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PROGRESS BAR
Now I'm curious. I don't see what you mean. It's not the cloud thing, is it?
I swear, it keeps coming and going. Maybe they're working on it right now? It's not on all my currently reading, and there's no prompt to write in it. Check this person's site, it doesn't seem to changeUPDATED LINK 10/1, ~2300 Eastern time
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/56...
Where do you see the Progress Bar, Julianne? I checked my profile and my currently reading pages, but it sounds interesting.EDIT: Whoa, thanks for the link. I wonder if they're just testing it now, which is why we haven't seen any bulletins about it?
Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. I saw a thing on one of my books saying I was on "pg 1 of 336". I clicked on it, but all it let me do was add a comment to my updates field, not actually change it.Que sara sara. I'll check again soon and see if I can make changes.
I wrote the Goodreads feedback group to find out how to use this, so hopefully we find out soon, cuz I think this is too cool!
I don't see anything, but I'm intrigued. Is it a progress bar of our TBR or what??
I haven't seen it either, but it sounds interesting. I like the idea of it, hopefully they are able to get it going.
yep, looks like they've hidden it again. I guess it wasn't ready for us to see.
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I have no clue what you are talking about. What is that cloud thing in that persons link? What is its purpose?
I saw it this morning but didn't bring it up. I can't wait to use it.
I saw this on someones profile, but didn't know where it came from. I do want one, hopefully it will be up for use soon.
Ya know, it's funny. I told myself to stop spending so much time online and start catching up on my reading--ya know, it being a new month and all...I stop by GR for 2 minutes and catch something that's been on and off for a little while. (and now I'm obsessed!)Yep, they hid it again. I'm really excited for it to be here, though. I think they've made some good additions lately to the site, and this is a cool one, too!
I'm not sure what "cloud thing" people are talking about, either
I clicked on the link and didn't see a progress bar or a cloud link, but I am intrigued. Please post a follow up when you know what the deal is. Thanks!
I can't find it either. But I would like to know!
It seems to be back on. I just added what page of Norwegian Wood I'm in.I see no bar, though; just a simple "I'm in page XX of "
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looks interesting...
Cool idea!!! I just did mine. I am reading 3 right now, one with my son. This should be interesting to see how long it actually takes me to read a book...hmmmm??????
At first it was a cool blue bar graph looking thing. If you look on a profile you'll see the progress bar, but it's tiny and khaki colored.Blue's my favorite color so I'm bummed they changed it. Ah, well! Still a cool feature. It's a shame I just finished 2 books, though, so can't put my #s in. But, I did finish 2 books!!!!!!!!!
Also, I updated the link at the top of the thread to show what's currently available.(it's also here) http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/56...
How cool. I just went and updated all 5 of the books I am reading. It's like they are in a race now. lol.Weird thing though...when I went to update one of my books, there was already a progress bar showing for that title with someone else's comments attached. Looks GR still needs to work out a few of the kinks.
Do you think you could provide a public link - I'd like to see this progress bar?
I love it! It's soo cool. I do wish it's in a colour that stands out a bit though.and Petra, try mine:
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/13...
I've seen this progress bar on other people's pages and think it's really cool. But I can't find it on mine! Where do I go to change it?
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Very neat. Something else to hurry up & add when reading!
Now I just have to remember to put the right edition of the book I'm reading in. Usually I just put whichever edition pops up, but some editions have more pages. For instance, I'm reading Frankenstein and the edition I have is from 1965 (before they cared about our vision) and the type is small and it is 224 pages. The newer version has like 352 pages, that is a big difference. Luckily you can change the edition to match your page count.
OK I had it yesterday and now it is gone. How do I get it back?? AND when I do get it back how the heck do I use it??
I did it, I got bars for all my currently-reading books. It makes me feel a bit guilty about those I have half-abandoned in favour of the newest, more interesting book.
So I put that I'm on pg. 268 of Tree of Smoke and it updated well on both my home page and on the book's page. Yet for some reason, on my profile it says I'm on page 458. I am definitely not that close to the end. It's definitely still buggy but I'm sure GR will get the kinks worked out soon enough.
Jenny: Just go like you're going to EDIT your review and you will see a place to enter the page number. To update your actual progress, you just go back and click on the current page number as displayed next to the progress bar and it links you to where you can change the pg number. Hope that made sense. Little sleepy today.
OK my progress bar in MIA. How can I retrieve it???
I don't have this option either...
I have it Ihave it...:-) It is on the home page at the right with the box of currently reading and it asks on which page you are....okay, gotta go and check it out!!!!!!
I used it. Oh this is so not gonna help our addiction to this site....When you are reading more than one book, just click on the title of the other book and it goes to a seperate page where you can add your progress for that book too.
Oh this is great..... i feel like singing......
Thanks Connie I did manage to work it out in the end. I'm loving it, just something else for me to get addicted to. Though it does say I have a lot more pages left to read than I actually have. Checked it was the right addition and everything. When they put a page total in do they include all the introduction, contents etc? That may be a stupid question sorry :S
Donna: click on the book in your currently reading and it will take you to a section to put in the page your on. Really neat!
Haha, Fiona... I was having that image in my head to when I noticed that I had the bar to update.....
You guys are making me crazy!It's like when you overhear someone talking to someone else and you want to find out what they are referring to ...
So I went to my "currently reading" and at first I could not find it.
Then Walah! There it is...Bad thing is, the book I am reading is the new Dennis LEhane and the # of pages says 352. Nope this is a 700+ pager.
Sent the librarian a note...hope they fix it soon.
couldn't wait to get back from the Y so I could log my progress....
^ oh yes "The Given Day" is wrong. I did notice that last week. Glad you told someone, I would have but didn't know how.
Just like Jeane said, it only adds to our addiction.
Oh man, just what my OCD personality needs, a progress bar. Oh who am I kidding? I love it!
This is kinda cool. I finally found it, but it doesn't load. I probably shouldn't bother with it. I had to fight myself all morning just to finish a book before I turned on my computer.
Oh god....must ignore or I'll never read....must ignore must ignore.......not working! Ack, how does this work? I am giving into my addiction.
True....I was actually reading with the computer on when I was sick! Ooooo, perhaps I might need to get sick more often. :P
Jenny: Haven't really checked it to be sure, but I assume they match it exactly to the book. So if your contents page, intro, etc. is not included in the page count, then the answer would be no. If they are included, then yes.I'm glad you got it working. It's certainly a fun new thing!
BTW, I think it's an awesome idea!