Ability to change landing page when user selects read online so that AI insights do not open automatically
Ability to change landing page so that AI generated insights do not open automatically
Some professors do not allow students to use any AI tools, so having the AI generated insights load automatically when a user selects Read Online as the default means they can not completely opt out of using AI functionality on the platform. Since we can't change the default to the book description or the table of contents instead, the only option is for us to disable the tool all together.
Cari Merkley
shared this idea
Thank you for your suggestion. The Ebook Central team is reviewing this idea to determine how it might fit into our future plans. We aren't able to provide a timeline for these ideas, but be sure to check back often and vote for the ideas you support in order to receive status and comment updates.
Best,
Sarah Breiding
Product Owner
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Joseph Deodato
commented
Typically, when reading a book online, users rely on the left panel to navigate the text using the table of contents. Now, however, this panel has been taken over by the AI Research Assistant which opens by default and obscures the more important book information and table of contents. See video: https://app.screencast.com/6lpgIAl38trTJ
This behavior is annoying and unhelpful. Please consider restoring the old default behavior for the left panel or giving customers the option to choose a default.
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Tom Francis
commented
I just came on here to suggest the same thing, so thanks Cari for starting the ball rolling! I tested five books yesterday, and Research Assistant didn't have useful insights: “Unfortunately there is no key takeaway available for this section of the book. Navigate to another chapter and Research Assistant will provide the key takeaway and additional concepts to support your research.” Having the table of contents as the default view is far more useful, so we'd like to keep it that way.