Re: Whose elephant is it, anyway? (the OLE project)

From: Bernhard Eversberg <ev_at_nyob>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:48:08 +0100
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Alexander Johannesen wrote:
> 
> No, that's not what I said. Browsing is a thing for which there is not
> set answer.
I want the majority opinion, not a set answer.
So many OPACs don't have any true browsing, so the designers must have
had a solid opinion. And as I said, I found many don't even really know
what I mean when I say "browsing". They will hardly vote AYE.

 > This is a scaling and selection issue
> of what makes sense in the context given.
>
That's true for any OPAC function at all, so it's tautologic.

So there seems to _be_ a NAY majority already. Even Kent Fitch's
browsing seems to have been done without confidence in its usefulness,
since there isn't anything about it in the Help, you dont find out
what "Browse" can or cannot do.

B.Eversberg
Received on Thu Mar 12 2009 - 06:49:09 EDT