Kde-pim/pi 2.1.0 Available!, New stable version Options

[zautrix]

Moin!

You can download KDE-Pim/Pi 2.1.0 here:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.p...ckage_id=112604

Enjoy!

z.



********** VERSION 2.1.0 ************

Stable release 2.1.0!

Summary of changes/fixes compared to version 2.0.6:

Many bugs of version 2.0.6 fixed.
Most of them were small bugs, but some of them were important.
It is recommended to use version 2.1.0 and not version 2.0.6.

Important changes:

Added recurring todos to KO/Pi.

Added global application font settings (for all KDE-Pim/Pi apps) to the general settings.

Made Passwordmanager PwM/Pi more userfriendly: Rearranged some toolbar icons, optimized setting of focus, fixed layout problems and more.

Datenavigator can now display many months. Very useful on the desktop.

KO/Pi alarm applet changed: Made buttons in alarm dialog much bigger and other usebility enhancements.

Made alarm sound working on Linux desktop.

Made KO/Pi and KA/Pi running from a memory stick. Please read storage HowTo for details.

Added timetracking feature in KO/Pi todo view. Please read timetraker HowTo for details.

Many other usebility enhancements.
Special thanks to Ben for his suggestions!

[ev1l]

The redraw issue is dur to the anemic processor in the Zaurus. Sharp calendar is fast simply because it's very simple. I suppose thats the case with Qalendar as well, though I haven't tried it.

[ashikase]

The redraw issue is dur to the anemic processor in the Zaurus. Sharp calendar is fast simply because it's very simple. I suppose thats the case with Qalendar as well, though I haven't tried it.

I don't think the blame for the lack of speed can be placed squarely on the processor - most of it seems to come from the OS side.

After seeing some of the latest Palm devices the other day, I decided to pull out my old Clie SJ30 - a Dragonball ~200Mhz (?) based palm - and was amazed at how fast even the older model switched between applications, and how fast the calendar apps quickly switched between views. Granted the resolution might only be half of the Z, and perhaps the featureset might be smaller (though I find Agendus quite capable).

It's true that Sharp's default calendar and Qualendar don't have quite as many features as KO/Pi, and hence might be considered 'simple'. However, I don't think there's anything necessarily wrong with 'simple' - especially in a PDA, which is how I generally use my Zaurus. I realize that many people want to use the Z as a full laptop, but it's still basically a very flexible PDA ("mobile tool", what have you). Also, does having more features mean that a program should run slower? Isn't that usually referred to as bloat?

Don't get me wrong, I really like KO/Pi... I just wish it was snappier. Again, all the blame can't be put on KO/Pi - a lot of it, I believe, is due to the OS.

I hope the rumored forthcoming Z fixes some of this... those Palms were pretty tempting (if only I could find a Palm-based phone that worked in Japan...).

Just my 2 yen.

- ashikase
- anpachi, gifu, japan