[bksvol-discuss] Re: Redoing the Bookshare Website
- From: "Ixchel, Jackie" <starsandhearts2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:11:48 -0400
Hi,
My two requests are the speed of pages, the comments as to why a book
is being released (make that three) and to make the books (titles) in
headings like the site.
Jackie
On 3/29/12, Chela Robles <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 3/29/2012 4:26 PM, Kim Loftis wrote:
>> 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
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