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Draft TechTime Desktop Clients Release Announcement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan McIndoe Hunt)
Tue Dec 2 11:52:18 2003
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Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 11:52:10 -0500
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From: Jonathan McIndoe Hunt <jmhunt@MIT.EDU>
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Good morning,
Below you will find the draft for the TechTime Desktop Client release
announcement that is scheduled to go out on Thursday. Please send any
comments/corrections back to techtime-release by tomorrow afternoon.
Thanks,
Jon
Date: Thursday, 4 December 2003
To: itpartners, macpartners, winpartners, sw-release-announce, ed-tech
Cc: itag, infosys
From: TechTime Product Release Team <techtime-release@mit.edu>
Subject: TechTime on Oracle Calendar 9.0.4 Desktop Clients Released to MIT
Information Systems is pleased to announce the availability and support of
the Macintosh and Windows desktop clients for TechTime on Oracle Calendar
9.0.4. Linux and Unix clients are available through AFS.
TechTime is MIT's implementation of Oracle Calendar, an integrated
campus-wide calendaring system. With TechTime you can manage your own
schedule and also coordinate easily with the schedules of other TechTime
users. TechTime is available to any member of the MIT community with a
Kerberos username and password. Access to TechTime is through either the
web client, which can be used with just about any web browser, or through
the desktop client on Macintosh or Windows systems. All methods of access
provide for secure authentication and data encryption. This service is
provided by Information Systems to users, through an MIT site license.
Note on Support
--------------------------
At this time, Information Systems fully supports the web client and the
desktop clients for TechTime on Oracle Calendar. A release effort is
underway to develop support for the Oracle Calendar synchronization clients
for Palm and PocketPC based PDAs.
About TechTime on Oracle Calendar 9.0.4 Desktop Client
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The MIT TechTime on Oracle Calendar installers incorporate server settings
pre-configured for MIT use, and user preferences, as follows:
-- Default server set to be MIT TechTime.
-- Optional server included for testing, MIT TechTime (Development).
-- In-tray is off by default.
-- Default reminders turned off.
Features
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With TechTime on the web or on the desktop client you can:
-- Look at the calendars and schedules of other TechTime users.
-- Control how much of your calendar information others can view.
-- Create groups for scheduling meetings.
-- Suggest meeting times to group members, and check for conflicts; group
members can accept or decline suggested times.
-- View your calendar, task lists, and daily notes in various formats.
-- Set priorities and due dates for meetings and tasks.
-- Set Designate rights for another person to work in your calendar.
Features available only with the Oracle Calendar desktop client:
-- Work off-line with calendar information stored on your computer.
-- Create Address Book entries for business and personal contacts,
including dates and notes for each entry.
-- An In-tray lets you display and manage entries you have accepted, sent
out, and refused.
-- Download and upload calendar information to local files; import and
export information to email and other applications.
-- Search agendas and on-line directories.
-- More printing options.
-- Customized views.
Who Should Install
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If you are currently using TechTime through the web client and are
satisfied with its functions and how it operates, you do not need to
install the desktop client on your computer. After reviewing the features
of the desktop client you may decide that it best fits your needs. If you
decide to install the desktop client, you can use the web client and the
desktop client interchangeably. When you are logged into the MIT TechTime
server, you can reconcile the entries in your calendar between the two
clients so that they agree with each other.
System Requirements/MIT Recommendations
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Macintosh:
-- Operating system: Mac OS 10.2 through 10.2.8 (10.3 for new installations)
-- Note: MIT does not support the TechTime Oracle Calendar Desktop Client
on Mac OS 9.
Windows:
-- Operating system: Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4, XP
Professional with Service Pack 1
-- Note: While the TechTime Oracle Calendar Desktop Client for Windows will
operate on earlier versions, only the versions above are supported by
Information Systems.
Both platforms:
-- Kerberos
Macintosh:
-- Kerberos Extras, which can be downloaded from
http://web.mit.edu/software/macintosh/
Known Issues
----------------------
-- On the Macintosh, TechTime on Oracle Calendar has been fully tested on
systems up to Mac OS 10.2.8. No problems have been reported with new or
easy installs on Mac OS 10.3. Problems have been encountered when upgrading
to Mac OS 10.3 and the previous Mac OS X was archived, and when Oracle
Calendar was installed under the previous Mac OS X: you may not be able to
launch TechTime after the upgrade.
-- Resources are not supported at this time, unless your department has a
designated TechTime Liaison. For more information contact
techtime-release@mit.edu.
-- TechTime on Oracle Calendar may unexpectedly quit. This seems to be due
to a very brief break in the network connection. Testing indicates that no
data or entries are affected by such disconnects.
-- On the Macintosh desktop client, there is a bug in the Preferences >
Entry Defaults > Meetings settings. If you uncheck Default Reminders for
Meetings to turn off reminders, it rechecks itself after you quit Oracle
Calendar and sign in again.
Where to Get TechTime Desktop Clients
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-- The MIT installers for the Macintosh and Windows desktop clients are
available at http://web.mit.edu/software (certificates required).
-- Desktop clients for Linux and UNIX systems are available through AFS;
contact techtime-release@mit.edu for details.
Documentation
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-- MIT documentation is available at
http://web.mit.edu/is/services/calendaring/techtime.html
-- Both the web and the desktop clients provide detailed and comprehensive
on-line help for the various features and functions.
Getting Help
-------------------
If you have questions or need assistance with installing the TechTime
desktop clients, or using the web or desktop clients, contact the MIT IS
Computing Help Desk:
-- computing-help@mit.edu
-- 617-253-1101 (x3-1101)
-- http://web.mit.edu/is/helpdesk
TechTime on Oracle Calendar Product Release Team
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Jonathan Hunt, Coordinator
Deb Bowser
Atticus Gifford
John Hose
Lee Ridgway
