Comments on: A Brain-Dead Library of Congress Decision http://community.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/archives/2008/03/31/a-brain-dead-library-of-congress-decision geek tools and the scholar Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:51:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Rick Silterra http://community.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/archives/2008/03/31/a-brain-dead-library-of-congress-decision/comment-page-1#comment-1332 Rick Silterra Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:15:01 +0000 http://community.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/archives/2008/03/31/a-brain-dead-library-of-congress-decision#comment-1332 <p>A similar technology decision is that of the british library: http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html to show books using silverlight, or shockwave, as far as I can tell, solely to simulate turning pages. What's the point? Google books manages smooth scrolling thru books with nothing but javascript, and HTTP. why not stick with that?</p> A similar technology decision is that of the british library: http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html to show books using silverlight, or shockwave, as far as I can tell, solely to simulate turning pages. What’s the point? Google books manages smooth scrolling thru books with nothing but javascript, and HTTP. why not stick with that?

]]> By: Bruce D'Arcus http://community.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/archives/2008/03/31/a-brain-dead-library-of-congress-decision/comment-page-1#comment-1330 Bruce D'Arcus Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:37:47 +0000 http://community.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/archives/2008/03/31/a-brain-dead-library-of-congress-decision#comment-1330 <p>Right. I'm actually impressed with what they've done with the HTML-only section of that site, and would prefer they dump both Silverlight and Flash, neither of which are open. Maybe this was just a dumb management decision; don't know.</p> <p>I say this, of course, as news of OOXML squeaking through ISO is starting to trickle out, something the LoC also endorsed.</p> Right. I’m actually impressed with what they’ve done with the HTML-only section of that site, and would prefer they dump both Silverlight and Flash, neither of which are open. Maybe this was just a dumb management decision; don’t know.

I say this, of course, as news of OOXML squeaking through ISO is starting to trickle out, something the LoC also endorsed.

]]> By: Peter Murray http://community.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/archives/2008/03/31/a-brain-dead-library-of-congress-decision/comment-page-1#comment-1329 Peter Murray Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:24:17 +0000 http://community.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/archives/2008/03/31/a-brain-dead-library-of-congress-decision#comment-1329 <p>'tis true, I'm afraid. No April Fools joke here. Adobe's Flash is just about as proprietary, I suppose, but at least it has ubiquity going for it...</p> ’tis true, I’m afraid. No April Fools joke here. Adobe’s Flash is just about as proprietary, I suppose, but at least it has ubiquity going for it…

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