From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: Re: org mode vs basecamp Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:21:54 +0100 Message-ID: <87prz5zin1.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> References: <87myuaxk9y.fsf@myhost.localdomain> <877ild4v1s.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87myu9eknl.fsf@myhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IkPKU-0007co-DV for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:22:18 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IkPKO-0007Zv-Hx for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:22:17 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IkPKO-0007Zp-Ei for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:22:12 -0400 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.174]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IkPKM-0004sj-AS for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:22:12 -0400 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id a2so203807ugf for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:21:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87myu9eknl.fsf@myhost.localdomain> (cezar@mixandgo.ro's message of "Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:43:58 +0300") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org cezar@mixandgo.ro writes: > I think this what I had in mind, so an emacs addict like me can work > with other people without them having to learn emacs/org. So a web > interface to this would ROCK ! I think the easiest way would be to have a database standing between the Org file(s) and the web interface. Like this, you would be able to edit project either directly from the Org files or through the web interface, the database being responsible to keep things synchronized. But this is a lot of work... and i'm not sure .org files can really breath and live long outside Emacs. > The basecamp guys did a pretty good job, an you can see some videos on > their website (don't know if this is doable with org-mode). Before we go further into this discussion, let me raise again a concern that many in this list expressed before me: Org should stick to the Unix coding principle, i.e. « do one thing and do it well. » Org-mode handles to-do lists, and it does it well. There is no need to make Org a full-fledged project management system; but if such a system is able to interact (edit/store) in some way with Org's file format, then it's worth to explore this way. > Things that are not there (or are not obvious): > > 1. Collaboration If you share a file with other people, you can assign a task to someone by adding a :Owner: property. > 2. Comments (blog style) To me the content of an entry looks like "comments". > 3. Attachments (various projects need different files) Well, you can do this with links. > 4. Views (client view / company view) Aren't sparse-tree/agenda views enough? > 5. Assignment ( this task is for NEO ) See my suggestion above. > 6. (feel free to add your thoughts here) :D I think the whole issue is not "How to make Org a collaborative tool for project management" but rather: "Is it worth trying to implement a web application that uses Org format for storing/exchanging information?" And I don't have any answer to that! -- Bastien