On 3/7/2007 11:15 AM, William Pociengel wrote:
>
> in a way i liked some aspects of the older connection sw as it allowed
> me to change the notes on the mac and sync them back to the newton.
>
> the biggest issue is that the newton is so flexible and expandable that
> keeping ANY pc/mac software up to the task of tracking all of the add on
> data is painful. and this would be an issue with any other computer if
> it had this capability. no other computer anywhere (that i am aware of)
> can do this.
>
> want to add new data fields to the address book, do it
> want to connect the schedule to the people at a certain company, do it
> want to add new features to the notes, do it
> want to add ....
Very true. However the program you are linking too has to be just as
flexible. The only way to do this is have a database type structure,
which the Newt uses and have a field for each type of data. If you
could customize this in your desktop software and your syncing software
could be told (or was smart enough to know) where to put the data it
would be truly seamless. It might take a few minutes to set up. But
most of us don't change add on packages very often so once you got it
set up it would be fast. You can do this somewhat with CSV and NCU as
you can specify which data goes to which field. It doesn't have the
ability to remember this though like Lotus Organizer 2.1 does for Windows.
It is possible to create a format that could be that expandable and
adjustable. One possibility that comes to mind is XML. Seems to me
that this would be a strong possibility to do this since a lot of
programs are using this format (and more all the time).
-Dan
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