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Task:PIM

Revision as of 22:00, 30 October 2008

Nilch

Essential Features

1. Calendar function with iCal support - import/export functions
   • Interaction (or import from) with Web enabled calendars - namely Google, Zoho Planner, 30 Boxes
   • Integrate Calendar with Addressbook component - for easy inter communication between apps
     • Automatically import anniversairies and birthdays from addressbook oponent and calculate (current age e.g.) - asys3
   • Interact Calendar with Web Browser - so as to enable opening a web link from a Calendar event directly
   • Allow generic and open format of Calendar data - so that it can be used by 3rd party apps as well
   • Synching
     • Support syncml to synchronize dates to mobile phone and a server pim database (e.g. funambol, evolution) - asys3
     • Support CalDAV - boxofsnoo
     • Support synching over bluetooth and wlan - asys3
   • Interaction with email program - allow to open a mail with a specific date attached - asys3
   • Monthly grid view
     • Multi-day events - boxofsnoo
     • Multiple calendars - boxofsnoo
     • Quick-glance task identification - icons? - boxofsnoo
   • Integrate to-do items into schedule - items with no date should show up on 'today' - boxofsnoo
2. Address book component - with import/export functions
   • Integration with the Calendar component - allow for cross application interaction
   • Import/export from web Contact apps - namely Google Contact, Yahoo Address Book etc.
   • Allow user added fields (e.g. 4 mobile phone numbers if needed, 2 URLs for home an private website) - asys3
   • Integrate with Maemo email client - so as to allow selection/adding to and from the addressbook and email client together
   • Allow active web links from any contact information to interact with Web browser.
   • Allow generic and open format of Calendar data - so that it can be used by 3rd party apps as well
     • should be VCARD - look for best suitable VCARD definition - asys3
   • Synching
     • Support syncml to synchronize dates to mobile phone and a server pim database (e.g. funambol, evolution) - asys3
     • Support synching over bluetooth and wlan - asys3
3. To-Do List- boxofsnoo
   • Items should have start date, completion date, priority, tags as well as description and completed.
   • Should optionally be finger-friendly (especially relevant for to-do lists)
   • Subtasks/Projects
   • Integration with sites like ToodleDo or RememberTheMilk.
   • Recurring tasks
   • Categorized/tagged filtered view

Status of current PIM apps

Could we list what's good and what's missing in the various current PIMs? Might give us an idea of where to start improving things (especially for those who've not used all of them)

I've started with a few apps I could find, there are doubtless others, please add them (and urls, and change the urls there if there's something better) --Lardman 30 Oct 2008 21:56 UTC

Pimlico Dates

http://www.pimlico-project.org/dates.html

Good

Bad

Pimlico Tasks

http://www.pimlico-project.org/tasks.html

Good

Bad

Pimlico Contact

http://www.pimlico-project.org/contacts.html

Good

Bad

GPE Calendar

Good

Bad

http://gpe.handhelds.org/projects/GPE-calendar.shtml

• Native sync support
• Two-week (or 3-day) grid view
• Year view
• Per task formatting (icons would be nice) --boxofsnoo 21:00, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

GPE To-do list

Good

Bad

• Buttons are too tiny, even for stylus use
• No subtasks/projects or tags
• No start date
• No integration with calendar (apart from applet)
• No alarms on due date

GPE Contacts

Good

Bad

mCalendar

http://www.khertan.net/mcalendar.php

Good

Bad

• Grid views missing
• Can't deselect an online calendar from sync - all or nothing
• Can't enter tasks into subcalendars
• Tied only to Google calendar
• No iCal import