[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Circulation Menu in the Staff Client

[Jason Boyer]

Why would it be left under Search, and not Circulation? You can't search
from it at all, you have to already have and enter the entire barcode for it
to work.
If it just has to stay under Search, can it be changed to "Retrieve Patron
by Barcode" ?
Jason

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Jason Boyer, IT Specialist
Jackson County Public Library
303 W Second St
Seymour, IN 47274

jasonb at myjclibrary.org



On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Laura M. <codegrl at gmail.com> wrote:

> So, I'm going along and I'm adding some functionality to the Staff Client
> in Evergreen when I realize that we have two ways of looking up a patron by
> barcode (actually three or four, depending on how technical you want to
> get).  One way to do this is under the 'Search' menu, the other way is under
> the 'Circulation' menu.  Being that I'm a maven for usability and
> user-centered design, this multiple entry point thing is making me twitchy.
>  But having an identical menu option in a menu that has nothing to do with
> searches, AND there is a 'Search' menu right next to the 'Circ'
> menu....well, I just want to remove this entry point.
>
> Does anyone have any major objections to this? I am NOT, in ANY WAY,
> removing Search Patron by Barcode, I am JUST taking out a redundant menu
> item that has no place being where it is.
>
> I'm trying to make Evergreen a bit more user-friendly and have a few more
> formal usability specifications and this is a good place to start.
>
> Thanks for any feedback!  If I don't get any threats in 48 hours I'll
> remove the tumorous menu item and Search Patron by Barcode will be under
> *just* the 'Search' menu, where it's always been and will always remain :)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Laura McFarland -- Developer
> Equinox Software
>
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