Hey guys.

usual topic, x-platform GUI development – unusual result. I tried to find a good solution for this cross platform development issue.  And, obviously, I had to have another closer look @ Java. And, well, I found the solution to many of my problems. It’s called SWT.

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Hello guys.

Today I want to address another issue that annoyed me a loooon time. But finally, I found a nice decent solution. But let me explain the situation. Facts first… At work I (have to) use Outlook for managing my mails, contacts, tasks and calendar. At home I use thunderbird as a mail and contacts application (for several years now!) and the lightning extension which provides a nice calendar.

Additionally, my mobile phone, which runs windows mobile 6, also provides a calendar, contacts and task list.

Fine. Being an engineer, I was not really satisified with having multiple unsynchronized calendars, contact books and task lists. It’s a pain, I can’t stand it, I HATE IT. So what to do? Well, synchronize! All of them. Unfortunately, this was a real pain. No ActiveSync for linux, no special software for syncing with Mozilla software…

Okay, I think most of you, who wanted to do the same thing, know what I’m talking about. And here’s the solution:

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Good evening.

Sometimes I’m really into coding. At least, I have great ideas for great tools and already complex designs in mind. Unfortunately, I always want to make it very right from the beginning, and this is why I always try to start with platform independant code. And normally, this ends after a few days by dropping the complete idea…

You think I’m weird? No. Impatient? Maybe. But, definitely, I’m frustrated. Why? Because there is really NO nice way of developing a graphical tool for Windows, Linux and MacOS. I know, there are many toolkits, frameworks, etc… But, please, believe me – I know all of ‘em. I wrote code in and for each of them. And believe me – each one has it’s own problems:

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Unfortunately, the first post will not be amusing (well, not for the people taking the topic seriously) – because it’s a daily cause for headaches… and hence I sometimes even go berserk!

I’m working in a medium sized business – and the bigger the business is you’re working in, the more tools get invented by either the employees or the tool department, to make your life complicated and dreadful. Nothing new for you guys, right?

So let me list a few daily “use cases” of an employee: Read more…