Since the big change of Localization and global search (which now finds any item in any folder in the default store) I decided to move the version number a little up.

Download Jello.Dashboard 1.3.5

note: As for the request about displaying indicators of notes in tasks (which was a very good idea) I’m reporting failure. The routine is ready but is commented out because Outlook displays an annoying security alert! If you want to test it out uncomment line 496 of main.js file.
Thank you all for your suggestions and comments.

Version History 1.3.5

• 25 Oct 2006 Added: Expand/Collapse all button to sidebar
• 25 Oct 2006 Added: Create Note
• 25 Oct 2006 Added: Creating and email adds Main frame’s title as subject line
  
• 25 Oct 2006 Fixed: Master list coloured red the whole first column
  
• 26 Oct 2006 Fixed: Language problem by using undocumented DASL queries
  
• 26 Oct 2006 Fixed: !Next action not showing problem
  
• 27 Oct 2006 Fixed: Some project view bugs
  
• 27 Oct 2006 Fixed: Next Action buttons and Master list button
  
• 27 Oct 2006 Fixed: Showing Start date/time of appointments instead of reminder date/time
  
• 27 Oct 2006 Tried: Icon to show if there is a note for a task. But Outlook pops up alert!
  
• 27 Oct 2006 Changed: Search now runs on all folders and all items of default store
  
• 27 Oct 2006 Fixed: Next action button graphic changed due to incompatibility

I quickly post this update because I think I found out the solution to the huge bug of the localized Outlook versions. I ran onto an undocumented way of querying outlook with no use of properties. It worked slicked to me. Try it and tell me what you think.

Download it Here
In this version I also did a little test for the known disappearing !Next Action Tasks.

Sorry but I wasn’t able to make more updates since this update is of great importance.

Hope it works!

Thank you

I managed to compile a first version of the Dashboard documentation.

You can download it here in .doc format

*thanks to JohnWin for his help
From now on you can find it in the distribution zip file.

Don’t forget to download the new zip file containing some bug fixes.

And here comes the new version!

There are many changes and I’m expecting your feedback. I started writing the documentation but this could take a while (sorry about that).

The download link has been changed, so there will always be the old one if you prefer it

Download here

please note:

1. If you are already using the previous version of the Dashboard, reset your settings right after installation.
2. The new version does not use only one .htm file. You have to extract main.js and style.css in the same folder with the jelloGTD.htm to work!

update 24/10/2006

There is a known issue for Outlook versions in different languages. I updated the code a little, so download it again and do the following:

• Open any contact in your Outlook and go to page All Fields. Select Frequently-used fields and look down until you find the Category field. Take a note of its name.
• Edit the file main.js in a text editor (e.g Notepad) and go to line 4 and edit it to include the name of your local language for Categories (e.g. var languageCategory=”Categories”;)
• Save your changes and reload Jello.Dashboard

update 25/10/2006

I posted a new zip file containing the documentation and some minor bug fixes (plus some requests).

As for the huge language bug, I tried to create a function that auto-fills the variable names from Outlook. In some cases it may not work because I wasn’t able to test it myself. In that case, I’ve included 3 variables at the top of the code into the main.js:

var languageCategory=””; //categories in english
var flagCategory=””;  // flagstatus in english

var statusCategory=””;  //status in english
If you fill them in with the property names of your language it should work! If you don’t know the names of these properties go into your outlook and open up a field chooser to find them.

Version 1.3 changes and additions

• 18 Oct 2006 Changed: Application name to Jello.Dashboard
• 18 Oct 2006 Fixed: Counters with zero items
• 18 Oct 2006 Added: Option to use/not use GTD
• 18 Oct 2006 Added: Compose new email
• 18 Oct 2006 Added: Add item’s contexts next to subject on Context/Project view
• 18 Oct 2006 Added: seperate CSS file
• 18 Oct 2006 Added: seperate Jscript code file
• 18 Oct 2006 Fixed: Removed sort of projects due to a problem
• 19 Oct 2006 Fixed: Next actions counter and Title bug
• 19 Oct 2006 Changed: Ticklers for today is now Home
• 19 Oct 2006 Added: Inbox counter and mail check in Home
• 19 Oct 2006 Added: Next actions in Home
• 19 Oct 2006 Added: Home link on header. Click on title will also go Home
• 20 Oct 2006 Added: Set Review and Reference folder
• 20 Oct 2006 Added: View outlook default folders into Jello
• 20 Oct 2006 Added: Send items from Outlook folder view for Review and Reference
• 21 Oct 2006 Fixed: Bug not allowing spaces in contexts. You can now use any name for a context
• 21 Oct 2006 Fixed: Bug limiting task contexts to 5. Its unlimited now
• 21 Oct 2006 Added: Searching for mails in Inbox Review and Reference Folders
• 21 Oct 2006 Fixed: Search results display
• 21 Oct 2006 Added: Send contacts and mails from search results to Review folder
• 21 Oct 2006 Added: Favorite outlook folders on sidebar
• 21 Oct 2006 Added: Ability to set/unset any Outlook folder as favorite
• 21 Oct 2006 Added: Ability to choose any folder in folder view using Change option
• 21 Oct 2006 Removed: Outlook folders function from the sidebar
• 21 Oct 2006 Added: Files for review folder definition/View
• 23 Oct 2006 Added: Count and Show Flagged Items in all folders @ Home
• 23 Oct 2006 Changed: Context list layout. Contexts next to each other using less space
• 23 Oct 2006 Added: Collapse/Expand Sidebar groups
• 23 Oct 2006 Bug: [Categories] property is read according to Outlook language
• 23 Oct 2006 Added: Option to use Journal Entries in Projects
• 23 Oct 2006 Added: Show journal entries created for a Project (This can slow down performance)
• 23 Oct 2006 Added: Notification to reset settings if they are outdated
• 23 Oct 2006 Added: Location of appointment on ticklers

Since I started again to update Jello.Dashboard project I’ve decided to change some things.

First of all this blog from now on will be the homepage of Jello. I have not removed the old posts, since it started as a blog.

Then I’ve changed the name of the product. It is now called Jello.Dashboard. I removed the GTD part, because it will be better to be used not only from GTD aware people but from others as well. So i added a choice to remove GTD elements from the dashboard in case someone doesn’t use them.
Now Jello.Dashboard is under heavy development and I would like your feedback on new features. And one more thing. Do you think it needs its own newsgroup?