[bookshare-discuss] Recent additions problem.
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:51:17 -0800 (PST)
Sandy,
There is a big problem with the new additions lists
and engineering is trying to straighten it put. A
couple of days ago 10 Laurie Halse Anderson books
were added--and appeared briefly. The only one since
that has appeared is Catalyst.
The books that were added to the collection yesterday
by Carrie didn't appear until 1 a.m. pacific time this
morning--and it isn't there now. A few days ago one
could see new books added by clicking on the 3 months,
but now nothing.
This is extremely frustrating to me, because I use
that list to email to people who like to see the new
books added without always having to go to the site
frequently. A couple of times Carrie has sent me
titles of books she's approved and I've looked them up
in the collection to make up my list, which includes
title, author, synopsis, genre and copyright date, but
when there are 37 books added, like yesterday, that's
way too time-consuming. Fortunately, as I say, they
were posted, but I was still up later than I would
have preferred getting my lists into shape.
No books appearing yet, but I know Carrie has approved
17 books today. I'll keep checking. If you want to me
added to my mailing list, let me know.
Cindy
popularplace@xxxxxxxxx
--- Sandy Stegmayer <ssteg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I just joined the list this afternoon becausse I
> have been having trouble with the new setup. I was
> afraid it was just me. I've sent a couple of emails
> to Bookshare asking for assistance but have yet to
> get a response.
> Since this is the first message I've gotten, I'm not
> sure exactly what has been previously discussed. My
> problem is primarily with the new additions. It
> seems everytime I try for the most recent postings,
> it just doesn't seem to work out. I am so upset. It
> used to be so easy. Does anyone have any
> suggestions/comments?
>
> Confused and frustrated,
> Sandy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: EVAN REESE
> To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 5:02 PM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: browse more
> difficult
>
>
> On the old site, we used to be able to get all of
> the books on what was then called Step 1 all at
> once. This is useful because you can search the
> entire list of books waiting for check out at the
> same time. Also, you used to get the entire list of
> authors under a specific letter on one page, also
> enabling you to search for a particular author's
> name beginning with that letter without multiple
> clicking.
>
> I'm not an engineer either, but how stressful can
> it be for a computer to send out a list of names
> with a few hundred entries, or even a thousand, as
> in the case of some letters of the alphabet?
>
> Evan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx
> To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 2:24 PM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: browse more
> difficult
>
>
> I think the maximum number of results that can
> be displayed per page has been 100 all along anyway.
> It has something to do with the limitations of
> computer code. I think we now have the ability to
> change the sort order. At least we do on the
> checkout list. It would be good if we had an easier
> way to narrow results. It would also be nice if the
> results were numbered and we could jump to a certain
> number, Otherwise, I suppose that the best solution
> is to use the browse feature just for casual
> browsing and the search fields, even with its
> limitations, for searching for something specific.
> As for me, after browsing through a hundred results
> it is not very much trouble to just click for the
> next page of a hundred. When the results are a very
> large number, though, I do wish it was easier to
> jump to a specific page.
>
> table with 2 columns and 6 rows
> Subj:
> [bookshare-discuss] browse more difficult
> Date:
> 1/24/2009 5:07:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
> From:
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>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I decided to get the book An Involuntary King
> by Nan Hawthorne. It took
> longer than I think it should have. Instead of
> search, I decided to use
> Browse Authors.
>
> When I got there, instead of getting the whole
> list of authors starting with
> H, or whatever letter I clicked on, I got 100
> named. After clicking Next
> several times, I got there.
>
> I would like to have a way of getting all the
> authors under a letter.
>
> I like a lot of things about the new site, the
> use of centered headings and
> easy classification of things, but that is an
> improvement that would make
> things less time-consuming.
>
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