> At the Embassy of the Free Mind in Amsterdam, we’ve created https://SourceLibrary.org, a collection of over 15,000 translations of Renaissance and premodern books in NeoLatin, Chinese, Sanskrit, etc.
Wow, this is like... exactly(?) what I needed? (and since this is on topic for this discussion... What am I working on? Learning and writing about metaphysics and magic.)
This is wonderful stuff.
The web UI didn't vibe with me too well though. The only thing I saw on the first page was "Your email address or continue with Google". I mean, reading the books apparently do not require my email address or logging in, but I figured out much later only due to the fact that I really wanted to see the contents. (I'd imagine if somebody was only marginally interested they might have been scared away by the "give us your email address" thingy.)
Also, when reading the book contents, the browser back button didn't work for me. Felt a bit clunky for some reason. Couldn't put my finger on any specific issue other than the back button, but somehow didn't feel smooth. (I'm not a web frontend dev, so this is just my personal feeling.)
All that said, this is a wonderful resource.
Nice. I’ll look into the back button. Would love any more specific feedback (feedback button on every page).
If you have a minute, check out the Librarian in the menu. Give it your research questions. It’s a pretty powerful research agent!