Re: [Promotego-developers] check in

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Assuming you want to include the functionality, I think JS is the best tool for the job. Anything else (applets, flash, silverlight) all require browser plug-ins. That's not to say that JS is great for cross-browser programming, lord knows I spent enough time with "dhtml" back in the Netscape 4.x days hating all rendering engines. However, this should be fairly straightforward on current browsers. 

If someone wants to write it up as a bug/feature, feel free to assign it to me and I'll work on it when I get sick of staring at Java.

Thanks,
- A

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From: James Funk <mar...@ya...>
To: Alf Mikula <am...@gm...>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 2:12:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Promotego-developers] check in

----- Original Message ----
From: Alf Mikula <am...@gm...>
To: James Funk <mar...@ya...>
Cc: pro...@li...
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 10:40:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Promotego-developers] check in

> Here are some suggestions:
>
> 1) Use a Java Script that assumes the times from Monday to Friday are
 the same.  As one edits the times for Monday, the times are copied
 into Tuesday through Friday areas.

How would it behave if the user wanted different Mon-Fri times?

After the time for Monday is entered, the user would be able to edit
 the other times. This could be a problem if the user realized he/she made
 an error on the Monday time.  How about a check box that says "Same as
 Monday" for Tues to Fri?

By the way, I don't know Java Script.  I don't know if you or Adam
 does.  

> 2) Same, but use an applet.

I'd like to avoid applets as much as possible.

> 3) Allow the user to just type in the times.  This would necessitate
 adding logic to check that the times entered are valid.  This
 suggestion (3) can be combined with (1) xor (2).

Hmmm...well, #1 is my favorite of these three, but maybe we can do a
little better.  I don't think we have to completely solve this for
alpha, just decide between:

1. Leave it as-is, but allow the users to leave blank and have
 unenforced hours.
2. Yank the functionality for alpha so we don't intimidate people.

I agree.  It is too early to spend a lot of time on this.  

> Another suggestion:  If a location is known to have a website, it
 might help to have a link (URI) to the website.

Good idea.  Would you capture this as a "bug" report?

> Another "long range" comment about hours:  (I doubt that this is
 likely to happen at a place where people might play go, but I'll
 mention it
 anyway.)  It is possible that a location needs more than one set of
 hours on some days.  Some locations might have a staff so small that
 they
 have to close during part of the day.  (This is actually the case for
 some pharmacies here.)  The hours look something like this:
>
> Monday to Friday:  7 a.m. to 11 a.m., 12 N to 4 p.m.;  (The
 pharmacist has lunch between 11 and noon.)

The hours object does support this, though the UI doesn't.  We can add
it later, once we work out the UI challenges.

-Alf

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