Hi Madeleine, Kim and all,
Kim, that's a great point about those slow loading pages, and thank
you for reminding me, as that's something I wanted to mention as
well. If I go to the "Chec Out" page, for instance, it seems to take
forever to load. Same with "Books in Process" and several others in
the "Volunteer" section. For the most part, this problem seems almost
exclusive to Bookshare site pages, and very consistent, at least in my
personal experience. So I'm wondering if it's on Bookshare's servers
end, rather than my ISP. Since Kim mentioned that she's having a
similar experience, perhaps the former?
Since we're mentioning site revisions, I just wanted to second Kim's
comment on the loading issue. *smile*
Thanks so much.
the other Kim, in NC <grin>
*From:* Madeleine Linares <mailto:Madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Thursday, March 29, 2012 7:16 PM
*To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Redoing the Bookshare Website
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.
"A thing of beauty is a joy forever; its loveliness increases; it will
never pass into nothingness."
John Keats
