Re: iPhone app for Org view and capture

From: peter.frings@agfa.com
To: org-mode Mailinglist <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: iPhone app for Org view and capture
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 17:18:46 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E48C2624-DF03-4920-A5C1-050A72DBC5B4@agfa.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <823188580909080724i7ce86a10k8a1560a9283772ef@mail.gmail.com>

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On 08 Sep 2009, at 16:24, Richard Moreland wrote:

> I've been working with Carsten on a free iPhone app for Org.  We are  
> still working out some of the details, but so far we have it running  
> on the phone in a fairly usable state.  It needs some polish, but it  
> is very nice to see my Org data easily accessible on a mobile device  
> with offline access.  To be clear, we aren't trying to run Emacs on  
> the device.  The goal is to view Org files and agendas as well as  
> capture new notes.
>
> Here is a teaser video of the app running in the simulator:  http://ncogni.to/mobileorg-demo1.mov
>
> Once we feel the basics are worked out, we will solicit a request  
> for beta testers and feedback, but for now you'll have to be  
> satisfied with the demo video :)

Wow indeed. Some things immediately came up when viewing the movie; I  
hope you don't mind me posting them so soon.

I imagine the app does not require a live connection to the server. In  
order to work offline, I think that the app must
- clearly show the time of downloading each document,
- be able to capture and store multiple notes when offline and forward  
them when online. A way of reviewing the stored notes, possibly edit  
or remove them would be a bonus.

I could imagine that captured but not yet forwarded notes appear in  
the 'capture.org' document entry (on the App), marked as not-forwarded  
and being editable and removable. After syncing, these notes become  
part of the real capture.org document and thus read-only, just like  
the rest.

Oh well, you probably thought of all that, so I'll just shut up now...

Cheers,
Peter.

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