[irishtune.info] new Tune Search and Finder, etc.

[Alan Ng]

Dear irishtune.info news subscribers,

Happy New Year! Items in this broadcast are:

* Help design a better Tune Search and Finder
* New albums indexed
* Update to O'Neill-Ryan study by Paul de Grae


* Help design a better Tune Search and Finder

In the spirit of the new year, the Tune Search and Finder is getting an 
overhaul for the first time since the irishtune.info launch three years 
ago. I would like to ask for as many volunteers among you as possible to 
try out this new version and send me feedback. Above all I want to know 
whether - and if so, why - any of you prefer the old (current) version!

Here's the new version:
http://www.irishtune.info/search-dev.htm

What's new here? Although at first glance it may not look that 
different: The search results are redesigned and give you more 
information per tune, the Search Tips are now partially interactive, the 
  warnings for "bad" searches are more complete and helpful, and the 
whole interface is re-coded from the ground up to meet (and take 
advantage of) the latest standards on behalf of disabled users and 
better accessibility for new technologies out there (such as 
mobile-phone Web surfers at sessions!).

So with all those changes, there are lots of opportunities for me to 
have accidentally introduced errors, bugs, and problems with certain 
computer/browser combinations which I can't test on my own. Please help 
me find them! Thanks in advance.


* New albums indexed

Since your last update on Nov. 27, these are the albums I've
indexed into irishtune.info:

http://www.irishtune.info/album/JMcK/ (Joe McKenna)
http://www.irishtune.info/album/KCB+6/ (Kilfenora Ceili Band)
http://www.irishtune.info/album/Dnu+4/ (Danú)


* Update to O'Neill-Ryan study by Paul de Grae

Paul de Grae's latest update to his O'Neill-Ryan study is posted at:
http://www.irishtune.info/public/ryan-oneill.htm


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Alan Ng, PhD .  agng at facstaff.wisc.edu  .  http://alan-ng.net/
Madison, Wisconsin, USA