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Essential Contact Manager is my first application for KDE. Its goal is to offer a beautiful and intuitive interface, allowing you to keep track of your contacts easily and efficiently. Comments and suggestion are appreciated.
(The icons used in this application are available from here: http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/Intrigue+Icon+Set?content=29782 )
(If you would like to help develop Essential or any related projects, email me at Timothy.crosley@gmail.com, thanks).
13 years ago
############# Essential Contact Manager 0.2.1 ################
*Fixed bug that caused text to change to the first item in the combobox after saving
############# Essential Contact Manager 0.2.0 ################
*Greatly improved installer
Tested on the following distrobutions:
Kubuntu 7.04(unmodified)
& SLED 10(Unmodified)
(please post any problems you have with the new installer :), thanks).
*Implemented the images section
*No longer requires qt4 libraries to be installed
*Fixed communication problems between the info & switch view
*Created "MainView" class in SimpleFoundation to help clean up the application api
*Made the current widget a more intrical part of the Application framework
*Made current widget use buttons for actions
*Made the input combo-boxes update when contacts are changed
*Essential now asks the user if he wants to save an unsaved contact, in the case of switching to a different contact
Known bugs:
*Application may not work after installation without logging out/back in.
*Importing .jpg images seems to crash the application on some platforms(if you experience this
please send a bug report(with the name of your distribution) to timothy.crosley@gmail.com
Release 0.1: A very basic release lacking
photo/note/task management.
Preview 1: A few screenshots, of the latest Essential build running
13 years ago
############# Essential Contact Manager 0.2.1 ################
*Fixed bug that caused text to change to the first item in the combobox after saving
############# Essential Contact Manager 0.2.0 ################
*Greatly improved installer
Tested on the following distrobutions:
Kubuntu 7.04(unmodified)
& SLED 10(Unmodified)
(please post any problems you have with the new installer :), thanks).
*Implemented the images section
*No longer requires qt4 libraries to be installed
*Fixed communication problems between the info & switch view
*Created "MainView" class in SimpleFoundation to help clean up the application api
*Made the current widget a more intrical part of the Application framework
*Made current widget use buttons for actions
*Made the input combo-boxes update when contacts are changed
*Essential now asks the user if he wants to save an unsaved contact, in the case of switching to a different contact
Known bugs:
*Application may not work after installation without logging out/back in.
*Importing .jpg images seems to crash the application on some platforms(if you experience this
please send a bug report(with the name of your distribution) to timothy.crosley@gmail.com
Release 0.1: A very basic release lacking
photo/note/task management.
Preview 1: A few screenshots, of the latest Essential build running
briansvgs
13 years ago
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timothysaddress
13 years ago
Thanks,
~Timothy
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blujay
13 years ago
The UI is really bad. It is completely inconsistent with any existing UI design standards. It wastes enormous amounts of screen space. It gives emphasis to unimportant items, and relegates important functions to strange-looking, non-standard widgets.
I can't recall exactly what the OSX address book looks like, but you could probably take some cues from it. And to be quite honest, the KAddressBook UI is far, far, superior to this. It's far more usable and functional.
Really, the look and design of your app belongs more in a game UI than a useful app.
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timothysaddress
13 years ago
I appreciate the time you spent giving your honest opinion :). You are right the interface is radical, it is different. Its not yet another clone of a clone of something else ;).
But think about this for a moment, I put 5 different users(ranging from completely computer illiterate to an average Windows user) infront of this application asked them if they could figure out how to create and edit a few contacts. They all had no problem, & said they loved the interface.
I put the same people infront of kontact, evolution, & outlook(2003 I think), every one of these people had trouble, some couldn't even figure out how to make a new contact, let alone edit it.
As far as it looking like a video game interface, thank you! Interface designers have needed to take a hint from them for awhile: the wii is alot easier then windows ;).
And also keep in mind this is a 0.1 alpha release ;), some widgets are just plain broken right now.
~Timothy
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blujay
13 years ago
Thanks for your reply not being angry or offended. :) I guess it depends on whether you're aiming for the LCD or an experienced computer user. I'd be curious to see how those same users would fare with the KAddressBook interface.
Personally, I don't want my KDE UI to look like a Wii or a PSP; I want it to be clean and functional, making good use of screen space, while still looking nice. I think the current KDE 3.5.x does this very well, and OSX is pretty good also. But, to each his own. :) Maybe you should consider working on Plasma for KDE 4.
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divan
14 years ago
default kabc interface is awful.
if you will use kabc as backend - your tool will be highly appreciated.
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tryfan
15 years ago
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gnumdk
15 years ago
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ljubomir
15 years ago
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moon115
15 years ago
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dec0ding
15 years ago
So give me a good reason to use this application?
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TheFan
13 years ago
Just look in the comments for Kontact on kde-apps...!
Asking why someone codes another piece of software is like asking why someone creates another Linux-Distribution...
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Sjaaksken
15 years ago
Probably alot of people would think: I'll just use Kontact, it's very well integrated, well supported, but that doesn't mean u can try to start a new project. I think u should atleast give it a chance...
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BorgQueen
15 years ago
Diversity is FOSS's greatest strength. With all due respect, the original comment is very M$-ish.
I look forward to adding (assimilating) this app to my vast collection.
:)
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