Geoff, thanks for the feedback. I am totally with you on the OU level stuff and will deal with that soon.
Re: jacket images. Definitely could be a bug here. Devs, please help me understand what is supposed to happen. Here's what happens in the app: 1. App queries "sorcerer's stone" via https://catalog.northtexaslibraries.org/ This returns a list of ids [1558155, 814731, 1341211, 1317697, 327359] [ for each result ] 2. App calls https://catalog.northtexaslibraries.org/osrf-gateway-v1?service=open-ils.search&method=open-ils.search.biblio.record.mods_slim.retrieve¶m=1558155 This returns the payload (converted) [ { "online_loc": [ ], "types_of_resource": [ "text" ], "isbn": "9780545790352 (hardcover) ", "toc": null, "publisher": null, "pubdate": "2015", "edition": "First illustrated edition.", "title": "Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone ", "copy_count": null, "call_numbers": [ ], "physical_description": "print 246 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm. ", "doc_id": 1558155, "series": [ ], "subject": { "Magic": 1, "England": 1, "Schools": 1, "Wizards": 1, "Potter, Harry (Fictitious character)": 1 }, "tcn": " 2015009929", "doc_type": null, "synopsis": "Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.", "author": "Rowling, J. K." } ] 3. App constructs a record info with the tcn above: " 2015009929" 4. App tries to load jacket image from https://catalog.northtexaslibraries.org/opac/extras/ac/jacket/small/r/ 2015009929 What is the proper algorithm for constructing the jacket image URL across different libraries? Ken On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 2:16 PM, Geoff Sams <gs...@roanoketexas.com> wrote: > Now that I've had a chance to really use the app, I figured I post some > feedback here as well. > > First off, wow! The app look and feel are really nice. Each interface is > snappy and seems to work pretty smoothly. From a design stand point, I think > this is pretty solid. > > A possible bug: Jacket Images do not seem to appear for me when there are > available images in the catalog. It doesn't appear that either images > entered into the system manually, or OpenLibrary.org images are appearing. > > A visual preference: When there is no image, the space for the image shows > up white, which is at odds with the rest of the app's design elements and is > a little jarring. This is more opinion than anything else, take it or leave > it, won't bother me a bit. I'm not even sure if this one is possible to > change in any case without changing the blank image that is used everywhere. > > I think that utilizing the same sorting for OUs as the TPAC does would be > ideal for the app as well. As far as I can tell that is by OU-level, then by > alpha within a level. Currently in the app, the consortium level is at the > top, then everything else is below that in alpha for my consortium. We have > 3 levels in our group: Consortium, Geographic Area, Library. So all of the > Geographic Areas are in the list with the Libraries and is likely going to be > a source of confusion if it remains that way. > > Everything else I feel works how I would expect it to work, and I can't > really think of anything that I'd make a change to right off. I'm going to > keep toying around with things in any case. > > As for Justin's comments, I tend to agree with his assessment for the most > part. -7 in particular would be great to have. Some of our libraries have > features specific to their subdomain that would be great to see included for > their patrons. I'm not sure what all bleeds through to the app, but if > anything does they'd want to keep it available. Electronic Resources are > definitely a must, series/subject headings being links would be fantastic, > and yes please to barcode searching. > > Overall, I like the app, and I'm looking forward to being able to show it off > to the rest of my consortium. I really appreciate all of the work that you > have put into this app, and I look forward to continue helping test it. > > Thanks, > Geoff Sams > Library Manager > Roanoke Public Library > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Open-ils-dev [mailto:open-ils-dev-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On > Behalf Of Justin Hopkins ?? > Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 7:40 PM > To: Evergreen Development Discussion List > <open-ils-dev@list.georgialibraries.org> > Subject: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Beta App Feedback > > Ken, > > So awesome. It feels cool just to log in and use the app. I know I speak for > everyone when I say how much we appreciate your hard work on this. > > From my limited experience so far I'd offer the following: > > [-7]: Perhaps we could use another, or expand on the .json file so that we > could include all libraries in a given consortium/system for a more fine > grained GPS based library suggestion > [-6]: Add the consortium level as an option for search scope > [-5]: Along the same lines, make user preferences already stored in Evergreen > accessible/applicable (default locations, etc) or store new preferences for > the app > [-4]: Show some indication of consortium/system/branch levels in location > dropdowns. It's not clear what is a system and what is a branch, and could > make it too easy to set a system as the pickup location. I'm not sure how > that would resolve. > [-3]: Electronic resources don't display their 856 links > [-2]: Subject and series information on the record pages could be links > [-1]: A common feature among library apps, or apps where searching for books > is a likely operation, is a barcode search - I think that would be a nice > addition. > > Thanks again! I'm looking forward to playing around with this and putting it > more to use. > > -- > Regards, > Justin -- -Ken
