[H-GEN] Appointment Scheduler

[Tony Bilbrough]

G'day All,
ok, lets muse away................
All things can be developed further, once the basic hard work has been 
carried out, etc.

I too have been looking for an open source scheduler for several years.
Been using a Windows 98 programme called Sidekick since about '93, even 
contacted Starfish several years ago to buy the code, hoping etc... Its 
still just sitting on a paper shelf somewhere.

This is the basic Sidekick programme.
World time Zones - 10 locations locked to Bne time [or any other city in 
the data base]
Address data - a note page, without fields, but alphabeticly listed in 
'card' form.
A simple Word pad for quick notes
A basic accounting package - Travel expenses that sort of thing
and
Daily scheduler at 1/2 hour time slots. This page carries a separate 
pane with a To Do list that leaves a record of tasks completed on that 
particular day opposite the days schedule, and over runs the uncompleted 
tasks to the following day, with a clean schedule sheet.
Shows logged annual events at the top of the schedule as a reminder 
[anniversaries that sort of thing]

Tasks/Events and To Do can be rescheduled very easily.
Referring back to completed tasks, and/or, events is made easy by 
selecting - view by 'day' 'week' or 'month'
The GUI is easy to learn and use, making it great for office staff with 
limited computer knowledge.

It would be a world beater if it could be run on a Mail or File server.

If anyone would like to have a look at the last version of Sidekick, 
please let me know.

cheers Tony

Greg Black wrote:

>[Warning:  this is not an answer to the question, but some
>musing on the topic.]
>
>On 2006-03-23, Rick Phillips wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Does anyone know of an open source appointment scheduler which would
>>drive off a Linux box, perhaps php/mysql based which can be
>>simultaneously accessed by staff in a Windows Domain environment?
>>
>>I have done google searches and have been largely unsuccessful in my
>>quest.  The MS MyOffice would be perfect but I don't want to go there.
>>
>>We have about 80 staff and the office personnel would make the
>>appointments for staff members concurrently.  Web interface would be
>>perfect.
>>    
>>
>
>I have tried several times to get a reasonably diverse group of
>people to specify what they'd want in such a utility, completely
>without success.  I had concluded a few years ago that it was an
>empty niche and thought it might be fun to fill it -- but, since
>my own needs are perfectly met by the tools I use now[1], I felt
>it would be smart to find out what people wanted.
>
>I still have no idea of the answer to that question and perhaps
>since then the right tools have been built when I wasn't paying
>attention.  At any rate, I'll be interested to see what people
>have to say about this.  (If the perfect tool has not yet been
>built, maybe I'll learn what it should be able to do ...)
>
>Cheers, Greg
>
>
>[1] The tools I use now specifically do not address the multiple
>    user scenario which is needed here, so knowing what they are
>    won't help anybody with this issue.
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