Re: [Koha] Possible APP development

2014-04-23 Thread Holger Meissner
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Koha [mailto:koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz] Im Auftrag von viktor.sa...@regionhalland.se Gesendet: Dienstag, 22. April 2014 18:08 An: Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Betreff: Re: [Koha] Possible APP development Hi all. Great to hear Holger! One thing I like about

Re: [Koha] Possible APP development

2014-04-22 Thread Holger Meissner
Viktor Sarge wrote: Ideas: * Automatically renew loans serverside when possible. Contact the patron through snailmail, e-mail or SMS when renewals are no longer possible and set a few days as grace period. * Create new rules that guarantees a patron a certain loan period but allows them

Re: [Koha] Possible APP development

2014-04-22 Thread Viktor.Sarge
Hi all. Great to hear Holger! One thing I like about automatic renewals is that you can hook a cronjob into the existing rules and don’t have add any complexity to the circulation rules in the staff interface. I took a quick peek at the RFC and what I have to add is that you might want to

Re: [Koha] Possible APP development

2014-04-21 Thread Elaine Bradtke
...@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of HOWES, Steve Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 6:05 AM To: 'koha@lists.katipo.co.nz' Subject: Re: [Koha] Possible APP development * Create new rules that guarantees a patron a certain loan period but allows them to keep the book for as long as they like as long

Re: [Koha] Possible APP development

2014-04-17 Thread Viktor.Sarge
@lists.katipo.co.nzmailto:koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] Possible APP development 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

Re: [Koha] Possible APP development

2014-04-17 Thread HOWES, Steve
Subject: Re: [Koha] Possible APP development Great input Tim! An app that can’t talk to the server for ages do provide some challenges and I like how you work around them. I’ll just throw some other ideas in the mix to make shure we look at the problem at hand from all perspectives: Problem

Re: [Koha] Possible APP development

2014-04-14 Thread Viktor.Sarge
Sheat Skickat: den 10 april 2014 02:12 Till: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Ämne: Re: [Koha] Possible APP development Miller, Tim schreef op wo 09-04-2014 om 16:15 [-0700]: One aspect that a native app can offer which a web-based app cannot is offline work. One other thing that native apps can do

Re: [Koha] Possible APP development

2014-04-14 Thread Sue McMillan
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

[Koha] Possible APP development

2014-04-09 Thread Sue McMillan
Hello everyone, After a brainstorming session this morning I have come up with the idea of an Apple and Android app that give users the ability to manage their Koha account without signing in the library catalogue. Not knowing the limitations of apps (so I may be asking for too much!) these

Re: [Koha] Possible APP development

2014-04-09 Thread Chris Cormack
* Sue McMillan (sue.mcmil...@stdc.govt.nz) wrote: Hello everyone, After a brainstorming session this morning I have come up with the idea of an Apple and Android app that give users the ability to manage their Koha account without signing in the library catalogue. Not knowing the

Re: [Koha] Possible APP development

2014-04-09 Thread Miller, Tim
:21 PM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [Koha] Possible APP development Hello everyone, After a brainstorming session this morning I have come up with the idea of an Apple and Android app that give users the ability to manage their Koha account without signing in the library catalogue

Re: [Koha] Possible APP development

2014-04-09 Thread Joann Ransom
We could probably chip in with a wee bit of funding too, Sue -Original Message- From: Koha [mailto:koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Chris Cormack Sent: Thursday, 10 April 2014 10:13 a.m. To: Sue McMillan Cc: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] Possible APP

Re: [Koha] Possible APP development

2014-04-09 Thread Robin Sheat
Miller, Tim schreef op wo 09-04-2014 om 16:15 [-0700]: One aspect that a native app can offer which a web-based app cannot is offline work. One other thing that native apps can do that would be of use to library users is push notifications. I.e. your phone tells you when things are nearly