EssentialPIM 5.0 RC1 is here!

[Byteworm]

Not too important, but this issue is still present since EPIM 4.02: while optimizing the database, this error message appears about ten times (see attachment). I've to click ten times "OK" and everything works

It looks like database is corrupted. Please use EPIM Synchronizer to synchronize it to a new database- that might fix the issue.

No, I'm sorry, but it doesn't fix it. I just tried it . . . .
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[Byteworm]

And about password protection for other modules. Let's see if there're more requests for this feature from other users.

The Andoid lock screen with gestures is strong enough for my tasks and notes (only my banking data are protected by Keepass):
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[norsea]

Good, glad the latest version is working fine. However, we weren't able to reproduce the issue with home and mobile numbers not being synchronized from Android to EPIM. It works fine on our side.
May I ask you to create a test contact on your phone, fill in these fields and try to synchronize again. If home and mobile fields are empty again, please post a screenshot of the test contact (or send me a private message with the screenshot). Thanks.

I've playing (technical term) with my contacts all morning.

Cannot get it to do what it was doing previously at this time.

Have been able to get all contacts between Android/EPim/Google to sync.

But, I notice that doing a 2 way sync with with Google after deleting numerous (don't know the exact number) deletes in Epim resulted in nothing being deleted in Google and the contact entries reappearing in EPim.

If I delete single entries all is A-OK; if I delete 3/4 entries it all works.

But if I go through the Contacts on EPim and delete numerous entries something somewhere (yet another technical phrase) seems to awry during the sync with Google.

Very strange in deed...

Jim

[norsea]

And about password protection for other modules. Let's see if there're more requests for this feature from other users.

The Andoid lock screen with gestures is strong enough for my tasks and notes (only my banking data are protected by Keepass):
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OK, it's your data and you get to do what ever you want.

But, nothing short of encryption of the data itself is sufficient for me.

Unless the folders/files and/or the entire disk (OK it's not really a disk) on such an easily (misplaced/stolen/lost) device is encrypted there is nothing that will prevent someone from getting access to the data. Unfortunately gestures are very easy to circumvent. Passwords are a tad more difficult, but they too can be broken; it's just a question of how much time it takes to break the password. And that time is solely the province of those who want to gain access to the data.

I am not willing to make compromises when it comes to data on computers; I have spent too many years in the IT industry to risk compromising my customers data. And these days we are reading more and more about customer data being compromised on systems that people thought were relatively secure.

Security is very binary (either ya got it or ya don't) and not cheap to implement and maintain.

I have lots and lots of notes that contain confidential information. I see no point in having the data encrypted on the PC and NOT have the ability to encrypt the same data on the (more) portable device (Android in my case).

While the EPim Passwords function is nice and I will use it extensively it is just to rigidly formatted for many types of information that is sensitive in nature to meet my requirements.

I hope this will be a very interesting subject that a lot of people will respond to and also hope that the majority of folks who respond will want more encryption on their (more) portable devices.

Jim

[admin]

Jim, thanks for your thoughts, very interesting, indeed. People, feel free to express your opinion on the topic, will surely take it into consideration when developing new builds.

[admin]

Good, glad the latest version is working fine. However, we weren't able to reproduce the issue with home and mobile numbers not being synchronized from Android to EPIM. It works fine on our side.
May I ask you to create a test contact on your phone, fill in these fields and try to synchronize again. If home and mobile fields are empty again, please post a screenshot of the test contact (or send me a private message with the screenshot). Thanks.

I've playing (technical term) with my contacts all morning.

Cannot get it to do what it was doing previously at this time.

Have been able to get all contacts between Android/EPim/Google to sync.

But, I notice that doing a 2 way sync with with Google after deleting numerous (don't know the exact number) deletes in Epim resulted in nothing being deleted in Google and the contact entries reappearing in EPim.

If I delete single entries all is A-OK; if I delete 3/4 entries it all works.

But if I go through the Contacts on EPim and delete numerous entries something somewhere (yet another technical phrase) seems to awry during the sync with Google.

Very strange in deed...

For testing purposes, please try to temporary disable Contacts sync with Google. Will any of the issues you're currently having re-appear then?

[sunniar]

NO simplified Chinese version,why?

Will be included in the next build. Meanwhile, you can download the latest version form this topic:
http://www.essentialpim.com/forum/viewt ... =10&t=7162

The Simplified Chinese Language files built in the RC1 has been encoded in UTF-8, the EPIM does not know it.it must be encoded in UTF-8 With out ROM.

[norsea]

<BIG SNIP>

For testing purposes, please try to temporary disable Contacts sync with Google. Will any of the issues you're currently having re-appear then?

OK

And yes, the issues with the Google bit are a bit far off from the intent of this thread re; Android/EPim.

Sorry - as is obvious, I often times get a bit too energetic.

Jim

[norsea]

I've been working with the Password feature for the past day or so.

One thing that would be VERY nice on the Android application is an alphabetical (A-Z) listing at the top of the Password application when it is open such that a letter could be selected and that would take the user to the beginning of that portion of the file.

For those, like me, that have hundreds of entries (more that 275 so far and I am just getting started) this would make navigation much, much more efficient. Having to scroll though all of the entries is really a bit time consuming.

Jim

[admin]

NO simplified Chinese version,why?

Will be included in the next build. Meanwhile, you can download the latest version form this topic:
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=7162

The Simplified Chinese Language files built in the RC1 has been encoded in UTF-8, the EPIM does not know it.it must be encoded in UTF-8 With out ROM.

The latest version of the language file works just fine with RC1.

[admin]

<BIG SNIP>

For testing purposes, please try to temporary disable Contacts sync with Google. Will any of the issues you're currently having re-appear then?

OK

And yes, the issues with the Google bit are a bit far off from the intent of this thread re; Android/EPim.

Sorry - as is obvious, I often times get a bit too energetic.

Jim

No problem as we're trying to find out what's causing the issues. Parallel synchronization with Google on our devices doesn't cause any issues, therefore it's crucial to know whether that's true in your case or not.

[admin]

I've been working with the Password feature for the past day or so.

One thing that would be VERY nice on the Android application is an alphabetical (A-Z) listing at the top of the Password application when it is open such that a letter could be selected and that would take the user to the beginning of that portion of the file.

For those, like me, that have hundreds of entries (more that 275 so far and I am just getting started) this would make navigation much, much more efficient. Having to scroll though all of the entries is really a bit time consuming.

Jim

Thanks for the suggestion! Although, if you try to scroll the passwords, you'll see big letters appearing on the screen whenever you reach a certain letter. Would you still vote for the letters bar or the current implementation may be considered sufficient?

[ypim]

@admin/Max
I go with norsea: Password protection is essential.
If anybody don't want it - ok that's what he/she wants.
I have many sensitive data and I always wanted to be protected.

[admin]

ypim, understood, thanks for your opinion.

[LarryW]

One thing I would like to see is the date number in the system tray icon rather than EPIM logo. I had suggested that awhile ago so I was wondering if it was implemented in v5.

Thanks,
Larry