[bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare.org announces improved searching on its site
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:48:32 -0700 (PDT)
I see your point. I was thinking more of the download
page one, if one is looking for a book b a particular
author or if one knew the title.
Last night, despite Jake's information that I wouldn't
be able to use "n" (you were, of course, right, Jake)
I tried that and then tried holding both the down
arrow and the pg down key to see if I could scroll
quickly and still read the titles or authors, but it
went too fast. (smile)
Cindy
-- Pratik Patel <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Cindy
> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 7:58 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare.org
> announces improved searching on
> its site
>
> 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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