Re: [CODE4LIB] SSL certificates and proxy servers

[Josh Wilson]

I appreciate the replies. I realize it was mostly on a specific topic that
is handled elsewhere, I also thought it was a more general wildcard SSL
topic that would be of interest to the C4L community.

But the replies helped--as did my limited experience in the different
realms of the problem, the C4L archives, EZproxy list archives, EZproxy
docs, educated google searches, uneducated google searches, cosmic
ray-induced inspiration, appeals to various deities, and the statistical
likelihood of typing in sorta the right commands until nothing broke. I
think you can't predict what sort of documentation actually works. E-mail
lists are timely for the person asking but noisy and repetitive for
everyone else. Wikis are written by the learned for the unlearned and will
always be difficult for the latter. Listserv archives are about the same,
maybe better if you want outdated information or if you prefer search
interfaces that never really work. So, I think the more documentation the
better. Often you don't learn things in one blast, but with lots of little
steps.

On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 4:40 PM, Salazar, Christina <
christina.sala...@csuci.edu> wrote:

> Well, you told me ;-) Or let me say, I get it and I’m glad we had this
> talk. Thx.
> Christina
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Gorman, Jon
> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 12:43 PM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] SSL certificates and proxy servers
>
> > I want to make a plea too, not to fragment Code4Lib, but rather to
> > consolidate EZProxy knowledge to post these queries to the EZProxy list.
> >
> > For good, bad or indifferent, OCLC is putting together an EZProxy
> > community wiki and for those EZProxy folks who come after you, who are
> > not C4Lers, I ask that whatever info go there.
>
> If we're going to go that far, why not also put it in the existing system?
> http://www.oclc.org/community/ezproxy.en.html?
>
> Honestly, I'm expecting much from the wiki. I tried using the community
> resource as it is now in the past and have had errors, things disappearing,
> etc.  I think I may have put something up in the community site, but
> honestly, I'm probably never going to log in again if I don't have to. A
> lot of it is simply poor management and needless restrictions, which will
> be the same no matter what software they use.
>
> This particular question is definitely a FAQ and someday I'll get around
> to trying to write up something and I'll put it up ..somewhere. Maybe even
> just up in github and send it to the link.
>
> I don't see the harm in repeating info here.  I'm guessing folks who find
> this new information aren't already on ezproxy and won't be on there.
> They're not likely to find it either, the ezproxy-l list doesn't seem very
> well exposed to searching.
>
>
>
> > (@Jon, kind of looking at you because I worry that EZProxy expertise
> > such as yours will get lost. I know it seems impossible, but one day
> > we may all go on to other work. I for one am looking forward to an
> > exciting second career as a Starbucks barrista; I hear my Master's
> > degree will serve me well there ;-)
>
> I'm guessing no matter where or how I put the information, people will
> still ask the questions :).  My learned knowledge about ezproxy is combined
> a bit from the mailing list, a large part in just reading the OCLC
> documentation, and a little from ./ezproxy --help or whatever it is :).
>
> I'll try to dump some of the info or create an FAQ one of these days, but
> it probably won't be today.
>
> Or, of course, someone else could visit
> http://search.gmane.org/?query=wildcard=gmane.education.ezproxy and
> type in the search box wildcard and summarize the various emails on the
> topic ;).
>
>
> Jon Gorman
> Library IT
> University of Illinois
> 217 244-4688
>

[CODE4LIB] SSL certificates and proxy servers

[Josh Wilson]

Hi Code4Lib,
We're looking into applying an SSL certificate to an EZproxy server and
aren't sure exactly how a wildcard cert gets handled in that context.
Anyone have experience with this?

The fuzzy part is that we're not clear how wildcard certificates that
handle subdomain matching (e.g., *.example.org) translate into wild-looking
proxied domains (like search.whatever.com.proxy.example.org).

This might be more of an EZproxy config question and more appropriate to
that list. There's also documentation

out there. But if anyone can comment on the process, whether the
documentation was helpful to you, what sort of wildcard cert you got to
address this problem, etc., we'd be interested to hear from you.

Thanks!

Re: [CODE4LIB] Past Conference T-Shirts?

[Josh Wilson]

The Code4Lib version is clearly of superior quality, design, and
provenance, but I actually thought this was an internet thing of unknown
origin? e.g.,

http://www.cafepress.com/mf/17182533/metadata_tshirt
http://www.redbubble.com/people/charlizeart/works/1280530-metadata?p=t-shirt

Perhaps a case of multiple discovery.


On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Goben, Abigail ago...@uic.edu wrote:

 Joshua Gomez did the original, correct? http://wiki.code4lib.org/
 index.php/2013_t-shirt_design_proposals

 Thanks for working on this Riley! I know several people who will be very
 happy to be able to purchase it.


 On 11/6/2014 2:48 PM, Riley Childs wrote:

 Some one sent me the design, if you did it please let me know so I can
 give attribution.
 //Riley

 Sent from my Windows Phone

 --
 Riley Childs
 Senior
 Charlotte United Christian Academy
 Library Services Administrator
 IT Services Administrator
 (704) 537-0331x101
 (704) 497-2086
 rileychilds.net
 @rowdychildren
 I use Lync (select External Contact on any XMPP chat client)
 
 From: todd.d.robb...@gmail.commailto:todd.d.robb...@gmail.com
 Sent: ‎11/‎6/‎2014 3:41 PM
 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDUmailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
 Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Past Conference T-Shirts?

 Joshua,

 That is so gnarly!!!

 On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Riley Childs rchi...@cucawarriors.com
 wrote:

  Ok, will do, I didn't actually design it may take a little time while I
 dig though download folders from my backups, I will try and get to it
 next
 week
 //Riley


 --
 Riley Childs
 Senior
 Charlotte United Christian Academy
 IT Services Administrator
 Library Services Administrator
 https://rileychilds.net
 cell: +1 (704) 497-2086
 office: +1 (704) 537-0331x101
 twitter: @rowdychildren
 Checkout our new Online Library Catalog: https://catalog.cucawarriors.
 com

 Proudly sent in plain text

 -Original Message-
 From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
 Jason Stirnaman
 Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 2:46 PM
 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
 Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Past Conference T-Shirts?

 Riley,
 Could you fix the spelling on More then just books in the store? Should
 be More than just books

 Thanks,
 Jason

 Jason Stirnaman
 Lead, Library Technology Services
 University of Kansas Medical Center
 jstirna...@kumc.edu
 913-588-7319

 On Nov 6, 2014, at 1:04 PM, Riley Childs rchi...@cucawarriors.com
 wrote:

  Yes, but I have been unsuccessful thus far in getting a vector file/high

 res transparent image.

 If you have one and can send please do so and I will put it up on the

 code4lib store (code4lib.spreadshirt.com).

 Thanks
 //Riley


 --
 Riley Childs
 Senior
 Charlotte United Christian Academy
 IT Services Administrator
 Library Services Administrator
 https://rileychilds.net
 cell: +1 (704) 497-2086
 office: +1 (704) 537-0331x101
 twitter: @rowdychildren
 Checkout our new Online Library Catalog:

 https://catalog.cucawarriors.com

 Proudly sent in plain text

 -Original Message-
 From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of

 Goben, Abigail

 Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 1:10 PM
 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
 Subject: [CODE4LIB] Past Conference T-Shirts?

 My Metadata t-shirt, from C4L 2013, has been getting some

 interest/requests of where others can purchase. I thought we'd talked
 about
 that here.  Was there a store ever finally set up that I could refer
 people
 to?

 Abigail

 --
 Abigail Goben, MLS
 Assistant Information Services Librarian and Assistant Professor Library

 of the Health Sciences University of Illinois at Chicago

 1750 W. Polk (MC 763)
 Chicago, IL 60612
 ago...@uic.edu



 --
 Tod Robbins
 Digital Asset Manager, MLIS
 todrobbins.com | @todrobbins http://www.twitter.com/#!/todrobbins


 --
 Abigail Goben, MLS
 Assistant Information Services Librarian and Assistant Professor
 Library of the Health Sciences
 University of Illinois at Chicago
 1750 W. Polk (MC 763)
 Chicago, IL 60612
 ago...@uic.edu

[CODE4LIB] Online site feedback or usability surveys?

[Josh Wilson]

Has anyone implemented an online feedback or usability form that you'd
consider successful? Successful as in, generated at least some minimally
useful responses while remaining unobtrusive to users?

I'm being asked about getting such a thing going on our library and digital
collections sites. But I'm hesitant on the value. All the examples of this
kind of thing that I've seen (e.g. various flavors of pop-up) or that have
been suggested seem annoying, or will be ignored, or will be annoying AND
ignored.

Ideally I'd like to hear about:

1. Ways of gathering online feedback that have worked
2. Ways of gathering online feedback that have definitively NOT worked

Thanks for your thoughts!

Josh

Re: [CODE4LIB] For your plane reading pleasure...

[Josh Wilson]

If you have any interest in sports and culture, I'd suggest To Hate Like
This Is To Be Happy
Foreverhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/290914.To_Hate_Like_This_Is_to_Be_Happy_Foreveras
a good primer for a journey to the heart of ACC country around the
height of the college basketball season.


On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 8:06 PM, Riley Childs rchi...@cucawarriors.comwrote:

 It is a very interesting state, rich in history. BEST STATE EVER! ;-)

 Riley Childs
 Student
 Asst. Head of IT Services
 Charlotte United Christian Academy
 (704) 497-2086
 RileyChilds.net
 Sent from my Windows Phone, please excuse mistakes
 
 From: Roy Tennantmailto:roytenn...@gmail.com
 Sent: 3/12/2014 5:43 PM
 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDUmailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
 Subject: [CODE4LIB] For your plane reading pleasure...

 ...I thought I would point out that it is easy to find fiction that uses
 Raleigh, North Carolina as a venue here:


 http://experimental.worldcat.org/xfinder/FictionFinder?pl=North+Carolina--Raleigh

 What better way to get into the mood for Code4Lib 2014 than to read a
 murder mystery set just down the road from our hotel? I know, you can
 probably think of a lot of ways that don't involve violent death, but hey,
 consider the source.
 Roy

Re: [CODE4LIB] Voting is OPEN for this year's conference t-shirt

[Josh Wilson]

Congratulations to Chris Markman for his winning idea!

http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/File:Cmarkman-shirt.gif

Big thanks to everyone who submitted an idea, medium thanks to everyone who
voted.



On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 8:12 AM, Josh Wilson joshwilso...@gmail.com wrote:

 Please drop by the Diebold-o-tron to cast your vote on this year's
 conference t-shirt logo:

 http://vote.code4lib.org/election/29

 Voting ends January 24!



 Josh Wilson
 on behalf of C4L 2014 T-shirt Committee

[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2014 conference t-shirt voting ends tomorrow!

[Josh Wilson]

Last call to drop by the Diebold-o-tron to cast your vote:

http://vote.code4lib.org/election/29

Voting ends tomorrow, January 24.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2014 conference t-shirt voting ends tomorrow!

[Josh Wilson]

While I'm sure we'd all enjoy presentations by the t-shirts, obviously this
is leftovers from the last poll. Please ignore everything after the first
two sentences :)


On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 10:16 AM, Lisa Rabey academichu...@gmail.comwrote:

 The wording on the tshirt voting leads one to believe the tshirts are
 going to be doing presentations. We are the future!


 For each item, choose the score you wish to assign from 0-3. You may
 assign scores to as many items as you like. The top 10 proposals with
 the highest scores will be guaranteed a slot at the conference.
 Additional presentations will be selected by the Program Committee in
 an effort to ensure diversity in program content. Community votes
 will, of course, still weigh heavily in these decisions.

 -lisa

 Lisa M. Rabey | @pnkrcklibrarian

 
 An Unreliable Narrator: http://exitpursuedbyabear.net
 Cunning Tales from a Systems Librarian: http://lisa.rabey.net


 On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Josh Wilson joshwilso...@gmail.com
 wrote:
  Last call to drop by the Diebold-o-tron to cast your vote:
 
  http://vote.code4lib.org/election/29
 
  Voting ends tomorrow, January 24.

[CODE4LIB] Voting is OPEN for this year's conference t-shirt

[Josh Wilson]

Please drop by the Diebold-o-tron to cast your vote on this year's
conference t-shirt logo:

http://vote.code4lib.org/election/29

Voting ends January 24!



Josh Wilson
on behalf of C4L 2014 T-shirt Committee

[CODE4LIB] LAST CALL: Code4Lib 2014 Conference t-shirt design contest

[Josh Wilson]

Last chance to submit conference t-shirt design ideas! We're extending the
deadline until Monday night to give you an extra weekend plus a day. All
submissions now due by 11:59pm EST January 5.

Just add your idea to the wiki at:

http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2014_t-shirt_design_proposals

We look forward to your contributions!

Charlie Morris  Josh Wilson, C4L 2014 T-Shirt Committee

[CODE4LIB] Reminder: Code4Lib 2014 Conference t-shirt design contest

[Josh Wilson]

Here's your friendly reminder to submit your conference t-shirt design idea
before January 3. Just add it to the wiki at:

http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2014_t-shirt_design_proposals

You don't have to disclose attempts to enlist the aid of more artistic
friends. You don't have to admit to pestering your clever sister-in-law who
works in marketing for catchy slogans. Drawing tests will not be
administered. Sources will not be confirmed.

We look forward to your contributions!

Charlie Morris  Josh Wilson, C4L 2014 T-Shirt Committee

[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2014 Conference: call for t-shirt designs!

[Josh Wilson]

Just once a year, an opportunity comes along to emblazon your vision for a
spiffy t-shirt design onto the torsi of the entire Code4Lib community--and
to bask in the fleeting, minimal fame that accompanies the honor of being
selected. That opportunity has come.

We are now accepting design ideas for the Official Code4Lib 2014 Conference
T-Shirt! Submit yours at:
http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2014_t-shirt_design_proposals

All themes and concepts welcome. A great design might reflect our
profession, the Code4Lib community, or the culture of North Carolina's
Research Triangle. Pandering for votes with puns or pop culture references
has also worked splendidly in past years.

Submissions are due January 3. The winning design will be selected via a
community-wide vote in mid-January. Further instructions and information
can be found on the wiki page.

Thanks,
Charlie Morris  Josh Wilson, C4L 2014 T-Shirt Committee

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google Analytics on multiple systems

[Josh Wilson]

Hi Joel,
It usually ends up being easiest to go with one GA account, separating
different sources by using different properties (e.g., UA-[acct number]-1
for CONTENTdm, UA-[acct number]-2 for LibGuides, etc.) rather than separate
accounts entirely. Each property can have different users with different
permissions levels so you can customize who has access to what. You can
further refine each property into different profiles if you want to filter
data from one source in different ways. Having everything under one account
makes it easy to manage and apply common settings (like users, filters, or
custom reports) between properties and profiles. If you add another user,
you only have to add them to one account, too.

There are limits to the number of allowed properties (it's quite high and
goes up occasionally; not sure what it is offhand), so if you bumped into
that you could use another GA account. Google has made it easier in recent
months to jump between accounts and properties, though.

(Sorry for delayed reply, catching up on listservs)



On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Joel Marchesoni jma...@email.wcu.eduwrote:

 Hello,

 We currently have Google Analytics on our main library pages and digital
 collections pages on the same domain. Now that CONTENTdm has a GA easy
 button we are going to add Analytics to it as well, and while we're at it
 probably LibGuides and non-authenticated ILLiad pages (I mainly want to see
 how big a percentage of mobile hits ILLiad gets) as well. I was hoping to
 hear from the list whether you have all service points in one GA account
 or a separate account for each one, and why.

 Thanks,

 Joel Marchesoni
 Tech Support Analyst
 Hunter Library, Western Carolina University
 http://library.wcu.edu/
 828-227-2860
 ~Please consider the environment before printing this email~

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google Analytics on multiple systems

[Josh Wilson]

Wow, 250,000? I'm not sure that's right, though I'm prepared to believe
anything. I checked the GA documentation, which says you can officially
have 50 profiles per account. Each property has at least one default
profile, so that's probably the official limit of properties too, before
you'd need to use an extra account. (In turn, you can evidently manage 25
GA accounts per Google user account.)

Not sure where the 250,000 figure comes from, but I've seen a number of
scripting workarounds for the profile limit in various analytics blogs, so
maybe you can sort of 'overclock' your accounts if you needed to.


On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Joel Marchesoni jma...@email.wcu.eduwrote:

 Thank you all for your replies. I'm thinking we'll go with one account (we
 already have a Google account for various other services) with multiple
 properties. One thing that has complicated matters is the property we
 currently use is not yet able to be upgraded to Universal Analytics, which
 is what CONTENTdm uses.

 FYI I noticed in my own research that the property limit is 250,000. I
 don't see us hitting that ever...

 Joel

 -Original Message-
 From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
 Josh Wilson
 Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 10:24
 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
 Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Google Analytics on multiple systems

 Hi Joel,
 It usually ends up being easiest to go with one GA account, separating
 different sources by using different properties (e.g., UA-[acct number]-1
 for CONTENTdm, UA-[acct number]-2 for LibGuides, etc.) rather than separate
 accounts entirely. Each property can have different users with different
 permissions levels so you can customize who has access to what. You can
 further refine each property into different profiles if you want to filter
 data from one source in different ways. Having everything under one account
 makes it easy to manage and apply common settings (like users, filters, or
 custom reports) between properties and profiles. If you add another user,
 you only have to add them to one account, too.

 There are limits to the number of allowed properties (it's quite high and
 goes up occasionally; not sure what it is offhand), so if you bumped into
 that you could use another GA account. Google has made it easier in recent
 months to jump between accounts and properties, though.

 (Sorry for delayed reply, catching up on listservs)



 On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Joel Marchesoni jma...@email.wcu.edu
 wrote:

  Hello,
 
  We currently have Google Analytics on our main library pages and
  digital collections pages on the same domain. Now that CONTENTdm has a
  GA easy button we are going to add Analytics to it as well, and
  while we're at it probably LibGuides and non-authenticated ILLiad
  pages (I mainly want to see how big a percentage of mobile hits ILLiad
  gets) as well. I was hoping to hear from the list whether you have all
  service points in one GA account or a separate account for each one,
 and why.
 
  Thanks,
 
  Joel Marchesoni
  Tech Support Analyst
  Hunter Library, Western Carolina University http://library.wcu.edu/
  828-227-2860
  ~Please consider the environment before printing this email~
 

Re: [CODE4LIB] same css, different servers, one breaks in IE

[Josh Wilson]

In looking quickly at your not working in IE example, it looks to me like
it does work in IE9 but not 8. So perhaps it works like you think it does,
only you're not seeing it because of IE's idiosyncrasies? Hope I'm
correctly understanding your question.

A few common IE gotchas, if you haven't tried these already or aren't
accustomed to messing with IE much (F12 for developer tools - actually lots
of good stuff here for checking the DOM, stylesheets, network):

*Be sure that IE is pretending to be the browser you think it is - check
the browser mode and document mode listed in the developer tools menu. IE
likes to switch modes for no good reason.
*IE can also be very aggressive about caching. There are cache settings you
can change in the developer tools but I find that they don't always work. A
full cache clear is sometimes what it takes to get the latest CSS update.


On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Ken Irwin kir...@wittenberg.edu wrote:

 Hi folks,

 I've been working on integrating some Bootstrap into our library website,
 and I've stumbled on weird thing that I can't explain:

 I'm using the basic bootstrap templates, straight out of the box with no
 customization, and the CSS feature that compresses the header on narrow
 screens doesn't work on IE(v9) on my library web server. But exactly the
 same code on my personal server works just fine. Both sets of code work
 fine in Chrome and Firefox. Both servers are some mix of Linux+Apache.

 Why would the same css work on one server but not another?

 I ran Fiddler to be sure that the css was actually being called, and it is.

 I wonder if others will get the same results.

 Working in IE:
 Out of the box hero template:
 http://alltrees.org/ken/bootstrap/docs/examples/hero.html
 Just the responsive header (no JS, just relies on 2 css files):
 http://www.alltrees.org/ken/bootstrap/docs/examples/top-nojs.html

 Not working on IE:
 http://www6b.wittenberg.edu/lib/test/bootstrap/docs/examples/hero.html
 http://www6b.wittenberg.edu/lib/test/bootstrap/docs/examples/top-nojs.html

 Any ideas? I'm mystified...

 Thanks
 Ken

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library CDNs

[Josh Wilson]

Thanks for this! We're going to be exploring CDNs in the near future.

Would you mind sharing what CDNs you seriously considered as alternatives,
and what led you to go with Rackspace?


On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Tom Keays tomke...@gmail.com wrote:

 A couple of months ago I asked for suggestions for a CDN that a library
 without its own web server (other than our OPAC) might use to deploy image,
 javascript and css resources for use on third-party systems such as
 LibGuides, Serials Solutions A-Z journal lists, etc.

 We're a small institution and I have just a handful of files I needed to
 deploy, so I figured that using a CDN could be much less expensive than
 contracting for a full-fledged web hosting solution. I weighed several good
 suggestions sent to this list and decided to give Rackspace Cloud Files [1]
 a try. Pricing is 10 cents/Gigabyte/month.

 It doesn't have a true nest folder file structure, but if you use
 Cyberduck, which supports the Rackspace API [2], it represents the
 directory structure of your original local repo in the URL -- e.g.,

 http://6423ab35994a822f653e-1cba4c36ec78f50a350878d40a7c96c2.r6.cf1.rackcdn.com/assets/js/jquery.cookie.js

 I didn't purchase anything but Cloud Files, so I don't have access to
 Rackspace CNAMES to give my URLs more friendly names (and campus IT isn't
 interested in providing that service for us). I decided this was not a
 problem on the whole.

 The system has been very fast and stable, with none of the intermittent
 outages I experienced when I was testing the idea by hosting some of these
 files on my hobby website on Bluehost.

 The only gotcha is that if you need to upload a file, there is some latency
 for changes to propagate across the CDN. The Rackspace technician I talked
 too was surprised how long an old copy was hanging around after one of my
 updates, but we concluded that, ultimately, that's the proper function of
 the service (at least on this CDN). You can speed things up by deleting the
 original and re-upping it, but changes are not instantaneous.

 After 2 complete billing cycles, we've yet to have enough traffic to
 generate a charge. This surprised me, since I thought there might be a
 minimum usage charge hidden somewhere, but we've not seen any to date. I'm
 not anticipating this situation will change drastically. It will take quite
 a bit of traffic for us to hit the 10 cent mark.

 I'm pretty happy so far.

 Tom

 [1]: http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/public/files/technology/
 [2]: http://trac.cyberduck.ch/wiki/help/en/howto/cloudfiles

Re: [CODE4LIB] Responsive Web Site Live

[Josh Wilson]

While there are a lot of good tools that will get you most of the way
towards simulating different browsers and windows, I think there's no
substitute for checking whatever actual devices you have available. I can't
speak to browserstack specifically, but with other tools I used when
developing a responsive design (good compendium here, btw:
http://www.netmagazine.com/features/50-fantastic-tools-responsive-web-design),
I found that I could get things looking and behaving right in a simulation,
only to see them behave differently when I looked at an actual device. Not
any drastic differences in my case, but little styling things I'd
overlooked and gotten away with in the simulation turned out to affect
things in practice.

Josh


On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Keith Jenkins k...@cornell.edu wrote:

 Does anyone here have any experience with browser emulators such as
 BrowserStack?  http://www.browserstack.com/

 If so, have you come across any significant differences between the
 emulators and the real thing?

 Keith


 On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Ron Gilmour rgilmou...@gmail.com wrote:
  Ideally, of course, one would have a mobile device lab
  
 http://mobile.smashingmagazine.com/2012/09/24/establishing-an-open-device-lab/
 
  where one could test a site on all kinds of devices, but that's not
 likely
  at a small college library.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Bibliographic software

[Josh Wilson]

Hi Pierre,
I'm not familiar with wikindx so can't speak to its strengths and weaknesses, 
especially for your particular needs. Did you consider Zotero or Mendeley? They 
are mature products that do everything you describe, and they're free (up to a 
point). If you did consider them, I'd be interested to hear what wikindx does 
differently. EndNote is also out there, but I'd steer clear of it unless you 
have a large EndNote user base already.

Josh

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google Analytics/Do Not Track

[Josh Wilson]

These sites were helpful to me to understand exactly what DNT is doing and what 
affect it will have:

http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/browser/donottrack/default.html
http://donottrack.us/

As a previous reply mentions, it's more of a preference flag to tell sites how 
to behave (which they can respect or not), rather than anything different in 
one's browser. It doesn't turn off cookies or javascript, for example, which 
would have a real affect on Google Analytics.