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Overview

The goal of this release project is to test and release a new version of the MIT TechTime desktop client for both Windows and Mac OS X.

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Timeline

Release a new version by the end of 2007.

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Key Decisions

Notable Features

Both Mac and Windows clients:  

Scheduling

·       Ability to schedule Oracle Web conferences

·       Ability to schedule external attendees in Agenda entries using their e-mail addresses or by selecting them from the Global Address List (GAL) or your Personal Address Book

·       Ability to add new contacts to your Address Book from attendee names

·       Support for multi-day notes and day events

Windows only (scheduling): 

·       Ability to send an instant message to an attendee or to an Address Book contact

·       Ability to select whether or not to use your personal address book in the Options dialog box

Searching

·       Ability to search the GAL and your Personal Address Book in addition to the Oracle Calendar server when adding users to Agenda entries

·       Automatic name completion option when opening agendas and tasks, adding people to entries, or locating a person

Per-Instance Possibilities

·       Ability to create per-instance details for your Agenda entries*

·       Ability to create per-instance personal notes for any Agenda entry*
*These features are available only with version 10.1.2 of Oracle Calendar server.

Offline Capabilities

·       Prompt to switch offline when the Oracle Calendar server is unreachable and prompt to reconnect when the calendar server connection is restored

·       Ability to synchronize your offline password with your online password

Preferences

·       Ability to have e-mail reminders and notifications sent to an alternate e-mail address

·       Preference to enable or disable pop-up reminders on startup

·       Ability to set your reply for an entry upon creation (including free/busy information)

·       Entry owners can set the reply status for external attendees

·       Ability to make tasks untimed by default

·       Ability to print attendance status

System Requirements

Testing

Known Issues

Known Issues for Macintosh

·       The pop-up notification for the new entries feature does not work.

·       Leaving the application running in the background for extended periods of time may cause unexpected behavior.

·       Designates for event calendars are not fully supported.

·       When you copy and paste an entry with internal and external attendees, only the internal attendees are listed on the Details tab when all attendees should be listed.

·       Selecting one or more attendees to add to your address book from the <Entry> dialog box results in duplicated contacts if the selected attendees already exist in your address book.

Known Issues for Windows

·       Upgrading from a previous release of the Oracle Calendar desktop client must be done using the original profile, meaning the user who originally installed the application. To upgrade your installation correctly, you should upgrade using the original account. Otherwise, you need to uninstall the Oracle Calendar desktop client using the original account, before reinstalling.

·       A first download may take a while, depending on the agenda size.

·       Some ICS files generated by the iCal application on the Macintosh cannot be imported into the Oracle Calendar desktop client.

·       Selecting one or more attendees to add to your address book from the <Entry> dialog box results in duplicated contacts if the selected attendees already exist in your address book.

·       Importing an iCalendar file that was created in a different time zone causes an unexpected server error if the file contains a holiday that still exists on the server.

·       Exporting an iCalendar file containing multi-day day events, and then importing the same ICS file, results in duplicated entries when you are working offline.

·       Trying to transfer data in the following ways causes the error "The parameter is incorrect":

      Attaching a file to a meeting, from a file on a CD in your CD drive,

      Attaching a file to a meeting, from a file on your local drive when you are connected to a Citrix server, or

      Downloading a file to your local computer when you are connected to a Citrix server.

·       Designates for event calendars are not fully supported.

 

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Documentation

Existing or Planned Documentation:

Documentation Name	Exists	Draft Ready	Ready	Assigned To
Stock Answer:	No	No	No	TBD

 

Release Team

	Alex Kozlov
	Product Release Coordinator & Windows Platform Coordinator
	Patrick McNeal
	Macintosh Platform Coordinator
	John Hose
	Help Desk
	Lee Ridgway
	Documentation Writer
	Atticus Gifford
	Installer Writer
	Andrew Yu
	Mobile Platform Coordinator
	Matthew Sullivan
	Mobile Platform

If you would like to contact the team, please send email to techtime-release@mit.edu.

Meeting Minutes

• October 26, 2007

Support

If you have a question or need assistance, please contact the Computing Help Desk at computing-help@mit.edu or x3-1101 or visit their web site for more support resources.