Dr. Nicholas Shaw wrote: > > I?m interested in the community?s thoughts. I have a N800 and am > currently using gpe-todo and gpe-contacts and I tried gpe-calendar > (very short period). I sent my observations/thoughts/recommendations > to George France but thought I?d put some of them here to see if I?m > really off base or if others have similar thoughts. I?ve listed the > programs in the order (my order) of completeness. I do realize that > only gpe-todo has been listed for IT OS 07. > > 1. gpe-todo > 1. I like gpe-todo more than the Palm todo program. > 2. I like the fact that the categories are shared amongst > three programs (todo, calendar, contacts); however, they > are unsorted. The contacts should, ideally, be > automatically sorted or, as a minimum, allow them to be > sorted. > 3. I see no value in the status display. If I tap the block, > a mark appears indicating it?s in progress. If I tap it > twice, a line goes through the task indicating it?s > complete. Thus, I see the status display as being > redundant and taking up real estate. By removing the > status, there?s more room for summary text. > 4. When entering a new todo item and checking the ?Due:?, you > can choose a date by double-tapping the date you want. I?d > prefer to be able to just single tap. > 2. gpe-contacts > 1. This program has much potential. I like the ability to > choose from the alphabet on the side and all entries that > fall within that range appear. I also like the ability to > display entries based upon category (I missed this when I > wrote to George). > 2. I would either eliminate the image or move it to a > separate tab. With the open area for ?Personal?, I would > break the name into two separate entries, ?Last? and > ?First? and then sort on the ?Last? field. I would also > include a field in this tab called, ?Business? and sort on > the first word. While there appear to be unexplained > exceptions, business names sort on the last name. Thus, > for example, AFA Orthopedic Clinic had to become, > ?Orthopedic Clinic AFA? in order to sort correctly. > 3. I wouldn?t create redundant entries for home and office > but instead, like the Contacts program that comes with the > N800, enable the creation of new fields that would > include, for example, ?Home?, ?FAX?, Mobile?, ?Work?, etc. > Thus, the user could create, if needed, two mobile number > fields, or two business fields, etc. > 4. The address field should be multiple address fields, e.g. > street1, street2, city/province, state, zip, country, etc. > The ?mail? and ?web? fields would be new fields as > required as in the Contacts program that comes with the N800. > 5. Names of people and names of business, once sorted, should > appear in proper order, e.g. ?Bank of America? would > follow ?Frank Arnold.? > 3. gpe-calendar - This program kept causing problems with IT OS 07 > so I had to remove it; however, it looked like it would do the job. > 4. gpe-syncd ? I have not been able to install this so don?t know > how well it will sync the above programs with data on my computer. > > Regards, > > Nick Shaw > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users at maemo.org > https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > Hello Are there tips or tools to synchronize gpe-contacts and osso-addressbook ? : With the default email application, I can't use gpe contacts So, we have to manage two contacts databases : osso-addressbook and GPE contacs. David
