[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] About Evergreen OPAC for Mobile Devices

Thu Feb 12 12:29:59 EST 2015

Kathy also reminded me that we do have multiple media query already. One
kicks in at 600px, but also one at 800px. So there's a lot of ground to
cover here.

-- Ben

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On Feb 12, 2015 9:23 AM, "Kathy Lussier" <klussier at masslnc.org> wrote:

> Good information Ben!
>
> Tony, I also don't think it's a bad idea to file a LP bug on this issue in
> case somebody can look at it before a hackfest happens. Also, if you follow
> up on Ben's suggestion and adjust your own CSS so that it works better,
> that change is something you could submit on the bug.
>
> Kathy
>
> On 02/12/2015 12:15 PM, Ben Shum wrote:
>
>> Hi Tony,
>>
>> So admittedly, the first work done in this area, we had to select a
>> resolution to begin writing mobile view for and it was 600px  (you can
>> see this in the style.css.tt2 file).  So if you're viewing at 615 px,
>> it will not kick in the mobile view version, of course.  At 600 or
>> less, it will kick in the mobile CSS.
>>
>> Long-term, I do believe that we need work to enhance the catalog to
>> support multiple viewing resolutions.  And there is Dan Scott's filed
>> bug to deal with designing with mobile in mind first
>> (https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1413730).  Not sure where
>> that's headed yet, but keeping more mobile views than just smartphones
>> seems like a good thing to do.
>>
>> In the meantime, you can adjust when mobile kicks in (what if you
>> wanted it at 650 px?) by changing the CSS file for TPAC.  Or you can
>> help start creating a good middle sized CSS for view on slightly
>> larger environments, like tablets.
>>
>> Continuing work on mobile responsiveness was a project idea during OPW
>> last time (http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=opw#project_ideas)
>> and I can see it being a good project for a future Hackfest session or
>> Hack-A-Way too.
>>
>> -- Ben
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Tony Bandy <tonyb at ohionet.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Kathy, folks,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks much for the note!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> For the most part, the general TPAC looks pretty decent when viewed on a
>>> mobile device, but we’re noticing that when logging in to check your
>>> personal account, the display is a little wide—the user has to scroll to
>>> the
>>> right to view the entire box.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Also, once logged in, and this is the biggest issue we’ve seen, the
>>> lists of
>>> items that are checked out are all, for the lack of a better term, “all
>>> squashed together”….  J J when you get below a certain pixel count on the
>>> screen, say around 615px.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I’m not sure if this list accepts attachments, but I’ve attached a
>>> simulation of what it looks like.  Maybe this is just us?  I just wasn’t
>>> sure what approach other folks were working on and if anyone had
>>> encountered
>>> this before….
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks again for any thoughts as you have time….I can open a bug if
>>> everyone
>>> thinks this might be the way to go….
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --Tony
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Open-ils-general
>>> [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Kathy Lussier
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 11:24 AM
>>>
>>>
>>> To: open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org
>>> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] About Evergreen OPAC for Mobile Devices
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Tony,
>>>
>>> There is an existing bug with the My Lists area of the catalog -
>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1353509.
>>>
>>> What are the specific issues you've experienced?
>>>
>>> Kathy
>>>
>>> On 02/12/2015 11:19 AM, Tony Bandy wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Just to follow-up a bit with the conversation from earlier this week, has
>>> anyone else experienced any issues with the My Account portion of the
>>> TPAC
>>> on mobile devices?  I was going to file a bug report, but wanted to
>>> check-in
>>> first and see if anyone had experienced these issues and had a
>>> workaround,
>>> update, etc.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Any thoughts on this would be super….
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --Tony
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Tony Bandy
>>>
>>> tonyb at ohionet.org
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> From: Open-ils-general
>>> [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Kathy Lussier
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 2:29 PM
>>> To: open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org
>>> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] About Evergreen OPAC for Mobile Devices
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Development was done for Evergreen release 2.6 to bring the catalog into
>>> better compliance with WCAG 2.0.
>>>
>>> Work was also done for Evergreen 2.5 to make most catalog interfaces more
>>> responsive, optimizing the display of mobile devices. There may have been
>>> some interfaces that we missed, but if there is any screen that isn't
>>> displaying well on a mobile device, I recommend filing a bug in
>>> Launchpad at
>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen to let the developers know.
>>> There's a
>>> nice blog post about the project at
>>> http://evergreen-ils.org/hackaway13-mobile-catalog/.
>>>
>>> I hope this helps!
>>>
>>> Kathy
>>>
>>> On 02/10/2015 01:55 PM, Rita.Liu at statcan.gc.ca wrote:
>>>
>>> Good afternoon,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Just wondering is there any development for Evergreen OPAC  optimizing
>>> websites and applications for mobile devices?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Will it meet the technical specifications for the Web and mobile
>>> presence,
>>> ensure that each device-based mobile application meets all five WCAG 2.0
>>> conformance requirements? For the purposes of this standard,
>>> requirements of
>>> applying to Web pages equally applying to device-based mobile
>>> applications
>>> screens, such as Web Experience Toolkit (WET4)?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Rita Liu
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>>> Kathy Lussier
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>>
>>
>>
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