Re: interface changes

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

I bow to Andy's judgement ... and assume that since there no other
comments this means that nobody else has an opinion and will go along with
this decision?
 David

> This is a tough sell!  Language is only one line.  I would like to see it
> as a default because sometimes users assume that if the title and abstract
> are presented in English, that the article will also be in English, which
> is not always the case.  Better they know this up front rather than after
> going throught the effort of getting the article (including perhaps staff
> effort in ordering the article through ILL).
>
> -Andy
>
> At 09:44 AM 1/15/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >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
>

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