Comments on: Day planner: a request for comments http://blog.zerodogg.org/2006/04/23/day-planner-a-request-for-comments/ Geeky comments on geeky things Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:05:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: yoho http://blog.zerodogg.org/2006/04/23/day-planner-a-request-for-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-993 yoho Thu, 25 May 2006 09:37:12 +0000 http://blog.iamaturtle.org/?p=63#comment-993 Sorry not to have answered earlier myself :) I haven't been noticed of your reply and I've no clue why. However, I'll test your new version, because it looks like it's fixing my little bug. Thanks ! Sorry not to have answered earlier myself :) I haven’t been noticed of your reply and I’ve no clue why. However, I’ll test your new version, because it looks like it’s fixing my little bug. Thanks !

]]> By: Zero_Dogg http://blog.zerodogg.org/2006/04/23/day-planner-a-request-for-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-548 Zero_Dogg Sun, 30 Apr 2006 19:07:50 +0000 http://blog.iamaturtle.org/?p=63#comment-548 More integration might come. Roughly it is that many people don't need everything that integrated. Day planner isn't aiming for the big corporate or power user market. It's aimed at simple end-users. All of those you mention above are in my opinion too integrated. Not everyone wants a calendar integrated into their e-mail client. Not everyone needs a gazillion features in their planner. Day planner is for those people. I've never claimed it'd be better for everyone, it won't. But it will be better for some, such as myself. It's a program following the unix philosophy that most people these days forget "make a tool that does one thing but does that well". It also follows the GNOME HIG. See http://home.gna.org/dayplanner/vision.html More integration might come.

Roughly it is that many people don’t need everything that integrated. Day planner isn’t aiming for the big corporate or power user market. It’s aimed at simple end-users. All of those you mention above are in my opinion too integrated. Not everyone wants a calendar integrated into their e-mail client. Not everyone needs a gazillion features in their planner. Day planner is for those people.

I’ve never claimed it’d be better for everyone, it won’t. But it will be better for some, such as myself. It’s a program following the unix philosophy that most people these days forget “make a tool that does one thing but does that well”. It also follows the GNOME HIG.

See http://home.gna.org/dayplanner/vision.html

]]> By: netmask http://blog.zerodogg.org/2006/04/23/day-planner-a-request-for-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-547 netmask Sun, 30 Apr 2006 19:02:07 +0000 http://blog.iamaturtle.org/?p=63#comment-547 I'm sorry, but would you care to explain how it would workout better than using KDE PIM, Evolution or Thuberbird Calendar? I don't see a point to have a planner that isn't integrated to anything. I’m sorry, but would you care to explain how it would workout better than using KDE PIM, Evolution or Thuberbird Calendar? I don’t see a point to have a planner that isn’t integrated to anything.

]]> By: Zero_Dogg http://blog.zerodogg.org/2006/04/23/day-planner-a-request-for-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-538 Zero_Dogg Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:04:01 +0000 http://blog.iamaturtle.org/?p=63#comment-538 0.1 is latest (unless you count SVN). I'd be quite happy if my app would solve those problems. About the issue with everything being greyed out, this happened when clicking edit? Running cooker and KDE? When clicking edit without anything to edit day planner isn't suppose to do anything at all. Clicking add will grey out the main window and pop up a add-dialog. Thanks for any feedback. PS. sorry about my slow response, I'm currently sick so I'm not up for development right now. 0.1 is latest (unless you count SVN).
I’d be quite happy if my app would solve those problems.

About the issue with everything being greyed out, this happened when clicking edit? Running cooker and KDE? When clicking edit without anything to edit day planner isn’t suppose to do anything at all. Clicking add will grey out the main window and pop up a add-dialog. Thanks for any feedback.

PS. sorry about my slow response, I’m currently sick so I’m not up for development right now.

]]> By: yoho http://blog.zerodogg.org/2006/04/23/day-planner-a-request-for-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-533 yoho Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:13:09 +0000 http://blog.iamaturtle.org/?p=63#comment-533 Ok, I'm gonna pay a little more attention to dayplanner, but the first time I've launched it and clicked "edit" : everythin was greyed out (when I say everything, I really mean it : no widget is clickable, I can only close the window). Note that I launched it while working under KDE. But I think to give you a correct error report, I should try the latest version, not v0.1when it will be uploaded to cooker (Maybe it is already done). Sorry, I didn't mean to be rude. Your software is great and I don't compare it to karm. I was just pointing at you another tool with a similar goal. You, as a developper, may locate interesting ideas being implemented in karm (but I don't use it :). karm is way too complex for me, so your tool may be the solution :) That's why I was a bit frustrated not being able to test the latest version. Ok, I’m gonna pay a little more attention to dayplanner, but the first time I’ve launched it and clicked “edit” : everythin was greyed out (when I say everything, I really mean it : no widget is clickable, I can only close the window). Note that I launched it while working under KDE. But I think to give you a correct error report, I should try the latest version, not v0.1when it will be uploaded to cooker (Maybe it is already done).

Sorry, I didn’t mean to be rude. Your software is great and I don’t compare it to karm. I was just pointing at you another tool with a similar goal. You, as a developper, may locate interesting ideas being implemented in karm (but I don’t use it :). karm is way too complex for me, so your tool may be the solution :) That’s why I was a bit frustrated not being able to test the latest version.

]]> By: Zero_Dogg http://blog.zerodogg.org/2006/04/23/day-planner-a-request-for-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-528 Zero_Dogg Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:06:17 +0000 http://blog.iamaturtle.org/?p=63#comment-528 That warning is harmless, it is fixed in the day planner svn. What is buggy? Everything greyed out? I have no way to reproduce this. What is greyed out, and are you sure about this? I don't want to pick nice ideas, I want first-hand user experience. If you'd want karm's features you'd just use karm wouldn't you? That's why I'd rather have user feedback instead of just borrowing ideas here and there That warning is harmless, it is fixed in the day planner svn. What is buggy? Everything greyed out? I have no way to reproduce this. What is greyed out, and are you sure about this?

I don’t want to pick nice ideas, I want first-hand user experience. If you’d want karm’s features you’d just use karm wouldn’t you? That’s why I’d rather have user feedback instead of just borrowing ideas here and there

]]> By: yoho http://blog.zerodogg.org/2006/04/23/day-planner-a-request-for-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-526 yoho Sun, 23 Apr 2006 23:46:42 +0000 http://blog.iamaturtle.org/?p=63#comment-526 Can only find v0.1 in cooker :( Very buggy... everything is greyed out and have a warning : failed to tell the daemon to reload its configuration file. This might cause problems. If you want to pick nice ideas, maybe have a look at karm. Can only find v0.1 in cooker :( Very buggy… everything is greyed out and have a warning : failed to tell the daemon to reload its configuration file. This might cause problems.

If you want to pick nice ideas, maybe have a look at karm.

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