[Testing] Fwd: WLG test group summary

[Rebecca Hargrave Malamud]

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