Re: interface changes

[David Stern <david.e.stern@yale.edu>]

my initial impression is that it would be fine to include the following fields:

 >Abstract (AB)
 >Conference Details (CD)  - will not affect many records
 >Descriptors (DE)
 >Fields with Hits (*H)

basically leaving out the
 >Language (LA)

>Do other have objections to including these fields?  I think users prefer
>to have as much relevant information up front as possible, without having
>to click to another screen.  I suspect some people don't bother to go to
>the full record and therefore don't realize they can read an abstract.  I
>like including fields with hits because I have times when users ask why a
>certain record was retrieved when their keywords did not appear.  When I
>set these options it didn't seem to make the initial display unreasonably
>long.  Descriptors and conference details are currently displaying in
>INSPEC--I guess because Kim had SP revert to the defaults for the previous
>version.
>
>-Andy
>
> >
> >Andy.  You seem to be alone on your desire for your number 3,
> >Change default fields to display to include:
> >Abstract (AB)
> >Language (LA)
> >Conference Details (CD)
> >Descriptors (DE)
> >Fields with Hits (*H)
> >
> >so I haven't asked for it yet.  If you want to lobby others to your point
> >of view, please do so.  Unfortunately, this kind of change is all databases
> >or none on the interface.
> >
> >--Kim