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Announcements / Re: OpenGoo 0.8 released

« on: September 02, 2008, 01:17:46 am »

Oh, before someone asks: 'just what is the 1.0 release?'... Well, even us don't know what it is!

We can promise you this: it will have a few more features, and a lot less bugs. Basically, when we feel confident we've killed the bigger and uglier bugs, then we will have a 1.0. Now, if you tried say, release 0.5, you will see why this is an important step. The app is getting much better, much more 'robust'.

We try to work on a roadmap. We've been promising it for a long time. But the truth is that, the minute we scratch a draft, something happens that changes it all. It could be a cool idea, a new request - some obvious thing we missed - or an ugly bug that makes us realize we have to change some functionality. The promise remains though, we will have a roadmap, and you'll be first to know!

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Announcements / OpenGoo 0.8 released

« on: September 02, 2008, 01:04:57 am »

OpenGoo 0.8 is another important step towards the 1.0 release. It fixes several bugs, and adds some new features, such as:
 

• Time Tracking: There is now time tracking functionality for the tasks module. It is not finished yet, but it is working.
  
• Task priority: Tasks can be assigned a priority
  
• Projects Templates: A first approach on task and milestone templates is presented. It will probably mutate a lot. Basically, templates include a set of tasks or milestones with predefined properties set.
  
• 'Reply to all' and forwarding features for email were added.
  
• Improved system navigation: There are still some issues, but the navigation (closing forms, back button) is getting better.
  
• Better support of Safari: It still has some bugs though, your input is welcome!
  
• Spanish translation: First Spanish translation (Uruguayan Spanish, if there is such a thing) can be set in config/config.php with ('DEFAULT_LOCALIZATION' = 'es_uy')
  
• Tons of bugs fixed (assuming that one bug weighs a ton – Warning: Ignacio might have a copyright on the joke. Left here for community consideration  ).

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Ideas / Re: porpositions

« on: August 22, 2008, 03:55:36 pm »

I kind of wen off-topic for this section of the forum.

Excuse me.

 

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Ideas / Re: propositions

« on: August 22, 2008, 03:51:51 pm »

Adding to Ignacio's response:

All of shalow propositions are on the OpenGoo 'roadmap'.

• Having a formal-written roadmap is also on the roadmap 
• Some of the propositions are even planned for the very near future

Ignacio: I think a more precise term for the feature would be 'batch upload'.

There are seven developers working full - or quasi full - time on OpenGoo. This is not 'few' by open source project measures, but is not enough for building a top-notch product with all the features that come to mind (at least not in a few months).

We are constantly looking for ways to increase the team size. One obvious way will be to start offering services like:

• hosting the app for small businesses
• on-site installation
• consulting
• training

Another way we already pursued, successfully, twice: have OpenGoo apps, features, modules, refactoring, etc. presented as projects for grad students. That is how the core team met, and that is how we are building the online spredsheets app. It's the 'Goo -all seasons- of code'.

But what would be really cool is to have more developers from around the world join the community. That way we could soon have the best Online Collaboration/Office Suite all in one, open source.

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Components / Re: OpenGoo for eyeOS

« on: August 08, 2008, 02:18:37 pm »

Hi nemesi.

I love the idea!

EyeOS is a project I follow and for which I have tremendous admiration. I don't know what exactly you plan to do, but a combination of both projects sounds certainly like a good idea.

Unfortunately there is no formal documentation of OpenGoo's underlaying structure, but the core team and me would gladly help to build one, and I am sure others will soon join the effort.

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Ideas / Re: 2008 - Ideas for the future of OpenGoo

« on: July 30, 2008, 07:27:27 pm »

Thanks for the feedback and compliments Alexandru!

I feel you are reflecting the values and spirit of the OpenGoo team with your suggestions. We will try to achieve them all. Only popularity is not entirely under our control. Hopefully, delivering a great product should take care of that. 

Hope to hear more from you.

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Definitions / What is a Content Object

« on: July 24, 2008, 04:48:19 pm »

As the team has been referring to Content Objects (CO's) throughout the forum, I felt there might be a need to define what a CO is, since it is a term used internally at the core team, but not a formal nor widespread one, and might be subject to different interpretations.

First draft of a definition
A Content Object refers to a piece of Data, independent of its form, that is treated in a similar manner by the system. It is the 'Abstract Class' for Objects like:

• Message
• Contact
  
• File (or Document)
  
• Task
  
• Milestone
  
• Event
  
• And so on...
  

More CO's might be specified, as the system specializes support for other kind of data.

Specializations of a CO (e-mail and SMS specialization of the 'Message Class') are also CO's.

The system treats CO's similarly, with functions that allow all CO's to be viewed, usually edited, have permissions, have properties, be linked, be shared, etc.

So this is it. Hope you find it helpful. Contributions are welcome.

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Announcements / OpenGoo 0.7 released

« on: July 24, 2008, 04:06:45 pm »

OpenGoo 0.7 introduces great new features

In summary:

• Dashboard: OpenGoo is all about integration. Now we have gone a step further in that direction by including a unified Dashboard view of your most important information. You can now visualize your latest messages and documents, late and pending milestones and tasks and your activity for the next two weeks, all in a single view.
  
• New Interfaces: The tasks and milestones interface was completely redesigned. You can now easily see relationships between tasks, quickly navigate through the task hierarchy, and managing tasks was never easier. You can add, complete, assign or delete tasks without having to leave the main view. The calendar interface was also improved; it has a cleaner and friendlier look.
  
• Better usability and design: We are constantly looking for ways to improve the usability and visual design of OpenGoo. The user interface for viewing your Content Objects (messages, documents, tasks, milestones, etc.) has been redesigned, becoming not only prettier, but also much more usable. A Workspace Crumbs widget was added, that lets you see at all moments were you are standing in the workspace hierarchy.
  
• More flexibility: Now it's possible to send emails from OpenGoo, which means you can now use OpenGoo not only to organize and classify your email, but also as your every day mail client. Documents and messages can now reside in more than one workspace, making it easier to share information with other users. This features will be extended to all Content Objects for the next release.
  
• Stability: Many bugs were reported on OpenGoo.org by the community, and were solved for this release.
  

 
Next Steps
We are still working on making OpenGoo a more stable product. There are several bugs to fix and things to improve, and there's a long list of new features to add. OpenGoo is currently beta quality software, so you are not advised to use it on a production environment. However, it is usable, and in fact we ourselves are using it internally, but you should use it at your own risk.

Some features planned for the next release are:

• Sharing items between different workspaces for all content objects
  
• A first approach on reporting
  
• Even more stability
  
• Small improvements everywhere
  

Acknowledgement
This release notes were compiled and so poetically arranged by Acio. If you have the privilege to know Acio personally you wouldn't suspect this artistic nature in his quiet manners. Acio, you don't cease to amaze me! 

How to help
Please help OpenGoo by reporting any bugs you find. You can do so at the SourceForge.net tracker for OpenGoo, or here at the forum

Thank you!

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Ideas / Re: 2008 - Ideas for the future of OpenGoo

« on: July 20, 2008, 05:28:39 am »

The option to 'customize' a Workspace, without all the tabs, will be included soon in a future release.

As for being an all-in-one Web solution for SMB (e-mail + ERP + Office), that's kind of the goal for OpenGoo. We are working hard on the e-mail client stuff, and will eventually have some functionality that will resemble that of a blog.

It is a lot of work though. You will have to wait for a bit yet.

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Ideas / Re: 2008 - Ideas for the future of OpenGoo

« on: July 19, 2008, 05:05:22 pm »

Sirichai, I don't get your additional idea #1. Isn't that a regular Workspace structure?

3 - Thanks for the compliments.

2 & 4 - Will do.

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Components / Translation interface plugin

« on: July 18, 2008, 02:42:23 pm »

Anyone knows of a cool -well PHP programmed- interface that would enable translation for any user that could be meshed-into OpenGoo? I bet there must be a hundred CMS's with this feature.

There are many volunteers to translate, but editing the text files is discouraging to most.

See this comment, for example.

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Ideas / Re: 2008 - Ideas for the future of OpenGoo

« on: July 18, 2008, 02:34:09 pm »

Hi Sirichai.

The three are excellent ideas, and I can definitely see all three being implemented in OpenGoo, though I can't promise any date.

Right now we are working on reaching the '1.0' version. This should be a very robust, complete, finished version, of the current set of features (plus a few more). After we reach that state, we will start adding new cool features like these.

Also, anyone with the will and skills to develop them is welcome to contribute.

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General Discussion / Re: New Project

« on: July 17, 2008, 07:19:57 pm »

Hi israelp.

Projects are now called -a more generic- 'Workspaces'.

When you create a Workspace you can assign users to it. You can also add users later (select Workspace at the left menu -> click the 'edit properties' button at the top bar -> 'Edit permissions' link).

Every assigned user can work on the Workspace, in which you have a 'Tasks' tab, for project tasks.

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General Discussion / Re: install failed at db table creation

« on: July 15, 2008, 08:44:45 pm »

shalow,

I am the one still in charge of replying e-mail sent to the contact address. Yesterday my notebook broke, so I've been slow with the e-mail (which, on the upside, allowed me to have longer chats with my buddies). So far I have replied every message received.

Glad to have you on board for the help. The French translation will be very welcome. I'll personally help you with that.

The 'unproper design' and 'not enough precision' claims are rather vague. Could you expand on that? We want to improve, and welcome every suggestion.

What is your suggestion for the support system? What is it that you don't like about the forum?

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Definitions / Re: What is OpenGoo?

« on: June 26, 2008, 03:18:37 pm »

Indeed cabeza, we are working hard at it.