Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] Addbook vs addressbook

[Brian Johnson]

Adam Hull (address@hidden) wrote:

>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

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Brian Johnson

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