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August 16, 2007
Scrybe on the N800...
Yesterday, I mentioned that I was using the beta version of Scrybe. I still think it’s as slick as I said it was, but there are definitely still some bugs that need to be worked out. I tried following the instructions to the “t,” but I still can’t figure out how to import events from another calendar (as you can see by the picture, I’ve figured it out). And, when using Flock, the ThoughtPad is a bit b0rked (i.e., I can’t see what I’m typing). Also, inviting contacts to share calendars and notes only seems to work for me in Internet Exploder (although, I need to give that subject some more testing)...
The main thing I wanted to try last night was using Scrybe on my N800. Unfortunately, I didn’t have a whole lot of time to do this. I did find out a couple of things, though:
- The Scrybe UI (Flash and all) does work in the N800’s new, Mozilla-based browser, MicroB
- While the UI works, it doesn’t scale to fit the N800’s screen. (Scrybe developers, please create a moble interface!)
- It is my understanding that, for Scrybe to work in offline mode, one must first login to Scrybe (in online mode) and then switch their browser to offline mode. This means that the user must leave their browser open all day if they want to use Scrybe offline. This seems odd to me. (Can someone correct me if I’m mistaken?) In any case, the N800 doesn’t really have an “offline” mode, unless it can’t access any wifi access points. This is fine, but the aspect of leaving the web browser open on the N800 isn’t really feasible (the browser does crash from time to time, restarting the device is sometimes required, and what if one has to turn the device off altogether?). So, it would be my advice that Scrybe be made into a tool that can actually be downloaded to one’s device. It should still be web-based, but contained on one’s computer.
Anyway, as I said, I didn’t get too much time to test yesterday, so I will post another update when I have the chance.
Update: It turns out that Scrybe and the N800 don’t really jibe well together. I opened Scrybe when connected to wifi and then turned off my access point so that the N800 couldn’t connect even if it tried (which it will always do). After that, when I attempted to change something in Scrybe, it told me that I couldn’t do anything until I connected. Arg. Well, I suggested a fix for this above. Maybe, someday.
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