Konfabulator Widget for Backpack : UbiqMemo
Presentation
This widget has to be run with Konfabulator (renamed Widget Engine by Yahoo). It is connected to the Backpack service so you must have an account on Backpack to use this widget.
Backpack is both a personal and group oriented information manager. You can store information organized as list, links, calendar, whiteboard. The information can be tagged, and you can share it with others.
Backpack also give a remote access to your information through HTTP and a REST-like api. With this javascript api I built the UbiqMemo widget to stick on my desktop.
UbiqMemo is
- only functional when connected to the Internet
- running on Windows but should also run on MacOS
- configured with your Backpack API key that you can find at the bottom of your Backpack account page
- a work on progress at this time (01/13/2006)
- the proof that I'm not a graphist ;-)
Comments, bug reports, patches or whatever are welcomed at rdusong-at-nospam-tique-dot-org .
Usage
As this widget is not as simple as it should, here are some tips on using it.
- A click on the 'notes' button in the top bar, switches from the default item view to the notes view
- A double-click on an item/note in the list brings an edit dialog
- To remove an item you must use the context item menu (right click on the item in Windows)
- URL links are shown in blue, the URL is viewable as tooltip and you can click to open your favorite browser
Screenshots
Here is a screenshot of the widget showing test items from three lists on a backpack page.
Default items list vue:
Default note vue:
More screenshots showing various themes.
Next version
Here are the next steps I shall make in no particular order and without any deadline.
- Correct known bugs !
- Enable item reordering : DONE !
- Skinability
- Show item list title : DONE !
- Give access to page header
- Recognize more textile formatting elements
- Allow the display of two different pages at the same time to drag and drop elements between them
Known bugs or limitations
This application is still in its infancy though it might surprise you ! It already faces some limitations of the functionalities exposed through the Backpackit API and other limitations from it's developper !
Known bugs
- When editing an item, completed state is wrong : RESOLVED (v0.7)
- When multiple lists are on the same page new items belong to first list
- When a page have multiple lists the separator does not redraw correctly when you add a new item, or change current page : RESOLVED (v0.7)
- The widget just shows the first list on the current page : RESOLVED (v0.6)
Known limitations
- When reordering item you cannot reorder completed items. The backpack API does not seem to show the correct order.
- Missing users feedback !
Download
v1.0 aka the mythical version number - 03/06/2007
- Close bug in version checking comparison
- Close bug in creation of first list on empty page
- Close bug in removing list on page
- Close bug in reordering list via title list
- Close bug on droping item on emtpy list
v0.9 - 07/30/2006
- Nice handle of network failure
- Some tooltips added
- New "About" splash screen
v0.8a - 04/06/2006
- Removed auto-login with token to Backpack pages because of security risks.
v0.8 - 03/09/2006
- Show list's title
- Enable item reordering in a list and across different lists with drag and drop
- Check if a newer version of UbiqMemo is available
- An indicator tells about remote accesses
- A glass icon allow more easy access to detail compare to double-click
- Nicer list separator ;-)
- Internal data reorganization
v0.7 - 02/23/2006
A release dedicated to bugs cleanup !
- Correct page refresh with separator
- Correct completed checkbox on item edit dialog to reflect completed status
- Checkbox behaviour standardized
- Images optimized
v0.6 - 02/07/2006
- Multiple-lists per page handle with graphical separation
- Page navigation made circular
- A click on page title open the navigator on that page
- Buttons design change
- Buttons state change on mouse over
- Background style (light, dark, colorize)
- communication preference for http or https
- Font link color
v0.4 - 01/23/2006
- Delete function to remove item or note from the list
- Completed items shown on the bottom of the list
- Background width of each item resized to full window width
- Window resizing ability through bottom-right-corner dragging
- Font name, size and color preference dialog
v0.3 second version - 01/19/2006
This second version can handle both notes and items.
The feature list is now :
- Various pages
- Multiple item lists on the same page
- Item add and edit
- Item state toggle (completed or not)
- Note add and edit
The following bugs were corrected:
- Special characters were not displayed correctly
- Display could be scrambled after item edit
v0.1 first version - 01/13/2006
This first version is able to deal with:
- Various pages
- Multiple lists on the same page
- Item list editing
- Item state toggle (completed or not)