[bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare.org announces improved searching on its site
- From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 09:18:22 -0400
Cindy,
What you described works well. The only problem is that if you're trying to
search for an author (e.g., Lackey), who has a large amount of books in the
collection, you're faced with the same type o difficulty. It's easy enough
to get to the results, it's difficult to scroll through them.
Pratik
Pratik Patel
Interim Director
Office of Special Services
Queens College
Director
CUNY Assistive Technology Services
The City University of New York
ppatel@xxxxxx
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Pratik,
I don't know if this would work for blind people,
although I don't know why it wouldn't. When I'm
looking for a book, be it in the collection or on the
download page (to see if it's been done), when I get a
list I use "find" and either get to the book or find
out the word I put in isn't there very quickly.Of
course, if I'm using only one word and I get the wrong
title, I use find again or add another word. When,
under the old system, there were more than one page
(and I have the setting for 50 titles on a page), it
really saves time over scrolling, and if what I'm
looking for isn't there I just click on 50 more and
repeat the find process.
Cindy
--- Pratik Patel <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm glad bookshare's moving in this direction. I
> haven't had a chance to
> look at it extensively. I have a few suggestions.
> Gustavo, were you
> counting on a slide? Not a chance.
>
> 1. I like the simple search being able to search
> for both title and author
> at the same time. The default option should allow
> for that. If you plan to
> have the advanced search replace the separate
> searching capability, place
> the advanced search link somewhere in the vacinity
> of the simple search
> option. This way, the user doesn't have to look for
> the bottom navigation
> to find the advanced search option.
>
> 2. in the search results list, provide a better
> means of navigation than
> what exists now. It's hard to browse through a list
> of 50 results by using
> arrow keys for blind screen readers. You can use
> table layouts, more
> spacing between each item, etc.
>
> 3. I will not suggest more searching options for
> better control as this is
> better than what we had shor time ago. I will
> however suggest that you put
> some examples of how to conduct searches. Many
> libraries, for example,
> provide examples and instructions. A little more
> inforamtion may be
> helpful.
>
> 4. When search result span over two or more pages,
> it's hard to tell that
> the numbers above and below the search results refer
> to the beginning of the
> next sequence. That only works if you list the
> sequence range for each page
> link (i.e., 1 through 10, 11 through 20, ...).
>
> More later.
>
>
>
> Pratik Patel
> Interim Director
> Office of Special Services
> Queens College
> Director
> CUNY Assistive Technology Services
> The City University of New York
> ppatel@xxxxxx
>
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of robert tweedy
> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 2:23 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare.org
> announces improved searching on
> its site
>
>
> It isn't bad, went there before I read the email and
> figured it out. The
> search took a little while though. When you get to
> the book you want though
> the telling of the book isn't there just the title,
> author, and the daisy
> file for download but if you are searching for the
> book though, you must
> know about the book anyway.
> For skype contact bobwichitaks
> For msn contact info rt5117@xxxxxxx no emails.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gustavo <mailto:Gustavo.G@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Galindo
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ;
> bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 12:43 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Bookshare.org announces
> improved searching on its
> site
>
>
> Bookshare.org is pleased to announce that our site's
> users now are able to
> search through our accessible on-line book
> collection more efficiently. Here
> are a few upgrades to our searches we've made:
>
> * You may now search for either an author or a title
> or both from the
> search box available at the top of every page.
>
> * We have added a Simple Search
>
<http://www.bookshare.org/web/BooksBySimpleSearch.html>
> Page where you can
> search for a book by its author, title, or both.
>
> * We have added an Advanced
>
<http://www.bookshare.org/web/BooksByAdvancedSearch.html>
> Search Page where
> you can find your books by title, author, language,
> scan quality, or
> categories.
>
> * We have improved and expanded our Browsing
> <http://www.bookshare.org/web/BrowseBooks.html>
> Features. You can Browse by
> <http://www.bookshare.org/web/BooksByAuthor.html>
> Authors, Browse by
> <http://www.bookshare.org/web/BooksNew.html> New
> Books, Browse by
> <http://www.bookshare.org/web/BooksByCategory.html>
> Categories, or easily
> navigate amongst the browsing and searching options.
>
>
> * We've included the ability for our logged-in
> active subscribers to
> be able to download a DAISY file directly from the
> results on our Simple
> Search
>
<http://www.bookshare.org/web/BooksBySimpleSearch.html>
> Page.
>
> If you have any questions or comments about our
> search improvements, please
> let us know by writing to us at
> support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
<mailto:support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=Bookshare.org%20Search%20Enhancement>
> . We'd love to get your feedback.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> gustavo galindo
>
>
>
>
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