[ipac] HIP 3.0x and IE AutoComplete

[Jerry Kuntz - RCLS]

I see where the AutoComplete issue has popped up in the ipac archives before, in 2003 and 2005, but no one has identified if the problem can be fixed by editing a sertain xsl file. I've looked for the "AutoComplete = false" statement in the obvious xsl files, but I couldn't find it.

I can understand the intent if the thought was that all public PACs are running IE, but between sites that do not use IE and sites that can block or wipe out autocomplete settings with security software, there seems no point in leaving this setting embedded in HIP. In the meantime, patrons are frsutrated that all the other form sites they use support Auotocomplete, but HIP doesn't.

Jerry Kuntz
Electronic Resources
Ramapo Catskill Library System
619 RTE 17M
Middletown NY USA 10940
jkuntz at rcls.org / jkuntz at optonline.net

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From: Jonathan Rochkind <rochkind at jhu.edu>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 6:19 PM
To: "Dynix's Horizon Information Portal, formerly iPac (discussion)" <ipac at lists.tblc.org>
Subject: Re: [ipac] HIP 3.0x and IE AutoComplete 

If you can figure out what in the HTML prevents IE from doing this, odds 
are we can change it in the XSL to make IE autocomplete.

Jonathan

Lynn Reynish wrote:
> Hi Jerry,
>
> This is what we were told by SirsiDynix when we asked about this some months ago (we are on HIP 3.08):
>
> "There is inconsistent implementation of "web form autocomplete" in HIP 3.x. This is noted particularly for the barcode and pin fields in My Account. When the patrons are using Netscape or Firefox, the forms do implement AUTOCOMPLETE, but in Internet Explorer the forms do not AUTOCOMPLETE. This has been reported as bug # HIPO-318."
>
> It would seem that the bug is still going strong in 3.09....
>
> Lynn
>
> ---
> Lynn Reynish
> ILS Librarian
> Regina Public Library
> lreynish at reginalibrary.ca
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: ipac-bounces at lists.tblc.org [mailto:ipac-bounces at lists.tblc.org] On Behalf Of Jerry Kuntz - RCLS
> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 7:31 AM
> To: ipac at lists.tblc.org
> Subject: [ipac] HIP 3.0x and IE AutoComplete
>
> This past week we moved from HIP 4.13 to 3.09--a godsend, since HIP 4.13 was crashing on a daily basis. I would urge any library still on HIP 4 to migrate as soon as they can arrange to do so.
>
> Now we have patrons asking why Firefox's Save Password seems to work OK with HIP 3.09 so that they don't have to enter their barcode each time on their home PCs; but IE7's AutoComplete does not seem to recognize the HIP 3.09 My account login page as a form. Has anyone gotten that to work in IE? [and yes...we realize that storing logins is not a good practice, but it is a feature that many patrons want to use on their own machines despite the risks.]
>
> Jerry Kuntz
> Electronic Resources
> Ramapo Catskill Library System
> 619 RTE 17M
> Middletown NY USA 10940
> jkuntz at rcls.org / jkuntz at optonline.net
>
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Jonathan Rochkind
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