Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] Addbook vs addressbook

[Brian Johnson]

Somehow I ended up with wiki write rights (say that three times fast)

Send me any comments and I'll incorporate them into wiki docs (or discuss them 
here
first)

My current interest on the wiki is limited to addressbook and related pages
(UIstuff, DBstuff, unified accounts, etc) but not LDAP .. so I'll limit my
involvement to those topics

Would you mind posting your previous points again to save me the effort of 
looking
at the list archives (maybe send to me directly)?  You had a few points that I
thought were valid


Adam Hull (address@hidden) wrote:
>
>Well, sounds good to me.
>What can I do to help move this project along?
>
>Brian: due to the wiki being locked down, I cannot add anything to the
>UIstuff page.
>
>Brian Johnson wrote:
>
>>Adam Hull (address@hidden) wrote:
>>
>>
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>>>Brian: I do not claim to be more than a junior developer so I yield to the 
>>>judgement
>>>of you and the rest of those involved with this project. I would have never 
>>>guessed
>>>it would be easier to change the backend than the front end. I would have 
>>>figured
>>>that if we change the backend, we end up having to change the frontend 
>>>anyway. For
>>>instance, if we change the db layout, we have to change the 
>>>importing/exporting as
>>>well as any palm syncing work we have done, am I missing something? But 
>>>anyway, my
>>>specialty has never been db design, it is UI design/development. So that's 
>>>why I am
>>>looking for something I can build on.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Who said I know what the hell I'm talking about?  Not I.
>>
>>Couple of things:
>>- due to the way the addressbook is written, there is a section of code that 
>>deals
>>with the db and all queries get routed through that.  Change that and most of 
>>the db
>>interface is done
>>- some ui changes, but basically close to what is currently available in 
>>addressbook
>>(read the UIStuff page on wiki)
>>- palm stuff postponed due to other priorities.  Family committments, Dave 
>>Hall was
>>working on a version that showed more promise for adaptability than mine so I 
>>held
>>off to see what happened there, and mods to timetrack for our own use became 
>>more
>>critical.  However, had already developed a concept to sync with addbook that 
>>should
>>easily translate to revised addressbook (but no code written yet).  Will get 
>>back to
>>it as time/priorities allow (is still a minor goal of mine).  Also, I would
>>currently like to modify my conduits to use the infolog app instead of notes 
>>and
>>todos apps since I'm working on linking projects in timetrack to that app.  
>>In the
>>meantime, finding funding for Dave Hall's continuing development of his 
>>conduits
>>would be my recommended strategy for anyone wishing to pursue these conduits 
>>(or
>>learn some perl, php, and sys admin like I've been doing and look at Dave's 
>>and my
>>conduits side by side and contact me for further explanation)
>>- if your specialty is ui, please review and revise UIStuff page about 
>>addressbook
>>on wiki
>>
>>--
>>Brian Johnson
>>
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