A few things you could do before I release of Koha 3.8
Hello, Would you please take care of the following request before the release of Koha 3.8: * I've added a draft of the release notes to 3.8 to the wiki. I'll continue working on them, but if you have something to say, they are here = http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/3.8_Release_Notes * one of the last patches I've pushed is bug 7849. I'm quite uncomfortable because it touches something in the core of circulation. I couldn't find anything wrong, but please, double or triple check !!! * The INSTALL.* files are a little bit outdated. Zeno made some changes on bug 7759, that is waiting for your signoff, but I think/feel more updates would be welcomed. For example, the INSTALL file don't speak of checking XML sax parser, while the INSTALL.debian does. If someone can take care... * The QA team has no patches that is signed-off and that must be QAed before the release, good job people ! * There are some bugfixes that are still waiting for a sign-off. The most important ones are: 7641 Add ability to suspend reserves. 7848 Issues data missing from circulation notices 7441 search results showing wrong branch? 6976 User hold limit can be avoided by users in OPAC * 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 . Many people already had a look at this new design. We made some tweaks. Please *don't* say that you would prefer another color or something like that: it's something we would debate for years. Gaetan, that made the design, will add a wiki page in the next days, to explain how to tweak this design using intranetusercss. But, if you find something *technically wrong*, please report it. I plan to push this patch just before releasing (i've checked it doesn't change any string : the french homepage is fully translated). Tomorrow will be my last day pushing patches. (This week-end, my wife is 40, don't expect me to push anything !!! On monday -european- morning, Koha 3.8 will be released !) -- Paul POULAIN http://www.biblibre.com Expert en Logiciels Libres pour l'info-doc Tel : (33) 4 91 81 35 08
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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 . Many people already had a look at this new design. We made some tweaks. Please *don't* say that you would prefer another color or something like that: it's something we would debate for years. Gaetan, that made the design, will add a wiki page in the next days, to explain how to tweak this design using intranetusercss. But, if you find something *technically wrong*, please report it. I plan to push this patch just before releasing (i've checked it doesn't change any string : the french homepage is fully translated).
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
... very respectfully, it's bloatware. Firebug pagespeed finds a 23% increase in transfer size:
There's no way to "respectfully" use the term "bloatware."
The "old" fitted nicely onto one screen without scrolling; for the "new" you have to scroll for all functions except search.
What are the dimensions of your browser window? It should be possible to make it more flexible.
Adding a new Marc record now requires 2 clicks instead of one.
True, if you do all your cataloging using the default framework.
We'd have to experiment to see how our "news and links" can be functionally fitted to the left hand side of the screen.
The display of news is essentially unchanged in this version.
Question: can the css, templates etc from 3.6 be retained? Or do the mods permeate further?
The changes are primarily CSS-based with the exception of the removal two links, "Add MARC record" and "System preferences."
but do not see any advantages to this "P5 - low enhancement" bug.
"enhancement" being the informational part of that statement. The "P5 - low" aspect of the bug doesn't have any real meaning. Priority is ignored. -- Owen -- Web Developer Athens County Public Libraries http://www.myacpl.org
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! :)
Nice work. I just noticed a lake of CSS change : In left top menu, when clicking on "more" ("plus" in french), a pull-down menu appears with "Lists, Catalogue, ...". The background is white and the mouse-over is blue. Regards, On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Mason James <mtj@kohaaloha.com> wrote:
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! :)
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Le 19/04/2012 19:54, Paul a écrit :
At 06:26 PM 4/19/2012 +0200, Paul Poulain wrote: | TypeFile Size Transfer Size |------------- -------- ------------- Old: | 24 resources 548.4kB 146.6kB New: | 38 resources 587kB 180.8kB The biggest part of this increase is the static (png) content, that is cached by FF, so not transfered on each request AFAIK.
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.) Gaetan made the design with 1024x768 in mind, so I don't understand why it doesn't fit for you. Maybe you have a lot of toolbars that reduce the available size ?
Adding a new Marc record now requires 2 clicks instead of one. Well, for this one, just one syspref = IntranetNav Just add the "add biblio" or whatever you want here, and you'll get your "add biblio in 1 click" back ! You can even add a "add member in one click" or any other link you'd like to have.
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. The good news is that, if really you don't want the icons, for example, you'll soon have a page explaining what to put in intranetusercss to hide them.
-- Paul POULAIN http://www.biblibre.com Expert en Logiciels Libres pour l'info-doc Tel : (33) 4 91 81 35 08
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