[bksvol-discuss] Re: Web Site Suggestions
- From: "Louise" <lougou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 08:39:58 -0600
Another thing I don't like on the site is that when you search for the
author, once the search comes up, you have to go to the author link again on
the second page in order to see the books by that author. I'd like to see
the search go directly to the books by the author being searched for.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelly Ford" <Kelly@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 6:09 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Web Site Suggestions
> Bookshare,
>
> Below are a couple of suggestions to consider for future enhancements to
> the web site.
>
> 1. Include Books in Process with Searches
>
> When a user searches for a book by title or author, there's no indication
> today that a book is in process i.e. waiting for volunteer or
> administrative validation. To me it would be helpful to know that a book
> is in process for both volunteers and general readers without having to
> look through the download list or save copies of book lists mailed to this
> mailing list. The books in some administrative state could be separated
> out into a section of the search results but would at least let folks know
> the book would be appearing at some point.
>
> 2. Remove the space characters at the beginning of the title/author drop
> down for searches.
>
> Is there a reason that the title and author words in the search selection
> drop down have spaces at the beginning. I realize it is only one
character
> but if the space was eliminated a user could simply type "a" or "t" to
> select the appropriate item in the list once the drop down was activated.
>
> 3. Consider some sort of different layout for the book lists when browsing
> new books or by category.
>
> At least for me the table used for the books waiting for volunteer
> validation is much faster to go through with a screen reader than the any
> of the main book lists. On the validation page I can quickly use the
> screen reader's table reading commands to hear title and author. On the
> main list moving through the books is a lot more tedious.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kelly
>
>
>
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