Wekaworx on IE8

Here is a screen-shot of Wekaworx running on IE8 Beta2. Wekaworx runs fine, and performs just as well as you have become used to. 

 

Wekaworx on IE8

 

IE8 enforces web standards and therefore many web pages won’t present correctly unless written following valid web standards. Wekaworx was written to be XHTML strict and therefore follows the web standards and runs fine on IE8.

Here is what Microsoft say about IE8

There are many new features in Windows Internet Explorer 8 that will excite both end-users and developers. Features such as Accelerators and Web Slices enhance the user experience, while the improved Phishing Filter helps keep users safe. For developers, strong Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and HTML compatibility, enhancements to ActiveX controls, and greater Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) interoperability provide opportunities to bring new experiences to users.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/cc405106.aspx

 

Well done Microsoft for catching up to the other browsers on web standard compliance.

Graeme

Import Contacts Is Here!

Yes that’s right, Import Contacts is here. It was a while coming but we are there now!

The import function allows you to import your contacts into Wekaworx from another application. The imported file must be a vCard formatted file.

vCard is a file format standard for electronic business cards. vCards are often attached to e-mail messages, but can be exchanged in other ways, such as on the World Wide Web. They can contain name and address information, phone numbers, URLs, logos, photographs, and even audio clips. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Most applications allow you to export your contacts as vCard format. With Microsoft Outlook you will need to download one of the many utilities that allow you to do this. Just google ‘vcard export from outlook’ to find a utility program.

The diagram above illustrates a few of the many applications that export contacts as vCard format.

Have a go!

Cheers

Graeme

Wekaworx on Chrome

wekaworx on google chrome

Wekaworx on Google Chrome, cool!

Google has put out their own browser. Here’s what Google says …

We realized that the web had evolved from mainly simple text pages to rich, interactive applications and that we needed to completely rethink the browser. What we really needed was not just a browser, but also a modern platform for web pages and applications, and that’s what we set out to build.

http://www.google.com/chrome/

Google Chrome looks pretty good. Chrome uses the WebKit rendering engine as used by Safari, and the brand new JavaScript engine (V8), which is much faster than existing JavaScript engines.

I guess if Google is in the browser business it shows that web browsers have become the client application platform of choice.  

Graeme

What Time Is It?

I have finally sorted out the timezones for Wekaworx. When a new user signs up they will be able to select their timezone and therefore get the correct calendar for assigning tasks. The diagram above shows the browser time (1) and the user’s timezone (2). The browser time is currently included for testing and helps me with screen-shots that the test users send through. You will see the timezone changes in the next release due in June.

Cheers

Graeme

The Journey Begins

Welcome to Wekaworx, your contact manager, task manager and simple customer relationship manager (CRM). Wekaworx is about software for the users first providing easy-to-use, reliable software without all the extra fluff that comes with enterprise applications. Our software is not targeted to particular types of organisations or businesses but can be easily customised for your needs.

The beauty of the Wekaworx product is that you can import your excel contacts into it, get rid of your many bits of paper and post-it notes, and access your contacts from anywhere in the world with an internet connection.

The journey has begun…

Graeme