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BasKet 1.0.3.1 Released
BasKet 1.0.3.1 has been released with some minor fixes, and Danish translations.
BasKet 1.0.3 Released
BasKet 1.0.3 has been released with some minor bug fixes. It can be found in the usual places.
Back on track to KDE 4
Development has started up again to try to get BasKet KDE 4.0 compliant!
The work that I (Kelvie) am doing is now hosted over at Github; the SVN repositories are still up, but are effectively obsoleted (they have all been imported into Git; distributed SCMs are the future!). If anyone would like to join in the development, feel free to head over to http://github.com/kelvie/basket/tree/master, and fork the repository there. Anyone can help; you don't need anyone's permission. Also, make sure to subscribe yourself to the mailing list. Direct any and all kinds of inquiries there, as well.
Reintegrate BasKet Note Pads in Kontact
A few months ago, Kontact changed its plugin version number and think the BasKet Note Pads plugin is too old and is now incompatible. It has a poor plugin mechanism, that will perhapse be fixed in KDE 4.
In the meantime, if you want to integrate BasKet Note Pads in Kontact again, you need to edit the following file as root: /usr/share/services/kontact/basket.desktop
And change the line "X-KDE-KontactPluginVersion=4" to become (number changed) "X-KDE-KontactPluginVersion=5".
I'm told Kontact from KDE 3.5.9 changed again, so you need to use the number 6.
Restart Kontact, and you should see BasKet Note Pads.
In the future, if the problem reappears, change it to 7 and test, then 8...
BasKet Note Pads 2.0 is on the Road!
Here is a news for people worrying about the future of BasKet Note Pads. Two new developers have joined one or two months ago: perihelion and vyacheslav. They are very active and came up with a new internal design for version 2.0. This means the KDE 4 port will be an entirely new code, more robust and future-proof. it will be a lot more extensible, allowing full-control of contents by plugins. For the moment, only the very basis is present in SVN, nothing spectacular to show, no graphical interface, no screenshot to show you! This also means the KDE 4 port will take a lot longer. I typically see version 2.0 released late 2008. In the mid-time, don't worry, because every major Linux distributions will still come with KDE 3 libraries, so you will be able to run the 1.0 version in your KDE 4 environment.
The Two Question FAQ
First, people ask me where am I by now, did I still work on some KDE stuff?
The answer is yes, I'm working on Kirocker Music Display.
It consist of two pieces: a panel applet to constantly see what's you're playing and your rate songs.
And an independant full screen display to display same things when you're not arround your computer, or during parties.
I'm working on this because it takes a lot less precious time, and it's really fun. I'm already on the road to release version 4 of that thing, after only a few months.
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Kirocker+Music+Display?content=52869
Oh, and I also made a cool Kopete theme, named Glossyk 4:
http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/Glossyk?content=40797
And the second question: how is BasKet Note Pads 2.0 doing?
One new feature was added to the KDE 3 branch, and the port to KDE 4 was started a few months ago.
But everything is now stalled.
It still needs developers to make it into KDE 4.
If really nobody do the port, in December, I will perhapse make the bare minimum to make it working on KDE 4, because I really need that tool.
Oh, and I'm afraid the new interface is completely canceled.
Getting Things Done with BasKet Note Pads
A lot of people are using BasKet Note Pads to implement the Getting Things Done methodology. This method need time to get used to, and it need a good structure to start quickly. If you are wondering what is it, how it could make you more productive, and how to use it with BasKet Note Pads, you can go to the download page to get a basket archive implementing Getting Things Done. The archive and the page also contain brief instructions and a screenshot of the archive, to get started quickly with the method.
Save BasKet Note Pads, Save the World
Due to being very busy with real life, I'm afraid I have to give up on the development part of BasKet Note Pads. This really hurts me because it is my "baby", but I have no choice: I haven't programmed anything since version 1.0. BasKet Note Pads has no developer anymore. Without new developers, I'm afraid the project will have to be stopped (and unavailable on KDE 4).
Searching Developers for BasKet Note Pads 2.0
The BasKet Usability Project made a lot of positive suggestions, which resulted in an ambitious roadmap for version 2.0 and more.
BasKet Note Pads 2.0 will rock even harder than 1.0: the interface will be refound do be easier to use more efficiently, and it will have tons of new features currently requested by a lot of people.
Thousand of people are already pleased with BasKet Note Pads every days.
Help make those people continue to be happy by developing and setting the next generation of note taking applications.
See the mockups, read the vision and roadmap...
If you are an interested developer and you know C++ and Qt (or have a strong willing to learn them), then you can send a mail to basket-devel@lists.sourceforge.net.
PS: Why this news title? It's a joke you can understand if you are following the American TV show "Heroes" :-) Well... It should have been "Save BasKet Note Pads, Save the World of Note Taking Applications on Linux", but it's a little too long, isn't it? ;-)
