Comments on: Open Content Alliance (or, Boing Boing’d again) http://librivox.org/2005/10/26/open-content-alliance-or-boing-boingd-again/ free public domain audiobooks Fri, 25 May 2012 04:18:41 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Maureen http://librivox.org/2005/10/26/open-content-alliance-or-boing-boingd-again/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Maureen Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:15:34 +0000 http://librivox.org/2005/10/26/open-content-alliance-or-boing-boingd-again/#comment-175 Yes, when I got home and could use my own Firefox, all was well. (It was also somewhat amusing not to be able to read a site in IE, given all the IE-only sites I've tangled with....) And yes, I realize these things are a scramble. My own web stuff is scarcely perfect. (Understatement....) But cross-systems paranoia should be a way of life for folks who do serious Web projects. Yes, when I got home and could use my own Firefox, all was well. (It was also somewhat amusing not to be able to read a site in IE, given all the IE-only sites I’ve tangled with….)

And yes, I realize these things are a scramble. My own web stuff is scarcely perfect. (Understatement….) But cross-systems paranoia should be a way of life for folks who do serious Web projects.

]]> By: hugh http://librivox.org/2005/10/26/open-content-alliance-or-boing-boingd-again/comment-page-1/#comment-170 hugh Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:06:35 +0000 http://librivox.org/2005/10/26/open-content-alliance-or-boing-boingd-again/#comment-170 hi maureen, I think they were scrambling to get everything up&running in time for launch. You should let them know if you've had troubles with the site, though. The controls seem fine on Firefox, have not checked Safari. hi maureen,

I think they were scrambling to get everything up&running in time for launch. You should let them know if you’ve had troubles with the site, though. The controls seem fine on Firefox, have not checked Safari.

]]> By: Maureen http://librivox.org/2005/10/26/open-content-alliance-or-boing-boingd-again/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Maureen Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:29:26 +0000 http://librivox.org/2005/10/26/open-content-alliance-or-boing-boingd-again/#comment-169 It would be nice if you could see and use the controls for turning pages, etc. At least on IE, they are nearly invisible on most books. On the Open Library book, they have vanished altogether. If this is a size problem, the recommended size should be specified on the frontpage of the site. Oh, and I liked how there was no way to contact anyone about these problems from the frontpage of the site. Such beautiful and useless web design is a real achievement of art for art's sake. It would be nice if you could see and use the controls for turning pages, etc. At least on IE, they are nearly invisible on most books. On the Open Library book, they have vanished altogether. If this is a size problem, the recommended size should be specified on the frontpage of the site.

Oh, and I liked how there was no way to contact anyone about these problems from the frontpage of the site. Such beautiful and useless web design is a real achievement of art for art’s sake.

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