Thanks for everyone's input. The different views are interesting. I see one of the major advantages of having an app that uses push notifications is that here in NZ internet access for people outside of the major centres is patchy at best. Connecting to a webpage over a cell phone network or even a landline is near impossible in rural areas as the connection is weak and/or drops out continuously. High speed broadband is limited to major cities. Towns outside of these areas have broadband but at very low speeds. Some (un)lucky places still have dial up.
Most rural cell phone connections get enough signal send and receive texts but not phone calls, and definitely not enough to load a webpage. Personally I would much rather have an app that sends me notifications alerting me to the need to renew books or that a held item is ready for collection than remember to login to a webpage. Regards Susan McMillan Cataloguing and Systems Administrator| South Taranaki District Council 105-111 Albion St, Hawera 4610 | Private Bag 902, Hawera 4640, NZ Phone: +64 6 278 0555 | Cell: | www.southtaranaki.com This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete this e-mail and destroy any copies. Any dissemination or use of this information by a person other than the intended recipient is unauthorised and may be illegal. Please note that this communication does not designate an information system for the purposes of the Electronic Transactions Act 2002. _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
