Fw: Question about Platform Support

Wed May 16 05:27:36 EDT 2012

Hi Jacquelyn,
You will probably find it in the Android market when it is done (around
September).
But there will likely also be a link on the webpage to the app in the
Android market.

Cheers,
Ngewi

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 12:39 AM, Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:

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> Begin forwarded message:
>
> Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 10:25:38 -0500
> From: Jacquelyn Sykes <jazzstx at gmail.com>
> To: Liz <edodd at billiau.net>
> Subject: Re: Question about Platform Support
>
>
> I was looking for a "Contact Us" link with an e-mail form to fill out. I
> didn't want to join a list at the time, since I'm not having problems
> using the program. (Also, I was e-mailing from work and didn't have
> much time.) Most web pages have contact limks at the bottom of the Home
> page - I didn't find any on yours.
>
> The project you described sounds like it would meet my needs perfectly.
> When it's done will I find it on the Download page?
>
> Thanks for your timely response,
> Jacquelyn
>
> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 12 May 2012 07:21:32 -0400
> > John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > On May 12, 2012, at 1:56 AM, Liz wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Fri, 11 May 2012 17:50:59 -0400
> > > > John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >> On May 11, 2012, at 12:02 PM, Jacquelyn Sykes wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>> I looked all over your web site and this is the only e-mail
> > > >>> address I found.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> I've been using your program for both Linux and Windows
> > > >>> operating systems and really like it.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> I recently bought an Android 4.0 tablet. Do you have any plans
> > > >>> to develope an Android version of GnuCash? If yes, when do you
> > > >>> think it might be ready.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Unfortuneately, I don't have any programming skills to help with
> > > >>> it.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions.
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >> You should have looked a little harder: You want
> > > >> gnucash-user at gnucash.org.
> > > >>
> > > >> No, Gnucash itself works only on Linux, Microsoft Windows, and
> > > >> Mac OSX. A student is working on a companion program for Android
> > > >> as a Google Summer of Code project. It won't implement Gnucash
> > > >> but will rather serve to collect transactions for later import
> > > >> into Gnucash. You can have a look at his proposal at
> > > >>
> >
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BGRBPlT7Iq-_UmncmLO9vSsnNrGj2g7Xjo1qazDggWg/edit
> > > >>
> > > >> Regards,
> > > >> John Ralls
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > > I let this one through to gnucash-devel, partly because of the
> > > > statement that this was the address found on the web page, and
> > > > partly because the question did relate to a version in development
> > > > only. The question wasn't suited to my routine note directing
> > > > people to the FAQ and then gnucash-user.
> > > >
> > > > Could I ask the poster....
> > > > Could we make gnucash-user more obvious than gnucash-devel on the
> > > > web page?
> > > >
> > > > Anything else that would help you see the user mailing list as the
> > > > place to which to write?
> > >
> > > I dunno. Starting on the main page, there's a block on the left side
> > > that says "Support" in big, friendly letters. Underneath that one
> > > finds "mailing lists" (after Documentation, FAQ, and Wiki), which
> > > points to the Mailing Lists wiki page [1]. That in turn has a
> > > heading "Support" under which one finds gnucash-user and its
> > > multi-lingual friends. After that is Development, with a
> > > description of the list followed by a link.
> > >
> > > Perhaps instead we should have a support page in the wiki that
> > > explains our support resources, including the user mailing list, but
> > > doesn't mention the dev list. We'd shrink the support box on the
> > > main web page to just the word Support, which would be a link to
> > > the wiki page.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > John Ralls
> >
> > And down the bottom of the page, the only email address actually on
> > gnucash.org
> > "Server & email outage reports to: gnucash-devel at gnucash.org
> >
> > Translation problems? Contact: gnucash-devel at gnucash.org"
> >
>
>   I was looking for a "Contact Us" link with an e-mail form to fill out.
>   I didn't want to join a list at the time, since I'm not having problems
>   using the program. (Also, I was e-mailing from work and didn't have
>   much time.) Most web pages have contact limks at the bottom of the Home
>   page - I didn't find any on yours.
>   The project you described sounds like it would meet my needs perfectly.
>   When it's done will I find it on the Download page?
>   Thanks for your timely response,
>   Jacquelyn
>
>   On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Liz <[1]edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
>
>     On Sat, 12 May 2012 07:21:32 -0400
>
>   John Ralls <[2]jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>   >
>   > On May 12, 2012, at 1:56 AM, Liz wrote:
>   >
>   > > On Fri, 11 May 2012 17:50:59 -0400
>   > > John Ralls <[3]jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>   > >
>   > >>
>   > >> On May 11, 2012, at 12:02 PM, Jacquelyn Sykes wrote:
>   > >>
>   > >>> I looked all over your web site and this is the only e-mail
>   > >>> address I found.
>   > >>>
>   > >>> I've been using your program for both Linux and Windows operating
>   > >>> systems and really like it.
>   > >>>
>   > >>> I recently bought an Android 4.0 tablet. Do you have any plans to
>   > >>> develope an Android version of GnuCash? If yes, when do you think
>   > >>> it might be ready.
>   > >>>
>   > >>> Unfortuneately, I don't have any programming skills to help with
>   > >>> it.
>   > >>>
>   > >>> Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions.
>   > >>>
>   > >>
>   > >> You should have looked a little harder: You want
>   > >> [4]gnucash-user at gnucash.org.
>   > >>
>   > >> No, Gnucash itself works only on Linux, Microsoft Windows, and Mac
>   > >> OSX. A student is working on a companion program for Android as a
>   > >> Google Summer of Code project. It won't implement Gnucash but will
>   > >> rather serve to collect transactions for later import into
>   Gnucash.
>   > >> You can have a look at his proposal at
>   > >>
>   [5]https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BGRBPlT7Iq-_UmncmLO9vSsnNrGj2g7X
>   jo1qazDggWg/edit
>   > >>
>   > >> Regards,
>   > >> John Ralls
>   > >>
>   > >>
>   > > I let this one through to gnucash-devel, partly because of the
>   > > statement that this was the address found on the web page, and
>   > > partly because the question did relate to a version in development
>   > > only. The question wasn't suited to my routine note directing
>   > > people to the FAQ and then gnucash-user.
>   > >
>   > > Could I ask the poster....
>   > > Could we make gnucash-user more obvious than gnucash-devel on the
>   > > web page?
>   > >
>   > > Anything else that would help you see the user mailing list as the
>   > > place to which to write?
>   >
>   > I dunno. Starting on the main page, there's a block on the left side
>   > that says "Support" in big, friendly letters. Underneath that one
>   > finds "mailing lists" (after Documentation, FAQ, and Wiki), which
>   > points to the Mailing Lists wiki page [1]. That in turn has a heading
>   > "Support" under which one finds gnucash-user and its multi-lingual
>   > friends. After that is Development, with a description of the list
>   > followed by a link.
>   >
>   > Perhaps instead we should have a support page in the wiki that
>   > explains our support resources, including the user mailing list, but
>   > doesn't mention the dev list. We'd shrink the support box on the main
>   > web page to just the word Support, which would be a link to the wiki
>   > page.
>   >
>   > Regards,
>   > John Ralls
>
>     And down the bottom of the page, the only email address actually on
>     [6]gnucash.org
>     "Server & email outage reports to: [7]gnucash-devel at gnucash.org
>     Translation problems? Contact: [8]gnucash-devel at gnucash.org"
>
> References
>
>   1. mailto:edodd at billiau.net
>   2. mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us
>   3. mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us
>   4. mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>   5.
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BGRBPlT7Iq-_UmncmLO9vSsnNrGj2g7Xjo1qazDggWg/edit
>   6. http://gnucash.org/
>   7. mailto:gnucash-devel at gnucash.org
>   8. mailto:gnucash-devel at gnucash.org
>
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