[bksvol-discuss] Re: Checking in a book
- From: Ann Petrous <annpetrous@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:18:42 -0400
My only other option is internet explorer, and yes it took about 5
minutes for my book to go through. I would love a mac. Is it hard to
learn the key strokes? I would like to sit down, and play with a mac.
Is it as easy as learning jaws?
On 9/12/11, Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
>> >>>
>> >>>
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