Thursday, March 12, 2009

Bye Bye "Shimmer" or "The Neverending Refreshing Schedule"

One of the CybraryN features that can be frustrating to no end is "The Shimmer". This occurs when the staff interface refreshes the computer schedule, resulting in what seems to be a neverending process that disrupts staff ability to make or cancel reservations.


Imagine this refreshing and being mesmerized

So if this annoying feature of CybraryN will be gone, then what will replace it? The PCR staff interface is interesting, lots of tabs and features, stuff that is still being tested. What I did find when I took screenshots is that most likely, the schedule will look like this:



Granted, the picture only shows if a computer is available, along with information such as start time, end time, user information, etc. One drawback to this screen is that staff cannot make a reservation using this option, that is a seperate tab on the staff interface. In my opinion though, I would much rather have a stable (no "shimmer") way of seeing a schedule than to have an unstable schedule that is constantly refreshing and allows me to make a reservation.

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