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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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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