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Posted December 20, 2007 in News by Nick Sivridis

Jello Dashboard 4 preview 3

[reposted] 

(Yesterday’s post is gone for reasons unknown yet. I’ve read your comments and I am reposting.) 

Hello everyone,

There are lots of small changes and some new goodies into this third preview release for you to test and evaluate.

First of all, this release is steady enough to keep my data working in it without a problem. I also have no reports of data loss from users. Apart from that I still do not recommend this version to inexperienced computer/outlook users, mainly because of the user unfriendly zip file installation.

Changes/Additions in preview release 3

  • Custom context/project list sorting by subject, due date, creation date and context (at last!)
  • Very much improved calendar
  • Faster loading/updating of lists
  • New widgets: Weekly view and Outlook 2007 todo items
  • Improvement of invalid characters input
  • Ability to fix contexts with invalid characters from Context/Project manager
  • …and various minor improvements

If you downloaded the zip file yesterday (18/12/2007) I’ve got some reported bugs fixed: Sidebar Inbox link, Master list error and Next actions lists bug. I’ve also included an HTA file.
Download the zip file here

I also want to thank everyone for bug reports, suggestions and lots of feature ideas.

Keep them coming!

22 Comments to “Jello Dashboard 4 preview 3”

  • Anjo
    December 20, 2007 at 6:16 pm

    Downloaded and installed the latest update and here’s my initial observation:

    * My widget setting
    1.0 “Next Action”
    2.0 “Today”
    3.0 “Week”

    When you click “reload” – the widgets will display the correct information. But when you click “Home” on the sidebar, the “Next Action” widget will display the contents of the “week” widget. Press “reload” again and it will be corrected.

    Now if you press “NextAction” on the sidebar, it will display the content of “Week”. Pressing refresh will correct the displayed items.

    Another observation:
    The content of the master list when set to single column are crwoded on the right side of the page.

    rgds,

    MS Windows XP SP2, MS Outlook 2007(12.0.0614.5000) MSO(12.0.4518.1014)

    Reply
  • snoman
    December 21, 2007 at 1:07 am

    Master List bug (error in main.js, Line 2520) still (see my comment 07/12/19) remains in my Outlook 11.8118.8132 SP2

    Reply
  • dr Uqbar
    December 21, 2007 at 4:54 am

    @Anjo
    Fixed that first one. It was a little tricky and I thought it was fixed but was not! Thanks a lot for pointing that out.

    Master list will be completely redesigned in the near future.

    @snoman
    Remains? Last bug was from the new calendar piece and I’ve fixed it. Maybe this is smth else. In my jello4 masterlist opens well now.
    Wait for the next preview with the new masterlist cause it will be re-written.
    thanks.

    Reply
  • kivumanzi
    December 21, 2007 at 5:02 am

    One of the things that has always bugged me, is that when I’m looking at a calendar/agenda list, past appointments show and take up space. Can you get it to show only calendar items that are the current date or in the future? I’m loving it, especially the hta. Cheers.

    Reply
  • snoman
    December 22, 2007 at 12:12 am

    Yes, it remains (main.js, line 2520). I’ll wait 4 next preview, no prob.And I agree with kivu:past appointments (yesterday or earlier) are really a waste of space.

    But: Take ur time and dont miss njoying xmas! Developing can be every day, xmas is only once a year :-)

    Reply
  • John
    December 22, 2007 at 6:25 am

    We had a problem with Exchange and had to create a new store. All mailboxes were exported using Exmerge and reimported.
    Prior to this, Ver4 worked fine. After importing, when I go to ‘Home’ I receive a script error.

    Line: 5421
    Char: 2
    Error: The messaging interface has returned an unknown error. If the problem persists, restart Outlook.

    Code: 4096
    URL: outlook:Jello

    I can continue, but it only shows the panel on the right. Any of the links, i.e. Inbox, Contexts, etc. work. Clicking the link to ‘Home’ will reproduce the error.

    Has anyone else experienced anything like this?

    Reply
  • Pavel
    December 24, 2007 at 3:08 pm

    Hi,

    When selected “Show Completed Tasks for Projects/Contexts” settings, done tasks are mixed with not done instead of having not done first (on top of the list)

    Reply
  • Peter Lauer
    December 25, 2007 at 3:01 am

    Hi
    I am trying to move from 3.5 to 4… I also use tagocity. I have set up the projects for example as [project] but all tasked are not listed under this project…

    what am I doing wrong?

    Reply
  • dr Uqbar
    December 27, 2007 at 1:32 pm

    @kivumanji
    OK, its a good idea and I agree with you. There will be a setting for this.

    @snoman
    Give me a couple of weeks.

    @John
    This seems like an internal Outlook problem. I don’t think its the Exchange server’s problem though.

    @Pavel
    Thats because the list uses the selected sorting method.

    @Peter Lauer
    Are those project tasks marked as not Started? Click the show not started tasks checkbox. Does it make any difference?

    Reply
  • Pavel
    December 27, 2007 at 5:27 pm

    @dr Uqbar
    More questions :-)

    1) So is there a possibility to have not done tasks on top like it was in previous 3.x releases? Any sorting changes will not do it.
    2) Is it possible to change sorting of tasks in Home Widgets?
    3) I am missing “Assign to Context/Project” icon in Home Widgets. Can I assign task to context in that view?

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  • Thomas
    December 27, 2007 at 7:06 pm

    Hi dr Uqbar!

    Thanks for this amazing tool. That’s what I’ve been looking for to do GTD with Outlook.

    Here some suggestions:

    * Bind the popup to the coursor
    - When my project lists contains too many items for one page (and be sure, they do :) ), the pages needs to be scrolled. Now when I call the context menu at an item in the lower part of the page, I can not see the menu (the popup) because it apperars always at the same x/y coordinates in the top of the page.
    Here’s the fix:
    function showPop()
    {
    //show popup
    popup.innerHTML+=”";
    // Adds by TRE
    popup.style.top=window.event.y+90;
    popuptitle.style.top=window.event.y+60;
    popup.style.left=window.event.x-300;
    popuptitle.style.left=window.event.x-300;
    // END of adds by TRE
    [...]

    * The caption of the popup is too large for my task descriptions
    Fix: function mngConsProjs(): Use class=p instead of class=h2 (font-size: 28px – I do not have a 60″ display :) )

    * And here one Question: Why are my completed tasks not marked striked out and grey like in previous versions of jello?! I think this is a bug, isn’t it?

    Kind regards, Thomas

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  • Thomas
    December 27, 2007 at 9:37 pm

    Hi dr Uqbar, it’s me again :)

    i found some time during my lunch break:
    Here’s the reason and the fix for my last issue in my previous post:

    Reason: The class of finished tasks is not used when “SmallLetters” is active or when “mini” is true and subject is longer than 50 chars.

    Fix (function printActionItem(it,mini)):

    [...]
    // Change by TRE
    // Original:
    //var tl=it.Subject;
    //if (it.Status==2){tl=""+tl+"";}
    //if (it.recurring==true){tl=""+tl+"";}
    //if (it.SmallLetters==true){tl=""+it.Subject+"";}
    //if (mini!=null && it.Subject.length>50){tl=""+it.Subject.substr(0,50)+"...";}
    // New:
    var tl=null;
    if ((mini!=null) && (it.Subject.length>50)){
    tl= ""+it.Subject.substr(0,50)+"...";
    } else if (it.SmallLetters) {
    tl= "Urgs: "+ it.Subject +"";
    }else {
    tl= it.Subject;
    }
    if (it.Status==2){tl=""+tl+"";}
    if (it.recurring==true){tl=""+tl+"";}
    // END of change by TRE
    [...]

    -> Now, it works. :)

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  • Thomas
    December 27, 2007 at 9:40 pm

    Oops, there has been some debug code in it. Use this instead:

    [...]
    // Change by TRE
    // Original:
    //var tl=it.Subject;
    //if (it.Status==2){tl=""+tl+"";}
    //if (it.recurring==true){tl=""+tl+"";}
    //if (it.SmallLetters==true){tl=""+it.Subject+"";}
    //if (mini!=null && it.Subject.length>50){tl=""+it.Subject.substr(0,50)+"...";}
    // New:
    var tl=null;
    if ((mini!=null) && (it.Subject.length>50)){
    tl= ""+it.Subject.substr(0,50)+"...";
    } else if (it.SmallLetters) {
    tl= ""+ it.Subject +"";
    }else {
    tl= it.Subject;
    }
    if (it.Status==2){tl=""+tl+"";}
    if (it.recurring==true){tl=""+tl+"";}
    // END of change by TRE
    [...]

    Reply
  • Thomas
    December 27, 2007 at 9:44 pm

    Okay, I give up. Your blogging software is deleting important code details. plz. send me a mail if you like to get the code fragments.

    Regards, Thomas

    Reply
  • Mathias
    December 29, 2007 at 7:48 am

    Hi dr Uqbar,

    I like your wonderfull tool and I have 2 suggestions:

    1. In the date columns of all lists, only the day and month is displayed. I have also tasks in the next years, therefore it would be nice, if the year would be displayed, too.

    2. Is it possible to sort according the date in the lists for projets and contexts, as it is done for the the calender week and month? I tried it in version 3.5beta using the application setting checkbox “sort task by due date”, but it does not work. (I use a german outlook 2003).

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  • dr Uqbar
    January 3, 2008 at 4:15 am

    @Pavel
    1) This can be done. I have to add one more sorting style by status. But the list will be sorted ONLY by that field. What do you think?
    2) I think widgets are using the default sorting method. Its saved every time you set it in an action list.
    3) Home widgets have less room for icons. You can assign selected items by using the assign help box which is automatically displayed when you select a task from a widget.

    @Thomas
    Thanks for the positioning popup code. I’ve added it and it will be in for the next preview release.

    Done tasks ARE grayed and strikeout. I’ve tested it. Maybe I fixed it after this release.Please check the next release and let me know if it works for you.

    Anyway, thanks for your efforts and sorry for blocking your comments (you can blame Akismet!) ;)

    @Mathias
    1. I will try that even if it happens a few days a year!

    2. You can sort items using the latest preview release by creation date, context, subject and due date, but its still a preview!

    Preview release 4 will be on in the next couple of weeks with the new Masterlist.

    Reply
  • dr Uqbar
    January 3, 2008 at 4:20 am

    And a very happy new year to everyone

    Reply
  • Johan Åkerman
    January 3, 2008 at 8:34 am

    Very nice tool indeed! Have tried it out now for a week. I look forward to release 4, hoping for the update where past appointments don’t show up e.g.

    Reply
  • Pavel
    January 3, 2008 at 9:25 pm

    @dr Uqbar
    1) It would be good to have it there at least. However, better would be to have it sorted always by status and then by custom selection.
    2) I have tried to sort @Waiting, Next Actions, etc. and nothing happens when I change it in sorting combo
    3) You are right, I did not know that. However, there is always checked “Move” so that it is very easy to accidentally move a task to a single project/context. This means to manually add the task back to all projects/contexts it was before. So I propose to have Move checkbox unchecked by default :-)

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  • dr Uqbar
    January 4, 2008 at 12:24 am

    @Johan
    I did that past appointments thing. Try it out and let me know what you think!

    @Pavel
    1)2 sorts huh? I will try that..
    2)You mean sort by context using the sort combo at the bottom? Do your actions have other contexts assigned except the one you are viewing?
    3)But I though its more frequent to move an action than to add another tag to it.

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  • Pavel
    January 5, 2008 at 5:28 pm

    @dr Uqbar
    2) When I open next actions for instance, change sorting by the combo on the bottom the sorting work. Previously it did not so it looks like under certain circumstances it does not sort. I will try to find out when it does not work and then come back to you.
    3) Who knows, what is frequently used by the users? It seems it would be great to have a list of features with voting possibility :-) Then you will know that some feature is not just an idea of single user. This forum is probably not the best for this purposes :-(
    In this special case I use very frequently moving task from next actions list to waiting. But if I move the task to @waiting, then I will loose current project/context settings and then the task has only @waiting context and no project :-(

    Reply
  • JB
    May 21, 2008 at 8:03 am

    Can someone tell me if Jello Dashboard works with microsoft exchange now?

    Reply

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