See also: PIMs | E-Mail Clients
Chandler is the codename for a Personal Information Manager to be developed by the non-profit Open Source Application Foundation. OSAF has been created by Mitch Kapor, one of the Lotus founders and creator of the much-beloved Lotus Agenda PIM. Chandler will be built with Python and wxWindows.
GUI prototypes can be seen here. From the planned feature summary page:
Contents
- POP/IMAP retrieval
- HTML viewing and composition
- auto-completion of addressees
- stationery
- signatures
- multiple profiles/personalities/identities
- spelling checker
- auto-archiving of old mail
- fast searching via full-text indexing
- importing existing data and settings
- in-line viewing of attachments
- user-defined views, rules, and filters
- user-scripting capabilities
- “active” mail – mail with buttons for actions
- transparent encryption and authentication of mail
- automatic spam filtering
- filing of messages in multiple folders
Information Sharing & Exchange
- integrated Instant Messaging and presence management (Jabber)
- sending contacts and appointments via mail (iCal, vCard support)
- remote peer-to-peer browsing of others’ data
- flexible security model to control access
- file and document sharing
- remote queries, e.g., look up address in another person’s contact list
- automatic updating of information from remote sources: receive new contacts, changes to existing contacts automatically (publish-subscribe)
Access
- home and work PC’s with complete automatic replication of data
- online or offline use with access to all data
- synchronize with popular PDA’s
Calendar
- day/week/month views
- recurring appointments
- see another person’s free/busy blocks for scheduling
- see another person’s calendars as overlays
Other
- simple Web-style navigation (back, forward, and home buttons, single click on a link to navigate, bookmarks, URL references to user data)
- easily customizable user-defined categories
- structure data how you like it, view it that way, change your mind at any time
- automatic recognition of names, places, dates, and etc.; automatic categorization of items
- developer extensibility architecture
Everyone is invited to participate in the development process on one of the mailing lists. Mitch Kapor also has a personal weblog where he summarizes important events.
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