Ann, Tim and others; I got stuck in Firefox 6 on my Mac tonight while talking to Pamela Hoffard and after 17 minutes got a failure and went to safari and it was uploaded from log gin in to checkin in under 5 minutes, still long, but bearable… Firefox was always my tool of choice, but I may have t reconsider at least for Bookshare. Valerie On Sep 12, 2011, at 5:06 PM, Tim Syfert wrote: > Ann Petrous, > > I just used a different browser and got my book checked in. I was using > Firefox. I have no idea if it was just a coincidence or Firefox has a > problem. The site may just have had enough users log off. It also took a long > time to check it in. So, I don't have a fix. > > Tim > > From: Ann Petrous <annpetrous@xxxxxxxxx> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 2:00 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Checking in a book > > i just renewed one of the books that was just about to expire. I'm > going to try to check the book in in the next few days, if it doesn't > work, i will let you know. i really don't want to stop volunteering as > a result. I have three books i've been trying to check in, and so far, > no luck. tim, if you fix the problem before i do, let me know what you > did to fix it. > > On 9/12/11, Scott Rains <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Keep us informed if it doesn't seem to resolve Ann & Tim --but don't > > despair! > > > > scott > > > > On 9/12/11 10:38 AM, "Ann Petrous" <annpetrous@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >>Well, i'm glad i'm not the only one whose having this problem. lol > >>that's what it does to me too. I've never had this problem before > >>either. I'm going to ry, and rew the book, and then try checking it in > >>again. > >> > >>On 9/12/11, Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> HI Tim, > >>> > >>> Sometimes it takes forever and a day to check in books. Sometimes it's > >>>due > >>> to slow internet speeds on the part of the uploader's internet > >>>connection. > >>> And sometimes it's because the Bookshare web site is taking forever and > >>>a > >>> day to do what it does. I suggest waiting a while and seeing if it's > >>>better > >>> in a few hours, or maybe even a few minutes. > >>> > >>> If the problem persists for more than a day, I'd guess that your > >>>internet > >>> provider is way scary slow, or something else on your end. > >>> > >>> I had this problem for many reasons in the last few months. I first got > >>> annoyed with the sluggishness of the Bookshare web site, which > >>>sometimes is > >>> justified. But I had to take back my annoyance when my internet > >>>provider > >>> admitted that there was indeed, and had been for weeks, a sluggishness > >>> problem in my area due to something electrical that I don't begin to > >>> understand. > >>> > >>> Just keep trying, and if it doesn't improve within the next day, let us > >>> know. Maybe you're not alone and Bookshare can help. > >>> > >>> Mayrie > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _____ > >>> > >>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim Syfert > >>> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 9:50 AM > >>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Checking in a book > >>> > >>> > >>> Hi All, > >>> > >>> I am unable to check in a book. Just above the address bar, it says > >>> "connecting". Nothing happens, the icon just spins continuously. I know > >>> someone else is having the same problem. What's going on? I've never > >>>had a > >>> problem before. > >>> > >>> Tim > >>> > >>> > >> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > >>bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list > >>of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > >> > >> > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of > available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > >