The Little Library Beta 2 has just been released, with many improvements to stability, synchronization, and most importantly ease of installation and updating. Now you just need to install the application via the link below, and you too can have The Little Library on your PC (Windows 7, Vista, and XP), Mac (OSX Snow Leapord and Lion), or Android device (>=2.2 Froyo). Installation instructions are provided and installation usually takes about 2-10 minutes depending on your connection and the speed of your device. Once you’ve installed the Little Library on one device, you can access and update your online Little Library from any device with Web access at http://library.ic.tl/yourlibraryname (substitute your library name with the actual name of your online library) and/or install it on any other device for online/offline access to your library anytime, anywhere.
We are moving quickly to a full 1.0 release as soon as we’ve had some user feedback and made any necessary tweaks to the system. Future updates will be pushed to your local device automatically as soon as they are released (this means you may not notice when we update things, so keep an eye out for improvements to the user interface, and new features and functions).
Offline Meets Cloud
One of the improvements we’ve made to the Beta 2 is that we’ve added the ability to put your Little Library on a local area network. If you know your LAN IP address, you can then share your library with others, and/or allow them to install the Little Library from your computer or device without having to use an internet connection. How does this work? The Little Library is built on CouchDB, a non-relational database that also happens to be a Web server. This means you can build an entire network of Little Libraries with your friends, peers, and coworkers, and share resources without even having internet access. You can now share resources and libraries via WiFi or wired LAN, and create your own network of offline libraries. And as soon as any of the offline devices gets internet access, all of the library information will be uploaded automatically to their online library in the cloud.