Friday, March 18, 2005

Some updates and changes to PubMed coming soon

The following article was just posted in NLM's Technical Bulletin:

PubMed®/Entrez Action Bar Redesign
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ma05/ma05_action_bar.html

The "Action Bar" in the PubMed website will be changing -- apparently, sometime next week. The "Display" and "Send to" buttons will disappear.

OLD: The Display button was used to change the way information displayed on the page (format, number of items per page, and the sort options). Users made their selection(s) and then had to click "Display" to make the change happen.
NEW: Once users make a selection by highlighting a choice, the change will take effect immediately. No more need for the "Display" button.

OLD: The "Send to" button had to be clicked in order to send to text, file, email, Clipboard, or order.
NEW: No more "Send to" button -- as with the Display options, this choice will take place as the user highlights an option from the drop-down menu.

Read all about it in the Technical Bulletin.

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