[Koha] Seeking comments on "Return all" function

Cindy Murdock Ames cmurdock at ccfls.org
Sat May 1 07:24:02 NZST 2010


I agree.  On our server we decided to hide both the "Return all" and 
"Renew all" buttons, and just have the "Renew or Return checked items" 
button, for exactly the same reasons.

BTW, we love the Override Renewal Limit function!

Cheers,
Cindy

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Cindy Murdock Ames
IT Services Director
Meadville Public Library    | CCFLS
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Owen Leonard wrote:
> Nicole reports in Bug 4416
> (http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=4416):
>
> "On the patron record the renew all and the return all buttons are very close
> together and librarians are accidentally clicking return all (as I have on many
> occasions) - can we put more space between them - or right align one and left
> align the other so they're far apart and require reading?"
>
> I agree, and my librarians have already had me hide the button in our system.
>
> My take on it: I'd like to [officially] get rid of the "Return all"
> button altogether. Returning all items
> is a step which one wouldn't take lightly or even regularly. Since the
> interface has a means of selecting all checkboxes in the "Check in" column,
> removing the "Return all" button wouldn't eliminate the means of doing so, it
> would just require more deliberation. That seems appropriate.
>
> Does anyone object?
>
> Thanks,
>
>   Owen
>
>   




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