[OPEN-ILS-DEV] [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] browser staff feedback request / integration

[Rogan Hamby]

At the Hack-A-Way we discussed the piecemeal method of integrating the new
staff client into the XUL app as a way of easing people into it.  I've
always been OK with that approach but I don't prefer it.  I think we would
waste precious resources trying to frankenstein them.




On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Dan Scott <dan at coffeecode.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 04, 2014 at 10:25:56AM -0400, McCanna, Terran wrote:
>
>> My preference would be to leave the existing client as is (with the
>> exception of bug fixes, etc.), but to offer the browser-based modules as
>> options once they become available. My reasons for this are:
>>
>> 1) It will allow for indepth use of the new module in a production
>> environment to uncover any bugs or performance issues while still having a
>> known entity as a backup. No amount of testing is going to uncover all of
>> the odd little problems like working in a live environment will.
>>
>> 2) When moving back and forth between the two environments, staff will be
>> more aware of the improved user interface and performance, and I believe
>> they will be more eager to transition completely to the new environment.
>>
>> 3) The browser-based circulation module may offer some immediate relief
>> to those frontline circ staff who are struggling with antiquated machines
>> and slow networks.
>>
>> 4) The new modules can begin to be thoroughly tested on mobile devices
>> that cannot run the current client.
>>
>
> +1 to what Terran says. Let's forgo the complications of trying to force
> new-style development into an aging security / performance /
> functionality-impaired container and instead focus on fleshing out the
> browser-based modules on a workflow-by-workflow basis as much as
> possible, so that some staff (as Terran says) can benefit ASAP and
> help us find where we can optimize workflows or where we've missed yet
> another piece of existing functionality that most sites don't use but
> that is critical to another site's workflow.
>



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Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
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York County Library System

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