[Open Beta] SpeedNotes - A fast and convenient note taking application
- I've fixed the issue with reminders defaulting to none on the calendar entries, for now I've simply hard coded a 0 minute alarm which you can, of course, change if you wish when creating the entry. Ongoing, I would prefer it if I was able to pre-populate the fields in the calendar entry with the defaults chosen in the calendar app. If I find this to be feasible I will do so.
A new SpeedNotes 0.3.1 volatile is available with the above fix.
Russ.09-01-11 11:31 PMLike 0 - thanks for this calendar reminder fix. I thought i was doing something wrong. missed couple of reminders before i fiqured that i need to set it each time.
Thanks!!!!09-02-11 08:56 AMLike 0 - I've been giving some thought to the request for hotkeys in the app. The one issue with this is that they would only be usable when the note editing area was not in focus as any key combination, for example alt+c for a calendar entry, would conflict with the normal key sequences for numbers and other symbols.
Being a touchscreen user I am not personally used to using hotkeys on my berry although they are of obvious benefit on my PC for example. I could code the hotkeys so that escape would need to be pressed first but then that would detract from the speed and convenience of the application as you would need to hit it twice to exit SpeedNotes.
I would definitely value any opinions on this subject.
Russ.
Sent from my BlackBerry 9550 using Tapatalk09-02-11 10:04 AMLike 0 - I've been giving some thought to the request for hotkeys in the app. The one issue with this is that they would only be usable when the note editing area was not in focus as any key combination, for example alt+c for a calendar entry, would conflict with the normal key sequences for numbers and other symbols.
Being a touchscreen user I am not personally used to using hotkeys on my berry although they are of obvious benefit on my PC for example. I could code the hotkeys so that escape would need to be pressed first but then that would detract from the speed and convenience of the application as you would need to hit it twice to exit SpeedNotes.
I would definitely value any opinions on this subject.
Russ.
Sent from my BlackBerry 9550 using Tapatalk09-02-11 10:07 AMLike 2 - My two cents here, your main intent with this app was to be a quick, super easy, low impact app to take quick notes and have them still be there when you opened it. You have more than done that and corrected all issues with it. I say package up this puppy and take it to market. Why over-complicate such a nice easy to use app?russnash likes this.09-02-11 11:09 AMLike 1
- My two cents here, your main intent with this app was to be a quick, super easy, low impact app to take quick notes and have them still be there when you opened it. You have more than done that and corrected all issues with it. I say package up this puppy and take it to market. Why over-complicate such a nice easy to use app?russnash likes this.09-02-11 03:16 PMLike 1
- Thank you to everyone for sharing your opinions, I value them all! My plan based on everyone's input is to implement a workaround for the SMS issue and then to launch the app on Mobihand and AppWorld.
Those of you who are familiar with my theme work will know that I don't shelve development after I launch something, but continue to improve a product based upon customer feedback. This will definitely be the case with SpeedNotes. I am also committed to finding some answers to the multi-language issues that were brought up but this will take a lot of further investigation still.
I'm going to work towards 0.3.1 beta containing a fix for the SMS issue, then once that is determined to be solid I'll be moving to 1.0.0 and launch.
Thanks again!
Russ.09-02-11 06:36 PMLike 0 -
- Ok, there is now a new 0.3.1 volatile available that implements my own SMS code. Upon clicking 'Send as SMS' you will be presented with your contacts list, selecting a contact will either throw an error message (if the contact does not contain a number suitable for SMS'ing) or present you with a dialog choice of the numbers available for that contact. Clicking the contact will then send the SMS message in the background.
Note that the SMS will not appear in your messages list, unfortunately, this is a side effect of sending messages with this API method rather than the API which I originally used that had more bugs than an open box of donuts in a picnic at the local landfill. I have toyed with the idea of allowing a choice between both methods, however, I can imagine now the barrages of support emails and confusion that might cause.
I've sent some test SMS's to myself, my wife has gone to bed so I can't keep using her as a guinea pig (I'm at work), and everything seems to be working. I would appreciate some wreckless attempts at breaking this new code!
Russ.09-02-11 09:40 PMLike 0 - Russ, I did get the contacts to open but did not receive the SMS I sent to myself. Here is the log if it helps. Tried sending to my wife phone with same results
Name: IndexOutOfBoundsException
GUID: 9c3cd62e3320b498
Time: Sep 02, 2011 21:57:32
No detail message
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getText
0xE4D
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Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com09-02-11 10:07 PMLike 0 - Here's another I sent to my daughter. She also did not receive the message.
Name: IndexOutOfBoundsException
GUID: 9c3cd62e3320b498
Time: Sep 02, 2011 22:10:34
No detail message
net_rim_cldc-28(4C9A75E5)
AttributedString
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0xE4D
net_rim_cldc-16(4C9A75E5)
TextField
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NoteArea
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Screen
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net_rim_cldc-13(4C9A75E5)
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Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com09-02-11 10:12 PMLike 0 -
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- LoL! I'm a complete twit sometimes....
I have a check that will truncate the message to keep it within the 160 character limit for SMS... however, I forgot to check if the message *IS* actually greater than 160 characters before trying to chop it.... hence index out of bounds! I was testing with huge messages.
Ok, a new volatile is up which should work properly. I also updated the help text screen.
Russ.09-02-11 11:07 PMLike 0 -
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