[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] browser client update for 2014-04-23

[Kathy Lussier]

Hi Bill,

I apologize if this information is contained in the below links, but, if 
it is, I might just need it more clearly spelled out for me. I know the 
shim is required for offline mode and I know it is required to store 
local preferences outside of the browser. In what cases is the shim 
required for printing? Is it only in cases where a workstation shares 
multiple printers? If a workstation uses only one printer, will all of 
the printer preferences available in Evergreen today be available 
without the use of the shim? What about prompt-less printing?

Thank you!
Kathy

Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 343-0128
klussier at masslnc.org
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier

On 5/2/2014 9:53 AM, Bill Erickson wrote:
> Great points, Rogan and Dan.  Just to re-state: Hatch (Java shim) is 
> not required to use the client.  This continues to be a point of 
> confusion, though, so if there's some way we can keep this clear for 
> everyone, I'm all ears.  I'm not above putting a flashing marquee in 
> the client.
>
> This point is reiterated in various places:
>
> http://evergreen-ils.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/eg14_EG_2014_Bill_Erickson_Browser_Client.html#(10) 
> <http://evergreen-ils.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/eg14_EG_2014_Bill_Erickson_Browser_Client.html#%2810%29>
> http://yeti.esilibrary.com/dev/pub/web-staff-log.html#_2013_12_03_what_about_workstations_printing
> http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=dev:browser_staff:dev_notes
>
> Also, for reference, here are the notes from the Hackaway discussions:
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QALWLD-vAjDV8HseQyE5j0Yc-93Nrl-1B00xeP_npak/edit
>
> -b
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 9:10 AM, Dan Wells <dbw2 at calvin.edu 
> <mailto:dbw2 at calvin.edu>> wrote:
>
>     >So why bother with a web based client?  I only had to write a
>     very small
>     >HTML5 app to realize it is a nightmarish moving target of pain.
>      Raise your hand if you would willingly use
>     >HTML/CSS/DOM/JS for anything if it wasn't the lowest common
>     demoninator that everything reads in an almost but
>     >not quite incompatible way.  But it looks like most of those odd
>     platforms just got dropped from consideration as hosts
>     >for the new staff client, leaving only those that support the
>     JRE.  Basically, newish Windows, OS X and Linux or the
>     >same as Xulrunner and the current client.
>
>     Two points.  First, the Java "shim" (aka hatch) will ideally not
>     be required for staff client use, but only for certain special
>     features (like printing) which are not well supported natively by
>     the browser environment.  Second, since we are already
>     communicating via a network protocol, there have been discussions
>     of allowing the Java shim to run on a different machine on your
>     local network to allow for hybrid use (e.g. taking inventory on a
>     tablet but then printing from that tablet to a machine at the circ
>     desk).
>
>     Dan
>
>
>     Daniel Wells
>     Library Programmer/Analyst
>     Hekman Library, Calvin College
>     616.526.7133 <tel:616.526.7133>
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Bill Erickson
> | Senior Software Developer
> | phone: 877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
> | email: berick at esilibrary.com <mailto:berick at esilibrary.com>
> | web: http://esilibrary.com
> | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts
>

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