search for a particular author's name beginning with that letter without
multiple clicking.
I'm not an engineer either, but how stressful can it be for a computer to
send out a list of names with a few hundred entries, or even a thousand, as in
the case of some letters of the alphabet?
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 2:24 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: browse more difficult
I think the maximum number of results that can be displayed per page has
been 100 all along anyway. It has something to do with the limitations of
computer code. I think we now have the ability to change the sort order. At
least we do on the checkout list. It would be good if we had an easier way to
narrow results. It would also be nice if the results were numbered and we could
jump to a certain number, Otherwise, I suppose that the best solution is to use
the browse feature just for casual browsing and the search fields, even with
its limitations, for searching for something specific. As for me, after
browsing through a hundred results it is not very much trouble to just click
for the next page of a hundred. When the results are a very large number,
though, I do wish it was easier to jump to a specific page.
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[bookshare-discuss] browse more difficult
Date:
1/24/2009 5:07:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
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Hello everyone,
I decided to get the book An Involuntary King by Nan Hawthorne. It took
longer than I think it should have. Instead of search, I decided to use
Browse Authors.
When I got there, instead of getting the whole list of authors starting
with
H, or whatever letter I clicked on, I got 100 named. After clicking Next
several times, I got there.
I would like to have a way of getting all the authors under a letter.
I like a lot of things about the new site, the use of centered headings
and
easy classification of things, but that is an improvement that would make
things less time-consuming.
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