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Sunday, March 27, 2005
Java-Gnome: GTK+ / Gnome Apps in Java
It's great to know that java-gnome is a good way of building gtk/gnome applications. My previous idea of managing docs turns out to be much more possible now, especially when Gmail client has a java API implementation. Furthermore, for a simple wysiwyg editor, libgtkhtml might be a way of doing that. Fortunately, java-gnome has also an implementation of that. I may also want to integrate blog support to this doc client as one publishing target.
All look like a promising open source project :) ¶ 10:50 PM 0 comments
All look like a promising open source project :) ¶ 10:50 PM 0 comments
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
An idea of managing documentation
Writing documents is now quite important for work. I've been always thinking of a better way of documentation management, especially when I need to contiuously update them. If documents are not required to be updated, they can be archived and stored as emails. Correspondingly, the powerful Gmail service would be the best choice for archiving, labeling and future retrieval. However, the most troublesome thing is that quite a few of them need updating, while it is not allowed in email storage.
My idea is quite straightforward, why not use the *draft* folder as the storage space for all docs to be updated. It would be awesome if docs are updatable while they remain all benefits of email service, especially from Gmail, such as labelling for classification. The consequent problem is document editor choice. The editor that Gmail provides has two problems of concern: 1) too simple(only plaintext), no flexible layout due to its page design(we may not expect any possible alteration) 2) potential data loss due to unexpected network failure.
I do think using Gmail's *draft* folder would be a good idea to mantain any kind of documents that require updating. To realize this idea, two updating barriers need to overcome. Are they really painful enough to be worth the effort? I am asking myself...:) After all, hacking into Gmail and client GUI design with good editor support would require wide enough skills and be a definitely hard work... ¶ 10:05 PM 0 comments
My idea is quite straightforward, why not use the *draft* folder as the storage space for all docs to be updated. It would be awesome if docs are updatable while they remain all benefits of email service, especially from Gmail, such as labelling for classification. The consequent problem is document editor choice. The editor that Gmail provides has two problems of concern: 1) too simple(only plaintext), no flexible layout due to its page design(we may not expect any possible alteration) 2) potential data loss due to unexpected network failure.
I do think using Gmail's *draft* folder would be a good idea to mantain any kind of documents that require updating. To realize this idea, two updating barriers need to overcome. Are they really painful enough to be worth the effort? I am asking myself...:) After all, hacking into Gmail and client GUI design with good editor support would require wide enough skills and be a definitely hard work... ¶ 10:05 PM 0 comments
