Hello All, After a frenzy of activity, I hit a wall. Ran into some issues that have precluded me from using Chandler. I have received some well-intentioned emails, however, some of the proposed solutions assume that I am involved at a level much deeper than as simply an end-user (e.g., requiring the use of Cygwin to do command-line stuff etc. -- I didn't even know what Cygwin was when I started).
I know Chandler is in the very early stages, but having worked at a few software companies myself (including as a sales engineer at Interwoven in the very early days), I would like to make an important point about "dogfood". Eating one's own dogfood, i.e., relying on the software that you write, is one thing when you're talking about say, a graphics package. But when it comes to a PIM -- which is intended for the least technical of computer users, and on which people will plan and run their lives -- IMHO, there should be a different standard and priority list. More than anything, someone must be able to recover (all but the most recent) data that has been entered. Server, repository, and installation issues should be given the highest priority. It should never take a high level of sophistication to have the option of resetting and reinstalling. But if it comes to that, then it should be easy and bulletproof. (That's where I'm at -- I have an .ics file waiting to be imported ;-) I'm sure I will get Chandler back on track soon enough, but this is really more of a gut check for a broader testing release. I realize I am the unusual user who will try all the functionality advertised (and some that isn't) -- multiple shared collections, syncing to multiple machines, etc. But, as much as I'd like to think that I am unique, I am not :-) Anyway, I don't mean to sound critical or frustrated. I like Chandler, was starting to rely on it, miss using it, and can't wait for the next release + Scooby! (Dog)Food for thought. Jim _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Open Source Applications Foundation "Design" mailing list http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/design
