Peter Giger

The Crossroads of my Digital Things

Ebrary – almost love!

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The ebook service Ebrary has made quite a few improvements lately. No longer do you have to install ebrary reader – which only works with some browsers – to use the service to its full potential. Earlier, thery were also loads of strange quirks in the interface. It’s only a few left now, such as

  1. They could have wasted a lot of empty space in the upper part of the screen, to make room for more hight in the reading area.
  2. Well, they should really rethink the ugly design :) Why not try a contemporary look…

The screenshot below shows Ebrary at the full hight of a 24 inch screen. A 15 inch laptop also works quite well…

ps. Ebrary is a paid service you might have access to if you are a student or staff at a University or other form of higher education.

Ebrary - Maeda, Laws of simplicity

Written by Peter Giger

2009-06-21 at 10:49

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  1. Peter,

    I am currently doing some research in which I have to compare and contrast the major ebooks aggregators’ platform capabilities and issues. Would like to contact you for an offline discussion. If you are willing, please email me at gerry@caffreyresearch.com

    Thanks,
    Gerry Caffrey

    gcaffrey01

    2009-10-30 at 23:07


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