McCanna, Terran wrote: >Second, when most people see an underlined link, they are not at all likely to >expect >that clicking on the link will copy the value because that is a very unusual >thing >for clicking on a link to do.
This, thousand times. There should be more consistency with the UI in staff client - currently clicking on a blue underlined "link" can do several things: copy the text to the clipboard, pop up a menu, or go to a new UI. I support the suggestion for a "clipboard icon" after a copyable text, possibly combined with a mouse hover effect and/or a tooltip... Perhaps hovering a mouse over the copyable text would show a dotted border for the text, and hovering over the icon also pops up a tooltip with "Copy this text to clipboard". Clicking anywhere in the copyable text or on the icon would copy the text and show tooltip with "Text copied to clipboard". -- Ystävällisin terveisin Pasi Kallinen ICT-asiantuntija p. 0400-139747 pasi.kalli...@pttk.fi Länsikatu 15 80110 Joensuu Pohjois-Karjalan Tietotekniikkakeskus Oy - www.pttk.fi ________________________________________ From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] on behalf of McCanna, Terran [tmcca...@georgialibraries.org] Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 01:44 To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Fwd: Opinions needed on copying patron data to the clipboard My personal thoughts on this (not speaking for the rest of PINES) - First, if the average person clicks on something, they will expect something on the screen to visually change - a pop up message, a new window, a value change, etc. Second, when most people see an underlined link, they are not at all likely to expect that clicking on the link will copy the value because that is a very unusual thing for clicking on a link to do. The acknowledgement message serves to inform them that that is what they have done. If people do not like the acknowledgement message because it forces an extra click, I would suggest rethinking the link itself. Perhaps, instead of an underlined link, there should be a small button next to the text that either has the word "copy" on it or has the little symbol for copy? Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Toma" <scrlhead...@gmail.com> To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" <open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 5:51:36 PM Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Fwd: Opinions needed on copying patron data to the clipboard I totally agree with Kate Butler. A simple acknowledgement that it's been done is needed. Mary Toma Head Librarian South Central Regional Library On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Kathy Lussier < kluss...@masslnc.org > wrote: Hi all, I thought I sent this message to the list months ago, but it looks like it got lost on its way. Let me know if you have any thoughts on this question! Kathy Kathy Lussier Project Coordinator Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative (508) 343-0128 kluss...@masslnc.org Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Opinions needed on copying patron data to the clipboard Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:36:59 -0400 From: Kathy Lussier <kluss...@masslnc.org> To: Evergreen General Discussion List <open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org> Hi all, I'm seeking opinions on a change that was made in 2.4 when copying information from the patron editor to the clipboard. Prior to 2.4, when a user clicked on a link in the patron summary, they would receive an alert confirming that the data had been copied to the clipboard (see attached image). The alert was removed in 2.4 and a bug has been filed on the issue - https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1192189 . There are pros and cons to removing the confirmation message. The pros of removing the message are that it conforms with wider user interface standards. Basically, you don't receive this kind of confirmation when copying data using CTRL-C or a shortcut menu. The message can also be seen as an annoyance as it requires an additional click. On the con side, it can be somewhat disconcerting to click on that link and not receive a confirmation, leading the user to wonder if the data was really copied. It's uncommon in other software to use underlined text for copying data, and the confirmation message provides a visual cue as to the action that was just taken. Although I filed the original bug report, I have to say I'm on the fence with this issue. However, I do think it's important that the end users who are using the patron editor on a daily basis provide some feedback on this feature. Since I filed the bug, three more people have shown support for restoring the confirmation message. However, if there are people who were happy to see that the message went away, I don't think we would have heard from them in Launchpad because they wouldn't have bothered to take the time to determine if a bug were filed. I thought it would be best to do an informal poll of the community through the general list to see if there is interest in restoring the confirmation message or if people are happy with its removal. I'm hoping we can get a feel of the general consensus through an e-mail thread rather than setting up a formal poll. Let me know what you think! Kathy -- Kathy Lussier Project Coordinator Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative (508) 343-0128 kluss...@masslnc.org Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier -- Mary Toma Head Librarian South Central Regional Library 160 Main Street Box 1540 Winkler, MB R6W 4B4 204-325-5864
