Thanks John, But that sounds like a lot of setup work to set that up on 50 staff computers for something that gets used a couple times a year, if at all. Plus it adds another layer of complexity to troubleshooting issues, finding out if they are using the offline browser by accident.
I would absolutely shoot myself in the foot if I setup test system access like that, you are a brave person :-) Josh On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 3:41 PM Lolis, John <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's a "shotgun approach" suggestion... use two different browsers, one > for online transactions and one for offline transactions. Simply don't > have the Hatch extension installed in the one for offline transactions. > Have one shortcut on the desktop for the browser handling offline > transactions and one for the browser handling online transactions, each one > pointing to the respective browser that handles it. Done. > > Incidentally, while our consortium requires the use of Chrome for access > to Evergreen, I have staff using Vivaldi for staff access. It's also > compatible with Chrome extensions. You may want to consider it. > > Btw, I do the same type thing when it comes to our test web server... I > modify my hosts file so that whiteplainslibrary.org points to our test > server's address. Then in one browser, I have it set to using no proxy > which in effect causes it to point to the test web server because of that > hosts modification. Meanwhile, in my usual browser, I'm using a proxy > which knows the address of the live web server, and so I can access both > the test web server and the live one at the same time switching between > those browsers. > > John Lolis > Coordinator of Computer Systems > > 100 Martine Avenue > White Plains, NY 10601 > > tel: 1.914.422.1497 > fax: 1.914.422.1452 > > https://whiteplainslibrary.org/ > > *When you think about it, *all* security is ultimately security by > ignorance.* > > > > On Thu, 7 Jan 2021 at 16:18, Josh Stompro <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Terran, I just tried disabling the hatch extension (Right click -> Manage >> Extension -> Change toggle to off) but that didn't work for me. Is that >> what you mean? I just get console errors because the Offline interface is >> still trying to send the print jobs to hatch. >> >> We are on 3.2. >> >> I don't see how I can get into the workstation settings to uncheck the >> "Use Hatch" checkbox when I'm offline. /eg/staff/admin/workstation/hatch >> seems to require authentication to access. >> >> I'm trying to figure out how this is going to work for staff that >> normally use Hatch, but have to use Offline when their internet is down. >> >> I did notice that with hatch enabled, the print jobs will get sent to the >> windows default printer. I'm wondering if that is Hatch's default behavior >> when it doesn't have access to the printer context info. I'm wondering if >> the Offline Printer settings are supposed to be stored in the Browser >> Settings section vs the Workstation settings like they are now? >> >> Josh >> >> On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 7:19 PM Terran McCanna < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> If you temporarily disable Hatch in the browser, it should print >>> alright. >>> >>> >>> >>> Terran McCanna >>> PINES Program Manager >>> Georgia Public Library Service >>> 2872 Woodcock Blvd, Suite 250 >>> Atlanta, GA 30341 >>> 404-235-7138 >>> [email protected] >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 26, 2020, 3:19 PM Dana Schwarz < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Our library consortium is upgrading tomorrow and my library system will >>>> be using the offline check-out during the upgrade. I’ve tested on computers >>>> with hatch to print a receipt after checking out material offline but a >>>> receipt doesn’t print. I’ve assigned our receipt printer to print in >>>> offline and saved the changes but nothing happens. Am I missing a step? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thank you for your help, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Dana Schwarz >>>> >>>> *Technical Services Coordinator* >>>> >>>> >>>> Lincoln Public Library, MFR Branch >>>> >>>> 4080 John Charles Blvd. >>>> >>>> Vineland, Ont, Canada >>>> 905.562.5711 >>>> >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> Josh Stompro - IT Director >> Lake Agassiz Regional Library >> Desk: 218-233-3757 Ext 139 >> Cell: 218-790-2110 >> _______________________________________________ >> Evergreen-general mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evergreen-general >> > _______________________________________________ > Evergreen-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evergreen-general > -- Josh Stompro - IT Director Lake Agassiz Regional Library Desk: 218-233-3757 Ext 139 Cell: 218-790-2110
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