"PAPERS PAST" Update Part IV

[spades]

Hi KHP,

Not quite a dance, I was sitting down. But certainly stunned mullet, 'Oh WOW' and then a crane to get my jaw back off the floor. 

[minniehaha]

Thanks for the thanks Spades. Just needed another pair of fresh (Specsavers) eyes on the job.   

Minniehaha.

[spades]

Is anyone else experiencing this on the Beta version of Papers Past, where your search results are not high-lighted in the text at all?

Spades

[PapersPast]

Hi Spades, you're not alone, it is impacting some people. Sorry for the hassle.

We've tried a few different approaches for delivering the highlighting, and we'll be trying another soon. It looks like high latency could be a factor, but we don't yet understand why it has this side-effect on some people. The highlighting may still appear in the computer-generated text view.

You might see a different result by running off a mobile connection, depending on whether it's lower latency than your home internet connection. It's worth a look if you have this option available, I'd be interested to know what you see if you're able to try this on a new-ish smartphone.

[spades]

Hi Papers Past,

Thanks for responding. Good to know it's not just me and that you're aware of it. I'm experiencing this on a PC.

Spades

[crab2]

I am loving the new beta version of Papers Past and that if there is an article with highlighted word, the fact that I can just click on the light bulb to turn it off is brilliant as I hate these hightlighted words in screen prints, thanks

[PapersPast]

Hi folks,
I've been away for a few weeks on the sunny West Island (locals call it Australia).
I just thought I'd let you know that there's a large bunch of new content available - some newspapers, some magazines. The new stuff is available on the new beta site only, not the current site.

The new stuff is here - https://beta.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers

...and here - https://beta.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals

Enjoy!

[kiwihalfpint]

Hope you enjoyed your break away

Thanks for the goodies, something to look into after feeding him indoors


Cheers
KHP

[PapersPast]

Hi folks - we've got a Christmas content present lined up for you. We originally had this planned for last month but there was a slight earthquake situation to attend to, so our November release has become a Xmas release. We're sorry for the delay, but we hope you have some time to enjoy a quiet search over the holiday period.

•   Ashburton Guardian (1879-1886)
•   Horowhenua Chronicle/Levin Chronicle (1921-1930)
•   Manawatu Herald (1902-1920)
•   Mareikura (1911-1913)
•   Matuhi (1903-1906)
•   Northern Advocate (1926-1930)
•   Otago Witness (1910-1915)
•   Samoanische Zeitung/Samoa Times (1921-1930)
•   Sun (July 1919)
•   Taranaki Herald (1910-1920)

All the best from myself and the rest of the PP team