[Koha-devel] Trouble-maker alert: Names of System Prefs

[Nicole Engard]

As you may know, I'm new to the team, and as such have been doing a
lot of poking at Koha from a librarian's perspective.  I've submitted
a few bugs and enhancements, but this one requires more than a simple
enhancement request, this one needs the backing of a bunch of
developers ;) - so here comes the trouble-maker part.

>From a first time user and librarian's perspective, the names of some
of the system prefs are way too confusing.  The prime example (at
least that I've found so are) is under OPAC Features and is titled
'reviewson'  This preference controls the patrons 'Comments' that
appear in the OPAC. Now, how is the average librarian or even the
systems librarian supposed to know that 'reviewson' turns on
commenting?  Shouldn't it be 'commentson'?

My suggestion is either a renaming of system prefs (with librarian or
usability expert input) or a way to change the way these labels are
displayed to the user.  Meaning the system can see 'reviewson' but I
see 'CommentsOn'.

I'm sure there are many others like this - I just haven't gotten to
them yet - so I'm suggesting us discussing changing these in some way
to improve the user experience and overall usability of the staff
client in Koha.

What do you all think?  Let the tomato throwing begin!

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Nicole C. Engard
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