I have definitely noticed speed improvements, both with book submissions and the site in general. Ever since the downtime, I've never had to submit my search queries more than once because the site took two minutes to try to search and then gave me an error. Load times on most other pages on the site have also improved quite a bit.
On 08-May-12 14:32, Alisa Moore wrote:
Hi all,Today we learned of several improvements to our website that will positively impact your work!Some important hardware improvements were made, resulting in shorter submission processing times. While you'll generally get better results submitting your scans and proofs during the day (when the system is running optimally for our 200k+ members, and because system maintenance runs over night), you should see faster processing times both /day and night/. We anticipate even more improvements in the next iteration (in a couple of months). Please let me know if you notice improvements and we can celebrate together!Book quality reports: Submitting a book quality report is now much easier. Simply sign into Bookshare, pull up the book, click on "report book quality issue" (in the upper right hand corner), fill out the form, and you're done! Yay!On another note, we have a new publisher partner, Cornell University Press.Alisa K. Moore Volunteer Program Manager Benetech www.bookshare.org 650-352-0087Join us in celebrating our 10^th Anniversary! <http://blog.bookshare.org/2012/03/11/join-bookshares-worldwide-10th-anniversary-celebration/>
