Re: [Evolution-hackers] Notes/Memos component for Evolution?

[Sarfraaz Ahmed <asarfraaz novell com>]

Hey,

I too was thinking about something very much in line with this. But, my 
idea was something like having some post-its. I was wondering if this 
post-it would be a new utility or something similar which the user would 
create and paste them on his desktop. This would act as reminders or even 
a todo-list to him. [ This could further be integrated with the alarm 
system or even his chat client for any notifications ]. I guess, your 
memopads sound very much similar to this. If my understanding is right 
about this, then i would suggest to add the feature of pasting these memos 
onto the desktop [ not sure if you already had this as a feature ].

Thanks
Sarfraaz
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 21:10:38 -0800 (PST), Nathan Owens 
<pianocomp81 yahoo com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've been wanting a "notes" or "memos" component for Evolution so I can
> stop editing my memos from my PDA via a text editor or JPilot. It seems
> that some other people want it, too, based on the many duplicate bug
> entries for feature/bug 821. I'd like to start working on a component
> that does this.
>
> I could use either one of the existing libraries (libical, libebook) or
> I could create a new library just for a memo component.
>
> The features I think a memopad needs is
>   - to be assignable to at least one category
>   - limit the length to the max length in the PalmOS (since this is the
> original reason for me wanting this component, but there could be a
> user-defined setting that would limit it if the user so chooses, and be
> unlimited otherwise)
>   - Have a private/public option
>   - spell check
>   - search ability
>   - any others?
>
> A memopad is pretty simple. It's similar to the Tasks part of the
> calendar in that it's a collection of little notes separated into
> categories. A memopad's also similar to the addressbook in that it's a
> collection of memos put in one memopad, like addressbook's a collection
> of contacts.
>
> I've taken a look at the path that the libical library's taking, and I
> don't think a memo component would fit well in it since memos aren't
> included in the iCal specs (at least I couldn't find it anywhere).
>
> I don't think this fits into the existing addressbook, either, because
> the addressbook and memopad serve very different purposes.
>
> Anyone have suggestions?
>
> One UI that I came up with for the memopad is located at
> http://pianoman.myvnc.com/memopad/Screenshot-Memopad.png (this is my
> home system, so it might go down once in a while). I'm not the best at
> designing what a UI should look like, though, so I'd welcome
> suggestions.
>
> I'm looking for any suggestions on how to go about designing this, and
> what others see as pros/cons to the various ways I've mentioned (and
> others I haven't thought of).
>
> Thanks,
> Nathan Owens
>
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