Hi, Jeremy!
On 3/14/22 15:23, Miller, Jeremy via Evergreen-general wrote:
Generally speaking, once a system is back up I want to do a little bit
of testing first to be sure of the complete status of everything, before
telling staff to go ahead. Wouldn’t want clients auto-dumping
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Subject: Re: [Evergreen-general] Planning the
I think I would side towards staff either needing to click through a warning
that they are entering offline mode or having to open a separate program, as I
basically agree with what Michele Morgan said earlier. I think either would be
a useful reminder that this isn't something that should be
Occasionally, staff can't get offline to connect from the desktop shortcut.
Then they use an Excel sheet. I'm not sure what is going on when the
connection to the shortcut fails. Anyway, we appreciate the work everyone
does to improve an already great product.
Diane Disbro
Pronouns: she/her
Just to clarify one point, staff can access the current Evergreen offline
interface at any time. The PC does not have to be offline. Just go to
Circulation => Offline Interface and select one of the action tabs
(Checkout, Renew, etc.). They work fine.
-b
On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 1:31 PM Diane
Thanks for all the input, everyone.
JFYI, I chose JavaFX for my experiments because:
1. Hatch uses it, duh, specifically for HTML rendering of print content.
2. It's cross-platform
3. JavaFX has its own markup language (FXML), which comes with a handy
"scene builder" for quickly creating/editing
I do like the idea of an installed application. If there is any issue getting
the offline webapp to work staff generally use Excel or Notepad anyway, so
something purpose built would be a big step up from that. These (tried and
true, long-term battle tested, heh) alternatives show that a
My other concern about a standalone app would be picking a tool that
won't become obsolete in a few years (XUL, old Dojo) and doesn't require
a ton of work to stay up-to-date (Angular). I have no opinion on JavaFX
specifically, but we are already using Java for Hatch, so maybe there is
Thanks, Terran. Comments inline below.
On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 10:47 AM Terran McCanna <
tmcca...@georgialibraries.org> wrote:
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> Questions:
> - How would it handle the workstation name? Would staff need to set it up
> at first use? (Note that it would be useful for it to have a workstation
> - It would get around the need to load pages into cache before using it for
> the first time, which staff don't usually understand.
Some sort of fetching would still be needed for retrieving stat cats,
surveys, and blocked patrons.
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My initial thoughts on a separate app:
Advantages:
- A lot of staff tend to be confused by the concept of an offline web app
and find it easier to understand an installed program.
- It would get around the need to load pages into cache before using it
for the first time, which staff don't
Hi All,
I'm thinking of turning my attention to porting the Evergreen Offline
interface as we continue our march away from AngularJS. Unlike other
interfaces, where the end goal is pretty straightforward -- just migrate it
to Angular -- I think the Offline UI would benefit from some discussion.
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