[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] mobile OPAC functionality in 2.0

[Lori Bowen Ayre]

Hi Tara,

You are referring to the screenshots that Lisa Hill of KCLS provided  (I've
attached them here again).

The update on this is that KCLS continues to struggle with their "skinned"
OPAC.  It isn't just a pretty face but in fact it adds a lot of new
functionality for the library user.  It turns out that the communication
between that skin and Evergreen has turned up some significant design issues
with the Evergreen OPAC (at least when you are trying to meet the
transaction requirements that KCLS is AND use this groovy new skin).

So.  After many attempts at fixes and tweaks, the KCLS and Equinox folks are
looking are completely rewriting the Evergreen OPAC.  This is ultimately
really good news because all that great new functionality will then be part
of Evergreen (no "skinning" required).  The bad news is that might take a
while.

So, that's the current thinking.  I don't believe the decision has been made
for sure about the re-do approach so don't hold me to it just yet....but
stay tuned.

Lori


On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Tara Robertson <
information.detective at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I think this question is mostly for the KCLS folks, but perhaps other
> people might be help too...
>
> I remember seeing screenshots of the design prototypes that you sent to the
> list--they look beautiful. I can't seem to find that email. Were they just a
> new way of skinning the PAC (that incorporated UI testing?) or was extra
> functionality added too?
>
> I see that there's now a basic mobile OPAC (
> http://catalog.kcls.org/opac/extras/mobile/)--rad! Is anyone else using
> this? It says Copyright © SITKA <http://sitka.bclibraries.ca/>, are there
> SITKA sites using this?
>
> I'm wondering if additional mobile PAC functionality will be available in
> future releases. I'm not sure of quite how to ask this, but will the mobile
> PAC recognize that I'm using a smart phone and give me the mobile PAC, or
> would I have to go to a specific mobile URL?
>
> Thank you!
> Tara
>



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