Comment 1 for bug 1787479

I have one question I would like to pose to the community.

When item label printing was added to the web client, phasefx noted in bug 1704873 that they called it Item labels to make it a little more generic. I'm guessing this is also why the spine and pocket labels were renamed as left and right label.

We've been trying to maintain the spirit of a more generic interface, but have been struggling with the left / right designations under this project.

Here is the problem. Under our current implementation, which is still a work in progress, a label set doesn't always have to be one spine (left) label and one pocket (right) label. There is a place where users can designate the left label to be used for column 1, the right label to be used for column 2, and another right label to be used in column 3. They could also conceivably put the right label in column 1. With this additional flexibility, the 'left' and 'right' labels don't really make sense.

I tried to keep things generic by renaming them as label 1 and label 2, but these terms may be a little too generic. I think the lack of description in this case leads to a less intuitive UI.

I would like to float the idea of returning to spine / pocket as the labels. Staff understand what these labels mean, and it will help us in providing clearer explanations on what different settings do.

I'll also send a question out to the general list to cast a broader net for feedback on this question.