On 2012-04-20, at 5:54 AM, Paul wrote:
> At 06:26 PM 4/19/2012 +0200, Paul Poulain wrote:
> [snip]
>> * The bug 7979 introduces a new stylesheet and homepage for the staff
>> interface. I've setup the sandbox with this bug. If you want to have a
>> look, head here =
http://pro.test1.biblibre.com/ login/password=
>> test/test .
>
> Combining the search functions into one box is certainly a step forward, but ... very respectfully, it's bloatware. Firebug pagespeed finds a 23% increase in transfer size:
>
> | TypeFile Size Transfer Size
> |------------- -------- -------------
> Old: | 24 resources 548.4kB 146.6kB
> New: | 38 resources 587kB 180.8kB
>
> The "old" fitted nicely onto one screen without scrolling; for the "new" you have to scroll for all functions except search. We feel that this is very important (ergonomics, functionality, simplicity, work flow, speed.)
>
> Adding a new Marc record now requires 2 clicks instead of one.
>
> Why "buttons and images" instead of the much more compact "a href" type underlined text. Our cataloguers found it "gimmicky", and two of them felt vaguely insulted in their abilities to use a simple html page presentation.
>
> We'd have to experiment to see how our "news and links" can be functionally fitted to the left hand side of the screen.
>
> Question: can the css, templates etc from 3.6 be retained? Or do the mods permeate further?
>
> We're certainly not opposed to progress, and recognize the work that you've put into this, but do not see any advantages to this "P5 - low enhancement" bug.
>
> Thanks - Paul
congrats on the GUI changes Gaetan, they look great! :)