[Koha-devel] Question/Suggestion for Development

[Nicole Engard]

With all of the new system preferences we've been adding and those
that have been asked for, I'm wondering why we don't have check boxes
for preferences instead of just ON & OFF.  An example:

For Amazon we have a bunch of preferences :

AmazonAssocTag
AmazonCoverImages
AmazonEnabled
AmazonLocale
AmazonReviews
AmazonSimilarItems
AWSAccessKeyID
AWSPrivateKey

Why not change it to

AmazonAssocTag
AmazonEnabled  - and choose from AmazonCoverImages, AmazonReviews,
and/or AmazonSimilarItems
AmazonLocale
AWSAccessKeyID
AWSPrivateKey

I thought of this when I was thinking of people asking to have
preferences to show different messaging options and to have the
ability to decide which tabs are visible in the OPAC on the patron
record. Instead of having 6 on/off toggles for each type of message
that patrons can receive why not just one preference with 6 check
boxes - pick which ones you want.  The same for tabs that appear on
the patron record in the OPAC?  Seems like a nice way to consolidate
our system preferences and make it easier down the road to allow for
customizations in what shows and what doesn't.

I'm just wondering if this was ever considered, if it's possible, or
if it's just a silly suggestion :)

Thanks
Nicole