Bs7671 2015 Paper Vs Digital

[Sidewinder 2,229]

Paper one, I just fear the memory space an ebook would take up on the ipad

 

Under the "old" Bookshelf, IET system, the regs, osg, all 8 GN's, 2 versions of the "design guide", the CoP for electrical safety management, & 2 versions of the Electricians guide to the building regulations.

530MB on the laptop, can't see it being much more on the iPad TBH, not sure how to easily check.

Found it!

 

Bookshelf itself and all the books were 591MB on the iPad.

 

The new electronic regs "system" is not currently adequately available offline as it is a web based app, it is very slow, and as I say not available offline, even though the IET sell it as if it is, and, it has serious bugs.

[Andy™ 2,584]

not much use if its only online and your in the middle of a job with no internet access... at least the book will still work

[Sidewinder 2,229]

Oh Andy, and don't they KNOW IT, I have already sent a few choice words.

TBH, IMHO it is not fit for purpose and their advertising and information is in breach of the sale of goods act.

[Andy™ 2,584]

definitely not fit for purpose if you cant access it where you need it. or if you do have internet its probably fairly slow, so would take a long time to load what you want, along with a lot of 'useless' data

 

and usually if i do need to look something up on-site, it usually only takes a few minutes to find it in the book. would take longer for the laptop to start

Edited January 7, 2015 by Andy™

[kerching 2,404]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Have you got yours yet?

If so, how so?

Last time i got an email with a link

Just BUY curious

[hodge bodge and hacket 0]

I've yet to get an iPad specifically for work, my current one for home, is desperately short of memory after all the other junk on it.

Those who have got a version for pc/ iPad, how good are the search features and hot keys. Do they make it easier or add to the frustration?

[kerching 2,404]

The bookshelf version on the ipad is brilliant....love it

As for the 2015 version.....i have not got access to it yet

[Steve3948 392]

I agree, but in all honesty 3G/4G is becoming the norm these days and should improve as time goes on.

Also the books will load into your browser cache, so if you dont empty the cache it should load even if offline.

I have the same feeling that its slower web based and the search does not seem as good, but its early days I suppose.

[Sidewinder 2,229]

The current version is web based, so it is available on any platform, as it is platform independent, but, it does not work correctly.

The OLD version for the search and stuff was very good.

 

The new, well at the moment it is rubbish, slow, and buggy.

 

Search, very difficult.

 

The old platform has been discontinued.

[kerching 2,404]

The current version is web based, so it is available on any platform, as it is platform independent, but, it does not work correctly.

The OLD version for the search and stuff was very good.

 

The new, well at the moment it is rubbish, slow, and buggy.

 

Search, very difficult.

 

The old platform has been discontinued.

How did you access it?.....i was expecting an email but have had "other things on my mind" so it took a back seat

[Sidewinder 2,229]

Try here:

https://electrical-standards.theiet.org/?home

[hodge bodge and hacket 0]

The only downside to an ebook/iPad, is you currently can't take them into the exam for the test. I would love common sense to prevail in a few years when the new version comes out, but...

[Sidewinder 2,229]

Exams?

 

Not intending to do them again for a while!

 

Done enough in my time.

 

Mind I have enjoyed my time in education & training, then I like to learn new things.

[hodge bodge and hacket 0]

Yep, cost a fair bit too. Cheers for the feedback guys. One to think about when the reddies are in

[Sidewinder 2,229]

Starts @ £60 I think for the bare minimum, up to £685 (?) for the lot for 3 years.

[kerching 2,404]

I think th £60 is a per annum for three years for,the Bronze

I tried logging in.......zilch, said my ip,was not registered . So I have emailed Liz Wooderson

The link you sent me just "sulked and went all moody on me"....BUT mr Merlot has been assisting and you know how well we get on!

[Sidewinder 2,229]

You need to request a new password then use that.

The system went down on Monday, the first day it went live with the new regs, and it seems like you need a new password to get on.

I rung them to find out the score.

 

 

Just trying to help...

[kerching 2,404]

Just thinking that they would contact me to say when it was going live/dead

Ho hum.....technology eh?

[Blue Duck 693]

Its going well then this digital malarkey I noted sidewinders dissatisfaction on the iet forum

Comes down to this for me... I can't afford it! Digital that is....

I'd rather stump up for a bit of wood pulp that will hopefully be valid for the next 3 years then re assess my situation then.

I guess this whole subscription thing is about predicting numbers, It stinks IMO. is the IET an NPO or PLC?

[Steve3948 392]

Just thinking that they would contact me to say when it was going live/dead

Ho hum.....technology eh?

Kerch, I think its a security thing, I had to contact them after trying which they expected me to do, they then check your login details and allow you access.

They then emailed and said try it now and it was fine.

Edited January 8, 2015 by Steve3948

[kerching 2,404]

They sent me a new password

Logged in

Sent to a page to change the given password

All seems to work BUT it appears slow on the ipad on the house wireless

Will try taking it for a day out tomorrow to see what transpires or expires!

Just informing

[Sidewinder 2,229]

Oh, it's slow as F***!

[kerching 2,404]

On 8 January 2015 at 22:16, Sidewinder said:

Oh, it's slow as F***!

Slow? SLOW!

**** me it has been trying to load on the ipad since my last post at 1015!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sidewinder 2,229]

TBH Kerch IMHO it is not fit for purpose, and is unfit for sale under SOGA.

[kerching 2,404]

Still loading!