[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Web Client (Sprint 1) demo - initial testing results

[Kathy Lussier]

Hi all,

Sorry to be replying to an older thread, but I came across it while 
looking at column pickers in the web client.

>     ITEMS OUT SCREEN - COLUMN PICKER:
>     - I didn't go through every option, but there were obvious
>     differences between the current staff client and the web client
>     and definitely some columns missing that are in the current staff
>     client.
>
>
> There are a few things missing (like checkout/checkin workstation and 
> circ or renewal worktation), and the list of values in the web based 
> client is not ordered alphabetically.  We can fix the latter and the 
> former is due to one of the known challenges going to a web interface. 
>  A longer and more explanatory email to come on that.

Did we ever get the longer and more explanatory e-mail? I'm guessing it 
has something to do with cutting back our column picker options?

>     - Show All Columns and Hide All Columns don't appear to do anything
>
>
> They surely don't.  And honestly, I would not recommend anyone ever 
> use "show all columns" - do we really need that option when we have 
> 60+ column options?  And, now that I think about it... Has anyone ever 
> user hide all columns except after you accidentally chose show all 
> columns? Any opinions on keeping those functions?
+1 to removing those options.

Kathy

Kathy Lussier
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Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
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On 8/27/2014 9:13 AM, Grace Dunbar wrote:
> Answers inline.
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 6:32 PM, McCanna, Terran 
> <tmccanna at georgialibraries.org> wrote:
>
>     MAIN SCREEN OF INTERFACE:
>     - Register Patron(s) link missing
>     - Pull List for Hold Requests link missing
>     - Catalog Search field missing
>     - Advanced Search link missing
>     - Item Status link missing
>
>
> To be clear, I assume you mean that all of the above should be added 
> as "quick links" from the splash page?
> These actions
> - Register Patrons
> - Pull List for Hold Requests
> - Catalog Search
> - Advanced Search
> - Item Status
> are all available from the menus at the top.
>
> Since we're moving to a browser client and have the opportunity to 
> re-think the splash page I think this might be a good time to get 
> community input as to what actions should be included and how those 
> should be organized.
> Should there even be a splash page with a browser client and, if so, 
> what should be included as "quick links" by default?
>
>     - Is the large Equinox banner across the bottom of the screen
>     present because it's being hosted on an Equinox server, or is this
>     something you have added to the default interface? 
>
> Equinox would never brand the Evergreen open source product with its 
> name.
> Never.
> This is simply a style banner to indicate that we are hosting this 
> community test server.  I'm sorry if that wasn't clear.
>
>     MENUS:
>     - Search Catalog link missing from Search dropdown menu
>
>
> We can add that.  (Right now it appears under Cataloging, for those 
> who are just following the email discussion)  In the current client a 
> link to search the catalog appears under both Cataloging and Search 
> menus. Should we keep them both or eliminate one?
>
>     PATRON FUNCTIONS:
>     - When creating a new message on an account there is an empty
>     dropdown box on the right side of the pop-up window - what is that
>     for? I don't seem to be able to do anything with it.
>
>
> What Bill said. It exists in the current client for custom penalties. 
> We should probably put a label on it at the very least.
>
>     - the Message pop-up window is missing the field to record staff
>     initials that is in the current staff client
>
>
> Good catch.  We'll add that.
>
>     ITEMS OUT SCREEN - COLUMN PICKER:
>     - I didn't go through every option, but there were obvious
>     differences between the current staff client and the web client
>     and definitely some columns missing that are in the current staff
>     client.
>
>
> There are a few things missing (like checkout/checkin workstation and 
> circ or renewal worktation), and the list of values in the web based 
> client is not ordered alphabetically.  We can fix the latter and the 
> former is due to one of the known challenges going to a web interface. 
>  A longer and more explanatory email to come on that.
>
>     - Show All Columns and Hide All Columns don't appear to do anything
>
>
> They surely don't.  And honestly, I would not recommend anyone ever 
> use "show all columns" - do we really need that option when we have 
> 60+ column options?  And, now that I think about it... Has anyone ever 
> user hide all columns except after you accidentally chose show all 
> columns? Any opinions on keeping those functions?
>
>     - There is an optional column for "Due Date/Time" - what is that
>     for? (It does not display the date and time from the normal "Due
>     Date" column.)
>
> The labels come from a different place, since the code is different. 
> The different place they come from calls that column "Due Date/Time" 
> -- it's the same place as the report output gets its column labels. We 
> can choose to allow both columns, or just one, and we can change the 
> labels.  Opinions on the this?
>
>     - 'Check Out Date/Time' column is empty when turned on
>
>
> Bug. Will be fixed.
>
>     - 'Check Out Date/Time' should be 'Checkout Date/Time' to be
>     consistent with other terminology
>
>
> Can do.
>
>     - 'Check In Date/Time' should be 'Checkin Date/Time' to be
>     consistent with other terminology
>
>
>  Does this even belong on this column picker?  I'm probably missing an 
> obvious use case but when would you have an item in the "items out" 
> list on this interface that has a checkin time?
>
>     - There is also a 'Checkin Scan Date/Time' - is that different
>     from 'Checkin Date/time' ?
>
>
> Checkin scan date/time is the time the item was actually scanned. The 
> other will give you the checkin date/time after any backdating.
>
>
>     RENEW ITEM WITH SELECTED DUE DATE:
>     - date is off (example: select November 5, 2014 as the new date
>     and it records it as November 4, 2014)
>
>
> You're correct.  That's a bug.  Fixing...
>
>     - does it matter what format the date is entered in? is there
>     going to be a calendar picker next to date fields like this?
>
>
> See Bill's answer. :)
>
>
>
>     SCAN ITEM AS MISSING PIECES:
>     - it displays a field called Patron Barcode rather than Item Barcode
>
>
> Oops!  It surely does.  We will fix the mislabeling.
>
>
> Thanks for the testing and feedback!
> Grace
>
>
>
>     Terran McCanna
>     PINES Program Manager
>     Georgia Public Library Service
>     1800 Century Place, Suite 150
>     Atlanta, GA 30345
>     404-235-7138 <tel:404-235-7138>
>     tmccanna at georgialibraries.org
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Grace Dunbar, Vice President
> Equinox Software, Inc.  -  The Open Source Experts
> gdunbar at esilibrary.com
> 1-877-OPEN-ILS www.esilibrary.com <http://www.esilibrary.com>
>
>
> -- 
> Grace Dunbar, Vice President
> Equinox Software, Inc.  -  The Open Source Experts
> gdunbar at esilibrary.com <mailto:gdunbar at esilibrary.com>
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