Hi, Gary! Thanks for the screenshot - I am familiar with Delicious-Library (Shelfari has a similar metaphor).
>The page turning is a nice touch (though I've yet to test on an XO). It's a little slow on the XO - but we are working to improve speed. >Are you OK with feature requests going into your bug tracker? I know >this can be a cardinal sin to some developers. Yes - we are fine with it! We have a pretty open culture at OL, and view this as an opportunity to work together! The lead developer on the bookreader is Raj Kumar - he is a wizard and great to work with. Best Regards Rebecca Malamud "Given enough eyeballs all bugs are shallow." - Linus's Law :-) At 12:41 AM +0000 11/25/08, Gary C Martin wrote: >On 24 Nov 2008, at 22:16, Rebecca Hargrave Malamud wrote: > >>Hello, Gary! >> >>Thank you for the accurate assessment of the bookreader demo - >> >>The bundle you refer to is for downloading locally to the XO, >>however it currently only contains low resolution images for demo >>purposes only. We need to finalize what content that will be, or >>automate the process to allow users to select the content for the >>bundle. >> >>To see the bookreader with fully functioning content, go to: >> >>http://openlibrary.org/olpc/bookreader >> >>And I see your point on the bookshelf mode. I have been examining >>other bookreaders, and am intrigued by the page view presented by >>the ICDL: >> >>http://www.icdlbooks.org/icdl/BookReader?bookid=ronnadi_00480012&twoPage=false&route=text&size=0&fullscreen=false&pnum1=1&lang=English >> >>I could see something very similar as a collections view for our >>bookreader (I am not sure I care for viewing a book in an exploded >>fashion like this, but some people might!) > >Not keen on this exploded page fashion, but if you back up a little >on the breadcrum link to full book list, that's more what I was >thinking for the default view. Another good example of a shelf >metaphor is Delicious Monsters, Delicious Library. Here's a screen >shot (it does more than just books on shelves, but you'll get the >idea): > > > > http://www.delicious-monster.com/images/librarypage/screenshots/Delicious-Library.png > >>We are also working on zoom-to-fit, plus I have received feedback >>that a two-page view is preferred by default. > >The page turning is a nice touch (though I've yet to test on an XO). > >>Thank you so much for your feedback - we have a bug tracker for the >>bookreader here: >> >>https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnubook/ > >Are you OK with feature requests going into your bug tracker? I know >this can be a cardinal sin to some developers. > >Regards, >--Gary > >>Best regards, >> >>Rebecca Malamud _______________________________________________ Testing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/testing
