On Nov 8, 2010, at 6:35 AM, Jonathan Morgan wrote:
> I tend to dislike software that forces me to search in certain ways: whether
> it's "You must select the language before we show you what's available" or
> "You must select the type of book" or "You must select the publisher's
> repository",
On 11/08/2010 09:50 AM, Peter von Kaehne wrote:
> 1) Some of our Genbooks could easily be formatted as a commentary.
> Probably it also should be done and that would remove one reason to look
> somewhere else. But right now the distinction is not totally a sharp
> one. Maybe it would be worthwhile
On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 07:57:51 -0500
Karl Kleinpaste wrote:
> Jonathan Morgan writes:
> > I tend to dislike software that forces me to search in certain ways:
> > whether it's "You must select the language before we show you what's
> > available" or "You must select the type of book" or "You must
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 11:57 PM, Karl Kleinpaste wrote:
> Jonathan Morgan writes:
>> I tend to dislike software that forces me to search in certain ways:
>> whether it's "You must select the language before we show you what's
>> available" or "You must select the type of book" or "You must select
Jonathan Morgan writes:
> I tend to dislike software that forces me to search in certain ways:
> whether it's "You must select the language before we show you what's
> available" or "You must select the type of book" or "You must select
> the publisher's repository", there will be some times when
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 6:37 AM, Karl Kleinpaste wrote:
> On the one hand, I appreciate a desire for a combined all-repos view of
> what's available. It would be useful in some ways. On the other hand,
> I find it problematic for several reasons.
>
> - It depends on finding all repos operating.
On the one hand, I appreciate a desire for a combined all-repos view of
what's available. It would be useful in some ways. On the other hand,
I find it problematic for several reasons.
- It depends on finding all repos operating. Like it or not, repos go
away for short or long periods, and the
On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 2:06 AM, Troy A. Griffitts wrote:
> On 11/05/2010 02:02 PM, Jonathan Morgan wrote:
> > 2. Offering a list of downloads at CrossWire tends to suggest that they
> > are the *only* books available. While I can download zip files from
> > Xiphos FTP directly (for example), it's
On 11/05/2010 02:02 PM, Jonathan Morgan wrote:
> 2. Offering a list of downloads at CrossWire tends to suggest that they
> are the *only* books available. While I can download zip files from
> Xiphos FTP directly (for example), it's not easy to find out about, and
> I'm sure some people evaluate t
