[Koha-devel] Built-in offline circulation interface

[BFL Catalog]

Desktop application has gotten us out of a couple of tight spots so we
could still operate as a lending library while we had a complete loss of
all things internet.

Wendy Sharkey
Head of Circulation/ Cataloging and IT
Bennington Free Library
101 Silver Street
Bennington, VT 05201
(802) 442-9051


On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 2:15 PM Kyle Hall <kyle.m.hall at gmail.com> wrote:

> Indeed! I know many ByWater partners use the desktop application.
> I'd go so far to say I'm not aware of any ByWater partners using the FF
> plugin or the HTML5 version at this time.
>
> Kyle
>
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> ByWater Solutions ( http://bywatersolutions.com )
> Meadville Public Library ( http://www.meadvillelibrary.org )
> Crawford County Federated Library System ( http://www.ccfls.org )
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 8:21 PM <dcook at prosentient.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Does that mean that you actually have a lot of people using the desktop
>> application? Interesting!
>>
>>
>>
>> David Cook
>>
>> Senior Software Engineer
>>
>> Prosentient Systems
>>
>> Suite 7.03
>>
>> 6a Glen St
>>
>> Milsons Point NSW 2061
>>
>> Australia
>>
>>
>>
>> Office: 02 9212 0899
>>
>> Online: 02 8005 0595
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Koha-devel <koha-devel-bounces at lists.koha-community.org> *On
>> Behalf Of *Kyle Hall
>> *Sent:* Monday, 18 October 2021 9:49 AM
>> *To:* Cab Vinton <bibliwho at gmail.com>
>> *Cc:* Koha Devel <koha-devel at lists.koha-community.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Koha-devel] Built-in offline circulation interface
>>
>>
>>
>> The desktop application has been rocksolid for many years now! I’ve
>> always shied away from the browser based I’ll find circulations simply
>> because if something goes wrong, like the browser crashing and losing data
>> or something, there’s no way to get that data back. The offline circulation
>> desktop application writes everything to file as you perform actions so the
>> data doesn’t get lost in the event of a crash.
>>
>>
>>
>> Kyle
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 8:12 AM Cab Vinton <bibliwho at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Fwiw, we'd somehow missed that there was a built-in capability/ system
>> preference. Always assumed the utility was our only option.
>>
>> This functionality is an important part of Koha's feature set, so +1
>> to always having at least one up-to-date option available.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Cab Vinton, Director
>> Plaistow Public Library
>> Plaistow, NH
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