Papyrus - A Calendar Replacement From SBSH, Now In Public Beta Stage

[Mike Temporale]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.sbsh.net/press/index.php?page=papyrus09' target='_blank'>http://www.sbsh.net/press/index.php?page=papyrus09</a><br /><br /></div><i>"SBSH released today their first software for Smartphone devices; Papyrus, a new solution designed to replace the default calendar application on Smartphone devices with a more powerful solution. Papyrus is first released as public beta and can be downloaded for free, in return we hope that users using Papyrus will post their feature requests and ideas on our forms and help us improve Papyrus."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Temporale-20041227-PapyrusMonthly.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/> <br /><br />Papyrus looks like a pretty nice replacement for the limited functionality of the Smartphone calendar. Papyrus beta is a free download, however you must be a registered user of their forums before you can download it. Once you've registered, use this <a href="http://www.sbsh.net/products/papyrus/index.php?page=download">link</a> to download Papyrus.

[Janak Parekh]

Wow, this looks awesome. I'll have to keep an eye on this -- I'm wary of installing beta software on my SP, but this addresses some of the issues not with just the Smartphone calendar, but Power Calendar as well. Maybe I'll be able to use just one this time around. :)

--janak

[Kris Kumar]

Wow! The calendar looks great. Must check it out.

[Bacco]

Why couldn't they have put this out a month ago...before I bought Power Calendar.

Guess I'll try it out and see.

[amitregev]

Hi all :)

I'm glad to see it looks good, now I only hope it will also work good for you :D

Currently it is all still very basic, but we hope to have full tasks support implemented in less then a month, text templates, a compatible home screen plug-in that opens Papyrus and many other things 8) (this is just the start of our list... :) ).

Our next update is scheduled for next week and we hope that as many users as possible will join our forums and post their ideas (or bugs of course..) and help us make Papyrus better as much as possible :)

If you have any new ideas you think we should add and you prefer to keep the discussion here feel free to post here too :)

[Jerry Raia]

Just downloaded it. Glad to see this has finally been done as Developer One seems more interested in version 6.8711254678884 of AF than Power Calendar. :roll:

[kennyg]

I like the display and the input forms have some nice ideas for being able to see and input a fair amount jamming too much into on the screen at once.

The only problem I see with developers like this is that they slap together something simple and then have the beta testers do all the testing and designing. I don't necessarily think it's bad, but not terribly original. I prefer developers that actually build something that they've taken time to design before the first beta release.

Kenny.

[seaflipper]

Looks AWESOME. Especially with the fact that over in the SBSH Papyrus forums Amit says he will look into the home screen integration. That has been probably the number one lacking thing of all add on calender apps, the inability to customize the home screen and the choices of displaying tasks &amp; appointments (more than just "your next appointment").

[seaflipper]

I like the display and the input forms have some nice ideas for being able to see and input a fair amount jamming too much into on the screen at once.

The only problem I see with developers like this is that they slap together something simple and then have the beta testers do all the testing and designing. I don't necessarily think it's bad, but not terribly original. I prefer developers that actually build something that they've taken time to design before the first beta release.

Kenny.

Actually, I think the Beta testing idea is GREAT. I have been a Smartphone users since they first came out in the US more than a year ago. I tried and tried to get on beta testing with Developer One with Power Calender, but they were not receptive. The end result was, I hate their app and feel that had I (and many others like me) had a chance to help them with functionality, the product could have been actually useful for me.

SBSH and Amit have made a very wise choice. Their expertise is in PPC apps so I think asking users of the Smartphone to help them develop this app is going to end up making it a very very good app, and I can see that happening over in their forums already.

[PPCMD]

I don't mind beta testing apps, although reloading apps on the smartphone is alot more work than my PPC due to the limited text entry. But it looks good and ultimately support for developing an app is what I care more about. So sure I will try it out.

[amitregev]

I like the display and the input forms have some nice ideas for being able to see and input a fair amount jamming too much into on the screen at once.

The only problem I see with developers like this is that they slap together something simple and then have the beta testers do all the testing and designing. I don't necessarily think it's bad, but not terribly original. I prefer developers that actually build something that they've taken time to design before the first beta release.

Kenny.

Hi Kenny :)

As I learned with our products in the PPC market, it doesn't matter how creative we will be - only talking with the users will tell us what they want and need - and then, result a good product (of course with a lot of hard work in the middle and many night without to much sleep :D ).

We've done it with PocketBreeze and PocketWeather, and still doing it, and our customer base on the PPC market past the 30,000 in less then 7 months (from almost 3,000). I believe this is a result of hard work, listening to our users, and working hard as we can to support our users.

I can tell about my self that I usually sleep 4-5 hours a day and work most of the other time. Technically we can program almost everything (apart from some issues we are having with the 'make coffee' feature....) but I really think that asking your users for input, and then working according to it, is important. This, with a combination of good ideas and implementation from the developer side, is the key for a good product :D

If you believe our initial version is lacking features and you prefer not to take part in the testing and prefer not to post your ideas on our forums (which of course will help us) - we definitely didn't said it is a must, we are simply inviting users to come (*I'm not attacking of course :) just saying you can decide not to try the beta version and then only try the official public release trial version and see if it fits your needs or not, when this will be released :D ).

As for users that will help us, as we did with PocketWeather on our forums, all the users who joined our forums to help with PocketWeather received about %30 off price offer for the initial public release, which I think is a fair offer. Also, we usually target our prices lower then other products and I believe our support is really good and we really work hard on our products :)

[Jerry Raia]

Well after spending a little time with this app I think it has a lot of promise.

[Darius Wey]

I can tell about my self that I usually sleep 4-5 hours a day and work most of the other time.

I believe that! :lol:

You, and the team, put a lot of hard work into your products. This new product is looking great. ;)

[Bacco]

Hey guys,

Does anyone know where I can get my hands on a cab file? You see, I'm not anywhere near a laptop till next week and I'm really curious about this app.

Thanks all.

[amitregev]

Hey guys,

Does anyone know where I can get my hands on a cab file? You see, I'm not anywhere near a laptop till next week and I'm really curious about this app.

Thanks all.

Hi Bacco :)

If we will upload the CAB file inside the ZIP on our site will it help? (we will do it later today anyway for Mac users who asked for it)

If not, please email me to [email protected] and I will be glad to email it to you directly :D

[amitregev]

I can tell about my self that I usually sleep 4-5 hours a day and work most of the other time.

I believe that! :lol:

You, and the team, put a lot of hard work into your products. This new product is looking great. ;)

Hi Darius !! :D

Great to see you here! - do you use a Smartphone too? :roll:

[amitregev]

Well after spending a little time with this app I think it has a lot of promise.

Thanks Lasher :)

Give us two-three weeks and I think it will already be much more powerful then the first version 8)

[Jerry Raia]

I'm looking forward I it. :)

[Mike Temporale]

With the holidays and everything else that's going on, I haven't had a chance to install this yet. Can someone tell me if it allows you to set the Category field when editing or creating a new appointment? That's one of the missing features from the default calendar that really bugs me.

[Darius Wey]

Hi Darius !! :D

Great to see you here! - do you use a Smartphone too? :roll:

Nah - just a Pocket PC at the moment. One day though... ;)

[Jerry Raia]

With the holidays and everything else that's going on, I haven't had a chance to install this yet. Can someone tell me if it allows you to set the Category field when editing or creating a new appointment? That's one of the missing features from the default calendar that really bugs me.

If it has the ability I can't find it.

Oh amitregev, amitregev :)

[amitregev]

It will soon be able to do it too - but currently not yet.

Hope to have a new update today-tomorrow :)

[amitregev]

We've just released a new version of Papyrus, version 0.9.02 :)

The new features in this version:

* When moving between days on the daily view the first item will now be automatically selected
* The first item on the list view will now be selected by default when entering the list view display or moving between dates.
* On monthly view the first day will be initially selected or today's date when it is today's month.
* View appointment dialog will now include a scroll bar when the item description is longer then the screen height.
* Creating a new appointment on the daily view will create the new appointment with the start/end date set to the current selected day on the daily view
* Creating a new appointment on the list view will create the new appointment with the start/end date set to the current selected day on the list view
* Creating a new appointment on the month view will create the new appointment with the start/end date set to the current selected day on the month view
* When navigating on the monthly calendar with the SP joy-pad it will now move to the next/prev month when reaching the month boundaries.
* New option added under monthly view settings to set the starting day of the monthly calendar: Sunday/Monday
* Many code improvements with the monthly calendar display code.
* Monthly calendar now also include previous and next month margin dates showing in gray on both sides of the calendar.
* New option added to remove the bottom quick-list on the monthly view and use full screen monthly view.
* New version installation suppose to work on both SP2002 and SP2003 OS.
* Cab file also included in download ZIP file.

I included below some screenshots of the new monthly settings page and how the new monthly view looks like after we worked on it in the past few days 8)

http://www.sbsh.net/forums/uploads/new_pap_0902.jpg

Happy new year to all :) :D

[Jerry Raia]

My friend you are a wizard :)

I am dumping Power Calendar.

[Mike Temporale]

Very nice job! I still prefer the split screen monthly view. It's very functional. :)

[amitregev]

Thanks :)

We are now targeting to add the categories support in 3-4 days if all will go as planned :) I'll keep you updated when we have it working.

There are still many small stuff that need to be added to make it more user-friendly I think (like utilize the back button to go to the previous used view and so on...) but I promise to have this too soon.

[Bacco]

Sure...my luck.

Anyone know how I can install the cab file Amit was kind enough to email me to my smartphone?

The silly email app won't let me install it and I'm so impatient reading how everyone likes this app. I want to try it myself.

Guess I'll just have to wait till next week :( .

I like the split screen monthly view a lot too.

Hey Amit...you guys should work on a tasks app too.

Happy new year all!!!

[amitregev]

Sure...my luck.

Anyone know how I can install the cab file Amit was kind enough to email me to my smartphone?

The silly email app won't let me install it and I'm so impatient reading how everyone likes this app. I want to try it myself.

Guess I'll just have to wait till next week :( .

I like the split screen monthly view a lot too.

Hey Amit...you guys should work on a tasks app too.

Happy new year all!!!

Do you have anyway to navigate to the CAB file on your smartphone and run it? :roll:

[Bacco]

I tried that...that was the first thing I looked for. I used 2 different apps I have trying to find it but no luck.

I guess I'll learn to patience over the next few days.

[amitregev]

I tried that...that was the first thing I looked for. I used 2 different apps I have trying to find it but no luck.

I guess I'll learn to patience over the next few days.

:cry: Maybe someone else will have better ideas :)

[Kris Kumar]

I tried that...that was the first thing I looked for. I used 2 different apps I have trying to find it but no luck.

I guess I'll learn to patience over the next few days.

This is where the usability of the Inbox or the mail client is confusing on the smartphone. :?

The attachment is shown as an icon. But it may not have been downloaded yet. So mark the mail for download. And then re-sync the mail box. Once you have the complete mail, then you should be able to click ont the attachment icon in the mail and launch the CAB file from with the mail client.

[Jerry Raia]

I can't open certain attachments either but I don't think a cab file is one of the forbidden ones. Do you have any way of getting it from a PC to your phone?

[Bacco]

Thanks guys...yes, I will have the ability to get the cab file onto my phone via a computer when I'm back home on Monday.

As for downloading the email attachment...I've done that, but when I attempt to click on it I get the following message "Messaging will not open this attachment. It may be unsafe." So I guess cab files are one of those files not allowed to process for security reasons.

I was hoping that since it was downloaded onto my phone, I could find it and run the install from it's download location. But, no luck.

[Jerry Raia]

This stuff makes me nuts. Warn me, then let me open the file if I want to!!!

Where is the "banging head into wall" emoticon when you need it?

[Bacco]

That's exactly my feelings Jerry.

Big brother Bill elects to decide things for us again.

Anyhow, Monday is only a few days away...Happy New Year all!!! :)

[amitregev]

Hi all :)

We've just released a new version of Papyrus!, Papyrus 0.9.03, you can read more about it and download it from the following URL:

http://www.sbsh.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=2909

I hope you will all enjoy it and have a great week; We plan to have a new update ready in 2-3 days. 8)

Here are the list of changes in the new version:


* Problem with alarms showing while not defined fixed.
* Problem when adding new appt on the monthly view, then moving to the daily view, and then trying to enter the monthly view again didn't worked fixed.
* Missing multi-day appointments on their first day on the monthly calendar timelines issue fixed - appointments will now be visible correctly on the mini-timelines.
* Open and Delete menu items will now be disabled when clicking the Menu on the monthly view.
* When entering the Papyrus settings it will now enter the settings page according to the current selected display on Papyrus.
* New option added to the list view, set starting day of the list view: current day or week start.
* Hovering a date on the monthly view will automatically load this date appointments on the bottom mini-list view when the mini-list view is active on the settings.
* Back button will now cache the last visited view and clicking the back button will revert to the last view, another click on the back button will exit Papyrus.
* Problem when loading the daily view from the monthly view not allowing to scroll through the items on certain cases fixed.
* Code improvements when loading daily and list view, should load faster.
* From now all appointments longer then 15 minutes will show on the monthly mini-timelines; 1:15 long appointment will show as two wide pixel line on the mini-timeline.
* Monthly calendar will now refresh correctly when the displayed appointments changes.

[Jerry Raia]

You are the man. :D

[Bacco]

Wow, I like this app :D

I finally got it on my phone.

[Mike Temporale]

Wow, I like this app :D

I finally got it on my phone.

:clap:

[amitregev]

Hi all :)

We've just released a new update of Papyrus, version 0.9.04.

You can read more about this release on the following URL:
http://www.sbsh.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=2969

What's new in version 0.9.04?


* 'Open' option on right button menu removed and replaced with a 'New' option.
* 'New' bottom bar button replaced with 'Daily'/'List'/'Monthly' options to quickly toggle between the views.
* New option added to remove mini-timeline from the monthly view when there are no appointments.

http://www.sbsh.net/temp/ver_0094_1.jpg

* New dialog added on "Create appointment" and "Edit appointment" dialogs to input custom reminder values.

http://www.sbsh.net/temp/ver_0094_2.jpg

* New color settings window added under the settings section.
* New color selection dialog added supporting RGB selection with sliders and edit boxes for each value.
* Four new color options added to set status colors used for items' subject (Free/Busy/Tentative/OutOfOffice) on the list and daily views.
* New list view color options added: Highlight color and Day titles text color.
* New monthly view color options: Day rect, current day and prev/next month days.

http://www.sbsh.net/temp/ver_0094_3.jpg

* Problem with AM/PM time picker and devices using European (or any other 24 hour base) regional settings on the create a new appointment dialog fixed.

[amitregev]

Hi all :)

We've just released a new update of Papyrus, version 0.9.04.

You can read more about this release on the following URL:
http://www.sbsh.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=2969

What's new in version 0.9.04?


* 'Open' option on right button menu removed and replaced with a 'New' option.
* 'New' bottom bar button replaced with 'Daily'/'List'/'Monthly' options to quickly toggle between the views.
* New option added to remove mini-timeline from the monthly view when there are no appointments.

http://www.sbsh.net/temp/ver_0094_1.jpg

* New dialog added on "Create appointment" and "Edit appointment" dialogs to input custom reminder values.

http://www.sbsh.net/temp/ver_0094_2.jpg

* New color settings window added under the settings section.
* New color selection dialog added supporting RGB selection with sliders and edit boxes for each value.
* Four new color options added to set status colors used for items' subject (Free/Busy/Tentative/OutOfOffice) on the list and daily views.
* New list view color options added: Highlight color and Day titles text color.
* New monthly view color options: Day rect, current day and prev/next month days.

http://www.sbsh.net/temp/ver_0094_3.jpg

* Problem with AM/PM time picker and devices using European (or any other 24 hour base) regional settings on the create a new appointment dialog fixed.

[Bacco]

Very Cool :D

Thanks again Amit!!!

[amitregev]

We've just released a new version, 0.9.06.

You can read more about this version and donwload it for free from the following URL:

http://www.sbsh.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=3013


What's new in version 0.9.06?


* New "Default values" settings page added.
* New option added under the new Default values settings page to define the default reminder values you wish to have in the reminder combo-box when creating/editing appts.
* New option added to set which reminder value from the list of values will be the default value for new appointments.
* New settings added to set up to 10 custom "My text" fields that can be used when entering new appts subject.

http://www.sbsh.net/temp/ver_0906_1.jpg

* New option added on the New/Edit appointment dialog to insert the pre-defined "My text" strings in the appointment subject.

http://www.sbsh.net/temp/ver_0906_2.jpg

* Problem with the monthly view not loading months span on certain cases fixed.
* Problem navigating between the views when wrong menu item grayed fixed.
* Papyrus showing custom reminder for 0 minutes as '0 weeks' fixed and will now show 0 minutes.

[Mike Temporale]

We've just released a new version, 0.9.06.


8O Holy smoke! I haven't even had a chance to finish playing with the last release!

[Jerry Raia]

They are coming too fast!!! :shocked!:

[amitregev]

We've just updated to version 0.9.07 :)

You can read more about this version on the following URL:
http://www.sbsh.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=3061

What's new in version 0.9.07?


http://www.sbsh.net/temp/ver_0907.jpg

* New option added to set date format on the list view window title.

* Problem with "Delete" option grayed on the menu fixed.

* Problem with color settings and "My Text" settings when installing Papyrus on a storage card solved.

* Problem with box symbol added at the end of 'My Text' empty fields fixed.

* New settings added under the defaults settings page to set up to 10 "My Text" fields for the location field when creating a new appointment.

* When the location edit box is in focus on the "New/Edit appointment" dialog clicking on the "Insert My Text" option will open the pre-defined "My Text Location".

* When the Subject edit box is in focus on the "New/Edit appointment" dialog clicking on the "Insert My Text" option will open the pre-defined "My Text Subject".

* The "Insert My Text" option on the "New/Edit appointment" dialog will only be enabled when the subject or location edit boxes are in focus.

* New larger daily timeline added on the monthly view "daily quick list" when it is enabled.

* About screen added under the settings section including version number.

* Problem when selecting to input the '0' My Text field using the zero button fixed.

[Jerry Raia]

Amit, "on the 7th day he rested". Take a break we dont want you all worn out :D

[amitregev]

Yes 8) most chances that next update will take about a week because we have many things to add now as we are getting ready to go commercial with Papyrus in about 2-3 weeks which I hope people will enjoy . :roll:

[Kris Kumar]

Yes 8) most chances that next update will take about a week because we have many things to add now as we are getting ready to go commercial with Papyrus in about 2-3 weeks which I hope people will enjoy . :roll:

We already like..[correction]..love the current version. :-)

[amitregev]

We've just released a new version, 0.9.08. :)

You can read more about this release and download links on the following URL:

http://www.sbsh.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=3141

I will be really glad to hear what people think on the new weekly view? is it better then the old list view we had?

What's new in version 0.9.08:

http://www.sbsh.net/temp/ver_0908.jpg


* Major change in Papyrus databases, from now, all views will move on the same date span.
* List view display replaced with Weekly View display.
* Marking a day on the weekly view and clicking the D-Pad enter will load this day on the daily view.
* "Week starts on" setting on the Week view settings removed because it is not needed anymore with the new weekly display.
* Day title format setting on the weekly view changed to fit the new weekly design.
* Day title background color setting added on the color settings page.
* Week view date title format options will now use the correct date separator symbol according to the selected regional settings.
* Week view day titles format options will now use the correct date separator symbol according to the selected regional settings.
* New option added to set the date format for the quick view list title on the monthly view.
* New option added under the weekly view settings to use status colors for items text.
* 90 days time limitation added to this version.

[Mike Temporale]

* 90 days time limitation added to this version.

You must be getting close to the final version! :wink:

The new weekly looks nice. It doesn't impact me much at all, since I really just use the Monthly view. :D

[amitregev]

We hope to get to it within 2-3 weeks :) still a lot of work, but I think we will make it.

[amitregev]

We've just update to Papyrus 0.9.09, you can read more about it on the following post:

http://www.sbsh.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=3171


What's new in version 0.9.09?

* List view returned.
* New general settings page added.
* New list view settings page added.
* New option added under the general settings to force use of clear type fonts.

http://www.sbsh.net/temp/ver_0909.jpg

* Week start day option moved from Monthly calendar settings to the new General settings section - you might need to set it again.
* New separate color settings options for the list view and for the week view.
* Problem with multiday appointments getting shorter in one day when edited fixed.
* Clicking the back button on the 'appointment view' dialog will now close the view dialog.
* Papyrus installation will automatically link the home-screen default calendar and the Calendar shortcut to Papyrus, uninstalling will switch back to the default calendar.

[Mike Temporale]

* Papyrus installation will automatically link the home-screen default calendar and the Calendar shortcut to Papyrus, uninstalling will switch back to the default calendar.

8O This is killer! I'm loving it, keep up the excellent work. :D

[Kris Kumar]

* Papyrus installation will automatically link the home-screen default calendar and the Calendar shortcut to Papyrus, uninstalling will switch back to the default calendar.

8O This is killer! I'm loving it, keep up the excellent work. :D

I will second that. Improves the usability. Awesome. Small features like this one in my gadgets, stop me from turning into a new leaf. ;-)

[amitregev]

* Papyrus installation will automatically link the home-screen default calendar and the Calendar shortcut to Papyrus, uninstalling will switch back to the default calendar.

8O This is killer! I'm loving it, keep up the excellent work. :D

I will second that. Improves the usability. Awesome. Small features like this one in my gadgets, stop me from turning into a new leaf. ;-)

I'm pretty sure you won't turn into a new leaf :D

[Mike Temporale]

:lol: I think that's a typo on Kris's part. He's refering to his post on Turning Over a New Leaf (http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7393&amp;highlight=) :wink:

[Santa Fe]

Shoot, I was hoping for a bit of new growth from Kris.... :D

[Kris Kumar]

All I have to say.... :oops:

[Jerry Raia]

Every incarnation of this application blows me away. Excellent Excellent Excellent! :rock on dude!:

[Mike Temporale]

http://www.sbsh.net/temp/ver_0909.jpg


Shouldn't the weekly display format be under the weekly settings and not the General settings page? It took me a little to figure out why my weekly view didn't look like the one in this picture until I noticed the settings page here says "General" in the tittle bar. :)

[amitregev]

http://www.sbsh.net/temp/ver_0909.jpg


Shouldn't the weekly display format be under the weekly settings and not the General settings page? It took me a little to figure out why my weekly view didn't look like the one in this picture until I noticed the settings page here says "General" in the tittle bar. :)

Hi Mike :)

Because there are two separate setting pages for the week view - one for the weekly style and one for the list style (both show a week dates span) I decided this should go under the general settings, otherwise it needs to be included under one of these pages, and I don't think this should go only under one of them... :roll:

[Mike Temporale]

Ah, I see. Makes sense now. Thanks!

[Jerry Raia]

90 days time limitation added to this version.

Just tell me where to send the money. This is worth every cent.

[amitregev]

Thanks Jerry :)

We started today with two major issues we had solved which means we will soon finish adding the categories support :D

I'm now finishing the contact selector dialog that will allow linking contacts to appts and we hope to have the release even on Feb 1 or the week after :)

There is still a lot of work around the release we will need to do like user manual, web-site etc. :( but I think we will have it ready for Feb 1.

Thanks for all the support :)

[MobileRob]

Wow, I just installed it and it is really great. Just a few questions:

1. When you add category support, will you allow background color assignment by category?

2. Are you planning on implementing task entry and display on the views?

3. Are you planning to add icons by category support? I would prefer it over the time bars in the Month view.

4. Will you be supporting the ability to highlight and click on phone numbers to dial the number while viewing calendar item detail (like the the MS calendar view supports)? If you add tasks, this would be a very useful in task detail view as well.

Please forgive me if these have already been asked...

You have really done a great job. It reminds how PocketInformant came along after DevOne had the PocketPC calendar market pretty much sowed up, and introduced this kind of innovation, and literally took the market from DevOne.

Thanks for a job well done!!

Thanks.
Rob.

[amitregev]

Hi Rob :)

Wow, I just installed it and it is really great. Just a few questions:

1. When you add category support, will you allow background color assignment by category?
2. Are you planning on implementing task entry and display on the views?
3. Are you planning to add icons by category support? I would prefer it over the time bars in the Month view.


1,2 and 3 - yes, I hope we will have all of this in about 2 months from now. Something around version 1.1~1.2.


4. Will you be supporting the ability to highlight and click on phone numbers to dial the number while viewing calendar item detail (like the the MS calendar view supports)? If you add tasks, this would be a very useful in task detail view as well.


We've just released a new version that allows to dial contact numbers from the subject and also add contacts to the subject :D (I will post about it in a second...)


Please forgive me if these have already been asked...

You have really done a great job. It reminds how PocketInformant came along after DevOne had the PocketPC calendar market pretty much sowed up, and introduced this kind of innovation, and literally took the market from DevOne.

Thanks for a job well done!!

Thanks.
Rob.


Thanks for the support :)

[amitregev]

We've just finished version 0.9.11 :)

You can read more and download the new version from the following post:

http://www.sbsh.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=3221


Whats new in version 0.9.11

* New "Insert Contact" dialog added when creating/editing appointments.

http://www.sbsh.net/temp/ver_0911_1.jpg

* New option added under the view appointment dialog to dial when a phone number is included inside the appointment subject.

* Problem displaying ampersand on the daily and monthly views when part of the items text fixed.
* Problem inputting My Text fields on some devices apart from field number 5 is fixed and should work fine now on all devices.
* New option added under the general settings to set which view to use as the default view when starting Papyrus.
* Cancel option added when selecting MyText field for appt subject or location, allowing you to cancel the MyText action.
* Clicking the back button on the Insert MyText dialog will now cancel and exit the dialog.

[Jerry Raia]

This is lookng mighty fine :) I haven't been this excited about software in a while.

[amitregev]

We've just released a new version, version 1.0.02; You can read more and download this release on the following URL:

http://www.sbsh.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=3364

What's new in Papyrus version 1.0.02?

* Categories section added under the view appt dialog showing all categories with an appt when exists.
* New categories field added on the new/edit appointment dialog.
* New categories picker dialog added.
* Add/remove categories from each appointment through the new categories picker dialog.
* New 'Add category' option added on the category picker dialog.

http://www.sbsh.net/temp/ver_1002_1.jpg

* Problem with note icon showing with appointments without notes after editing appointments on Outlook fixed. Caused by an extra line break added by Outlook.
* Typo fixed under the general settings: 't9 (1st letter caps)' -> 't9'
* New option added under the Grid view settings section to set if the grid view starts on today's date or on week start (default value).
* When grid view starts on today's date the grid format will be: 1*2*2*2, when is starts on week start day the grid format will be 2*2*3

http://www.sbsh.net/temp/ver_1002_2.jpg

* Problem when adding custom reminder values not added correctly fixed and now Papyrus will use the correct custom values.
* Adding contacts will add them to the current selected edit box, allowing you to add contacts to Subject, Location and Note field.
* When adding 'My Text' fields Papyrus won't add spaces before and after anymore.

[Mike Temporale]

Wow, you guys are still working hard on this. Shouldn't you be taking a break now that you've got 1.0 out the door? :wink:

I assume that this upgrade is free since it follows the products release so closely. Just wondering what the upgrade policy is at SBSH? Minor updates are free, major are not?

[amitregev]

Hi Mike :)

Our upgrade policy for Papyrus is similar to our upgrade policy on the Pocket PC software. You can read more about it on the following URL:

http://www.sbsh.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=482

[Mike Temporale]

Cool. Thanks! :)

[amitregev]

And... we've just released version 1.0.03 :D you can read more and download the new version from the following URL:

http://www.sbsh.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=3408

I hope you will enjoy the new version! there are still a lot of things to do regarding the category icons, like supporting the category icons on all views and so on... but this version introduces the concept of category icons with Papyrus and I hope it will work fine for all of you :D

Please let me know what you think about the new additions :)

What's new in Papyrus version 1.0.03?

* New option to add icons to categories under the categories picker dialog added.
* New option to remove icon from category added.
* New icon picker dialog added to pick category icons.
* 59 sample category icons added with Papyrus.

http://www.sbsh.net/temp/ver_1003_1.jpg

* New option added under the monthly view settings to choose if you wish to view category icons/timelines or both on the monthly view. Currently you can't view both when the quick-list view is active.

http://www.sbsh.net/temp/ver_1003_2.jpg


* New appointments conflict icon added on daily view for conflicting appointments.

http://www.sbsh.net/temp/ver_1003_3.jpg


* From now you can switch between all four views and use both the list and grid views without choosing only one view between the two.
* 'Week view format to use' setting under the general settings removed.
* New 'Rotation active views' setting added under the general settings to set which views to have on the left rotation views button.

* New option added to create daily recurring appointments from the 'new/edit appointment' dialog with Papyrus.

* New option added under the monthly view settings to set the monthly view window date title format.

[Jerry Raia]

Sir you guys are maniacs. :D
We like you.

[Kris Kumar]

I would have expected Amit and the gang to have been partying, now that the product has been launched.

What kind of coffee do you guys drink? :lol:

[Jerry Raia]

I would say High Octane. :D

[Mike Temporale]

I hope you will enjoy the new version! there are still a lot of things to do regarding the category icons, like supporting the category icons on all views and so on... but this version introduces the concept of category icons with Papyrus and I hope it will work fine for all of you :D

Please let me know what you think about the new additions :)

Cool Idea!

[Jerry Raia]

Excellent addition!

[amitregev]

I would have expected Amit and the gang to have been partying, now that the product has been launched.

What kind of coffee do you guys drink? :lol:

Depends who you ask :wink:

We are two Amit's around here - Amit Gil - usually consumes lots coffe. I usually go to run a lot when I need new ideas and to think of stuff - works better for me :D

[Kris Kumar]

... We are two Amit's around here ...

Aha! That explains a lot of things. ;-)

Keep up the good work!

[SassKwatch]

I would have expected Amit and the gang to have been partying, now that the product has been launched.
You must never have been a PocketPC/Pocket Breeze user. Otherwise you would know that *FREQUENT* product updates are the norm at SBSH. Dunno how they do it. Sometimes I think Amit's an alien that doesn't require sleep.:)

[Jerry Raia]

Now where can we get more of those category icons?

[SassKwatch]

Now where can we get more of those category icons?
I haven't tried it yet, but I was thinking we could take the cat icons from PI and resize them for Papyrus. Given that the PI icons are not all that much bigger than those needed for Papyrus, I wouldn't think downsizing them a little more would degrade quality.

[BruceA]

By joining the SBSH Forum as a beta user, you are able to purchase the full product for only $ 10.95 (regularly $ 17.95) Simply register there, and you're in. I spent about 5 minutes playing with the demo download and was convinced this is a GREAT app for my use on my SMT5600.

Order placement was easy, through the SBSH link.

After reading the responsiveness of their tech support here, and their Forum, these guys are destined for great things in the Smartphone arena.

Best of luck to SBSH - this is the kind of affordable product that is going to make the Smartphone a must-have product in 2005 and beyond.

From a hick in Fayetteville, TN...

[amitregev]

Now where can we get more of those category icons?

For now there are several additional icons posted on our forums on the following post that you can download and add to the IconStore folder:

http://www.sbsh.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=3408

If you prefer to wait I will also add these icons with the next Papyrus update :)

[Jerry Raia]

Thanks Amit. I added a bunch of icons that I had in another program. They show up fine but I can't scroll past the first page of icons. The selection outline just disappears when I get to the bottom of the first page.

[amitregev]

Hi Jerry Raia :)

Yeah - sorry about that :( a new update will be out shortly that will fix this issue and as always some new great features will be added :D

[Jerry Raia]

No worries. :) Keep up the great work! :D

[amitregev]

We've just finished a new update, version 1.0.05 :)

You can read more and download the new version from the following post:
http://www.sbsh.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=3516

What's new in Papyrus version 1.0.05?


* New timelines bar added on the daily view showing today's timeline along with tomorrow's and yesterday's smaller timelines.
* New option added to include the timelines bar on the daily view on the top section of the view, bottom section or not to include.
* Category icons included on the daily view - up to five icons limit in total with each appointment on the daily view.
* New option added under the daily view settings to include or not category icons on the daily view.

http://www.sbsh.net/temp/ver_1005_1.jpg

* Problem with multiday all-day events showing appt conflict icon with other regular appts fixed.
* Down and Up joy-pad keys on the icon picker dialog will now move the selected icon up and down and not left and right any more.
* When having more category icons then the screen size on the icon picker dialog the icons will now scroll correctly when moving up/down on the icons list.

http://www.sbsh.net/temp/ver_1005_2.jpg

* 37 new category icons added to Papyrus IconStore folder.
* New option added under the general settings to set what is the first week of the year: "As regional settings"/"Start on January 1"/"First full week"/"First week with 4 days".
* When using the grid view and today's the first day of the grid display the correct weekend days will be colored as weekend from now.
* When installing Papyrus for the first time the week start day setting will default according to the device locale default value.
* Font size on the monthly view will be smaller only when showing both category icons and timelines.

[Jerry Raia]

Works Great :)

[amitregev]

We've just released version 1.0.06 today, you can read more about the new version and download it from the following URL:

http://www.sbsh.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=3575

What's new in Papyrus version 1.0.06?


* Set color for each category option added on the categories dialog
* Remove color from category option added on the categories dialog

http://www.sbsh.net/temp/ver_1006_1.jpg

* Category colors will now be used on timelines on both the daily and monthly views.
* Optionally include timelines bar on the grid view added.
* Optionally include timelines bar on top grid view/bottom or don't include option added.
* Leading rects added on the grid view.
* "Leading rect colors" option added, choose between Don't include/Category colors/Status colors.

http://www.sbsh.net/temp/ver_1006_2.jpg

* Clear category list fix added to clear category items on exit.
* Problem with monthly view showing category icons for categories including parts of the correct categories strings fixed and will now show only the correct category icons.
* Similar problem on the daily view fixed, also problem calculating an extra category icon gap for categories without an icon fixed.
* Problem when entering the category picker initially checking categories that include the same string at the end of the category name fixed. Will now only check the correct selected categories.
* Appointments starting before today's day on the grid view and ends after the day's rect will show multiday time as "M.D" before the appointment instead of the start time. Appointments starting before the day's rect date and ending on the day's rect day will show the appointment end time with a leading '>' before the appointment end time.
* "Use status colors for items" option under the week view settings removed.
* New "Text color" option added under the grid view settings. Choose between: "Default text color"/"Use category colors"/"Use status colors".

[amitregev]

We've just released version 1.1.01 with initial tasks support and many other improvements :D

You can read more and download the new version from the following URL:

http://www.sbsh.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=3851

What's new in Papyrus version 1.1.01?

* Scrolling appointments with notes will now scroll much faster, major code improvements in the view appt scrolling function.
* Tasks display on their due date added on the daily view.
* New/Edit task option added on the Papyrus main menu.
* Complete/Activate task option added on the Papyrus main menu when a task is highlighted.
* View task dialog added.
* New task settings page.
* New option "Include tasks on calendar" added on the task settings page.
* New option "Include undated tasks under today" option added.
* New option "Include overdue tasks under today" option added.

http://www.sbsh.net/temp/ver_1101_1.jpg

* Monthly view will now scroll down in weeks and not in month margins.
* Weekend days will also be grayed when out of current month boundaries on the monthly calendar.
* New setting added to set the starting day on the monthly view.

http://www.sbsh.net/temp/ver_1101_2.jpg