Re: [O] Agenda in MobileOrg for Android

[Marcin Borkowski]

Dnia 2013-04-08, o godz. 06:52:02
James Harkins <address@hidden> napisał(a):

> As it happens, one of the lead developers of mobileorg started a
> thread on the MobileOrg-Android mailing list asking for issues that
> need to be addressed, and features that are needed, before it's ready
> for 1.0.

Well, I didn't know about the existence if that list;).

> I'm using MobileOrg and enjoying it in general. I find it terribly
> useful and not especially cumbersome. The initial setup was a bit of a
> trek for me, because I don't have access to dropbox where I live
> (mainland China). Ultimately, because of unreliable connections to
> Ubuntu One, I ended up running my own WebDAV server locally and
> syncing at home over the WLAN.
> 
> Otherwise, the only thing I had to adapt in my org/emacs usage was to
> schedule appointments (C-c C-s) instead of using timestamps for them
> (C-c .). I'm actually not crazy about that -- I'd rather use
> timestamps -- but it does work. (Come to think of it, I should propose
> that as one of the 1.0 issues... or check if it's changed since the
> last time I tried.) Items with scheduled or deadline timestamps appear
> in the Android calendar, and there is a preference in MobileOrg to
> attach reminders automatically. (One remaining point here -- another
> 1.0 issue -- is that creating a new node in MobileOrg with a schedule
> or deadline doesn't show up in the phone calendar until after
> syncing. I'll bring that up on the M/O mailing list.)
> 
> I find that creating new nodes and minor editing of existing ones is
> not at all inconvenient. I don't see a big issue for the workflows
> that Marcin subsequently identified as being critical for this kind of
> app. They're already there.
> 
> hjh

As I wrote in my other email, I'll give it a try - but I'm very much
tempted to try to write my own implementation, for the sake of learning.

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Adam Mickiewicz University