[Koha-bugs] [Bug 7383] cart name is [Blank] when not logged in

Wed Jan 4 16:39:59 CET 2012

http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7383

jimmy012012 at gmail.com changed:

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--- Comment #5 from jimmy012012 at gmail.com 2012-01-04 15:39:59 UTC ---
I agree with Nicole and others who noted on Bug 4274 that we should not force
users to login to use the cart. The Brooklyn Public Library catalog for
example, doesn't require a login to e-mail a cart. 

I can think of 2 examples where not requiring login for carts is useful so far.
1) A reference-only, non-circulating library uses Koha but doesn't need to
implement public user accounts. 2) A researcher uses a catalog of a unique
special library that does it's own original cataloging. The researcher is from
another location and is not allowed to join the library and circulate books
there. That person can still benefit from having a cart feature to e-mail
citations to himself so that he can find those books at a local library. 

If you require login, you are basically taking a userful feature away from
certain users and libraries.

In summary, it seems it makes sense to have a condition in the code to not
include the "[Blank] sent you a cart..." line in the cart when a user is not
logged in. 

The tickets related to cart security issues don't seem to be loading at the
moment, but perhaps there are other ways to deal with them?

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