[Testing] Fwd: WLG test group summary

[Rebecca Hargrave Malamud]

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!)

We are also working on zoom-to-fit, plus I have received feedback 
that a two-page  view is preferred by default.

Thank you so much for your feedback - we have a bug tracker for the 
bookreader here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnubook/

Best regards,

Rebecca Malamud






At 4:24 PM +0000 11/23/08, Gary C Martin wrote:
>Hi Tabitha,
>
>On 23 Nov 2008, at 08:40, Tabitha Roder wrote:
>
>>try to test bookreader as per the developer request - got confused 
>>as to what this was - can display books but cant see how this is XO 
>>activity yet?
>
>I did get a chance for a quick look at the content** but not much 
>time testing on an XO yet. I think the goal here is for the content 
>to be both a set website content designed to work well with the XO 
>via an internet connection (or off a local school-server); and as an 
>xo library bundle so that kids without internet/school access can 
>read the material directly off their XO's nand.
>
>The two main links Rebecca (hello!) included in her email was a 
>direct link to the demo:
>
>	http://openlibrary.org/static/olpc_bundle/openlibrary/
>
>And a link to a xo library bundle:
>
>	http://openlibrary.org/static/olpc_bundle/openlibrary.xol
>
>I've not  (my apologies) yet tried to install the library bundle, 
>but if it's correctly formed, it's content should appear in the left 
>side bar of the default page that Browse activity shows.
>
>**My only UI thoughts were that it should 1). start in a 'bookshelf' 
>mode showing all the book covers (in a grid, with up/down scrolling 
>if there are more shelves); 2). The book view should default to fill 
>the screen in page by page mode (not as the current long vertical 
>list of every page as a thumbnail).
>
>Regards,
>--Gary