On Jul 1, 2010, at 3:41 PM, Benjamin Shum wrote: > Hi all, > > Based on some chatter on the IRC today, we've decided to start an e-mail to > discuss some of the possible revisions people would like to see available > when entering user phone number fields and additional fields. > > Specifically, we began with an interest in developing a truly separate > extension field for the phone numbers for each user. This field would allow > us to have the phone number act more like a real phone number for use in > other areas, while having a specific extension area if need-be for entering > additional data. > > To add this, we weren't sure if it would be as simple as adding three new > fields to the existing structure or if it's time to pull out the entire phone > number block and transfer it to a new table (such as actor.usr_phone, as was > suggested on IRC to have some work done in this area already). > > A separate extension field for phone numbers is definitely highest on our > priority list right now. But we had some other ideas to consider as well: > > - having other label options; right now you have day, night, other; but what > about cell? > - having a hold information note field; such as "do not call in morning" or > "do not leave message"
I'd prefer a date range. We can't do automation from a note field. Everything else A+ - Niles > - including a true/false field for whether a number is unlisted > > We'd be very interested to find out what other members of the Evergreen > community feel about these kinds of changes. > > Thanks, > > Ben > > Benjamin Shum > Open Source Software Coordinator > Bibliomation, Inc. > 32 Crest Road > Middlebury, CT 06762 > 203-577-4070 ext. 113 >
