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RE: Outlook, Caller ID, Intranet was Idea for new xAP software
- Subject: RE: Outlook, Caller ID, Intranet was Idea for new
xAP software
- From: "Patrick Lidstone \(Personal E-mail\)" <patrick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 20:03:57 -0000
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> Originally i was going to make the app directly search Outlook's
address
book as well as the internal one. But issues
> such as the new outlook security model and the fact the lookup app
would
run on a server and outlook wouldn't, meant
> this idea was not really useful. This also only allowed 1 copy of
outlook
to be scanned. So I have switched over to
> using an outlook plugin. Now when Outlook starts it syncs up it's
contact database with the one used by the lookup
> app. So now calls can be matched from any number of Outlooks and it
doesn't matter if Outlook is running when the call
> comes in. The plugin will also allow the lookup app to instruct
Outlook
to open the relevant contact when the phone
> rings, or on outgoing. In time I can add to this plugin things like
new
mail alerts and appointment alerts, amongst other
> things. Doing things this way should also make it possible to sync up
Thunderbird clients too, once i/someone figures
> out xul!
I love this syncing approach. I think it has great potential for a myriad
of
other xAP applications - like publishing public calendar entries to a web
server. Have you got anything we can beta test yet?
Patrick
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><BR><SPAN
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i was going to
make the app directly search Outlook's address book as well as the internal
one. But issues <SPAN
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=918240220-20022005><FONT
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color=#0000ff size=2>></FONT> </SPAN>such as
the new outlook security
model and the fact the lookup app would run on a server and outlook
wouldn't,
meant <SPAN class=918240220-20022005><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=918240220-20022005><FONT
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idea was not really useful.
This also only allowed 1 copy of outlook to be scanned. So I have
switched
over to <SPAN class=918240220-20022005><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=918240220-20022005><FONT
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outlook plugin. Now when Outlook starts it syncs up it's contact
database
with the one used by the lookup <SPAN
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=918240220-20022005><FONT
face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>></FONT> </SPAN>app. So
now calls can be matched
from any number of Outlooks and it doesn't matter if Outlook is running
when the
call <SPAN class=918240220-20022005><FONT face=Arial
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size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=918240220-20022005><FONT
face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>></FONT> </SPAN>comes
in. The plugin will
also allow the lookup app to instruct Outlook to open the relevant contact
when
the phone <SPAN class=918240220-20022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff
size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=918240220-20022005><FONT
face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>></FONT> </SPAN>rings,
or on outgoing. In time I
can add to this plugin things like new mail alerts and appointment alerts,
amongst other <SPAN class=918240220-20022005><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=918240220-20022005><FONT
face=Arial
color=#0000ff
size=2>></FONT> </SPAN>things.
Doing things this way
should also make it possible to sync up Thunderbird clients too,
once
i/someone figures <SPAN class=918240220-20022005><FONT
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=918240220-20022005><FONT
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xul!<SPAN
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=918240220-20022005><FONT
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color=#0000ff size=2>I love this syncing approach. I think it has great
potential for a myriad of other xAP applications - like publishing public
calendar entries to a web server. Have you got anything we can beta test
yet?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=918240220-20022005><FONT
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