Thank you!
Hi John,
I'd just like to say thank you. I think you've got the ball rolling on a great project. I'm a web designer more than programmer, and I just finished modifying a WebOPAC Pro installation for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The templating structure of that product is horrendous, and I had to use ugly javascript hacks to insert HTML into certain pages over which I didn't have control.
Furthermore, our library has purchased Encore, which I find to be a very poor product. Aquabrowser is mildly better, but I believe your project has potential far beyond those, and solves a number of problems those products cannot address, such as user authentication via normal username/pass rather than archaic 14 character barcodes and PINs, or the fact Encore isn't customizable in any way (which is a problem for branding, plus Encore is ugly).
The financial situation is a little sketchy in Nevada higher ed right now due to the poor economic times, but I hope to work with you to extend functionality. This product has the potential and vision to become truly amazing. Thank you for your work, and please keep at it!
Brian
Brian,
Thanks for the very nice note. We're happy with the way this project has developed and see this first release as a first step down a long and fulfilling relationship with a larger open source community. I look forward to your involvement and yet we will keep at it :)
J.