Taglocity General Discussion Forum

Enhancement request: Folder Filters

6 Feb 07 23:24:46 GMT

Ken: I'm using Taglocity Pro, Taglocity 2007 Beta 3 1.0.2565.0.

I've opened the "Filter" form to filter tags within a folder. I rarely use the tag cloud though, so now I'm struggling to find the tags I want to adjust. Can you provide the equivalent of a quicktag bar in the filter window?

Explain autotags?

6 Feb 07 16:39:53 GMT

Ken: I'm confused by the logic behind the autotags.

I created tag A and marked it to autotag
Now, something like 99% of the messages I receive get tagged with this. I bcc: myself on each email and EVERY message I send gets autotagged with the tag. Even if I manually un-tag a message and then reply to it, the reply will get tagged. The message is nearly identical to one that just got manually un-tagged -- why doesn't it learn from this and not apply the tag? I'm really struggling to find the value in the autotagging logic.

(In a related note, which is the preferred tag logic that I should be using?)

FeatureRequest: TagActions for multiple tags

5 Feb 07 17:25:39 GMT

Vlad Iliescu: It would be nice (really nice) if I were able have a mail moved to Folder A if only Tag A was applied to it, to folder B if only Tag B was applied to it and to Folder C if both Tag A and Tag B are applied to it.

Outlook flags

5 Feb 07 11:34:40 GMT

Vlad Iliescu: Is there a way to configure Taglocity to stop using flags when tagging an email? I use them for other purposes and I find it confusing that Taglocity also uses them.

Store Settings in Outlook not working

3 Feb 07 19:29:50 GMT

Irfan: Hi:

I have downloaded the latest 1.0.5 build and installed it on my primary Outlook machine. From there, I have selected the "Store Settings in Outlook" checkbox.

On my second computer, I've also installed the latest build and I select "Store Settings in Outlook" and pick "Sync with Outlook Now" which results in a dialog box saying "Your settings have now been read from the Outlook store". At this point I'm ecstatic. This state of ecstacy continues when I close the Taglocity settings dialog only to watch all my tags magically appear in the Tag Cloud. Yoohooo!!

But then, hopes are crushed because new mail isn't getting classified by AutoTag on my second computer. In fact, selecting a bunch of mail items and manually doing a Tools->AutoTag->"AutoTag Current Selection" operation doesn't tag any of my mail. On my primary machine, almost all of these messages would have been auto tagged because I have an extensive training set already established for most of my auto tags.

So, I'm stuck.

Is the Outlook data store not storing Auto Tag statistics? I seem to recall requesting a feature to optionally turn that on. Please clarify. If this is indeed the case, what do you recommend as a workaround? Should I manually sync those files between machines?

Irfan

Tag Count Bug in v1.04 and v1.05

22 Jan 07 22:51:12 GMT

Neil Negandhi: The tag counts in the tag cloud are not updated correctly. One of the tags I use on email that requires action on my part is FollowUp. I have a second tag called Complete which unsets the FollowUp tag when applied. It seems this process throws the tag counts out of whack as I now have a FollowUp count of 106 (should be around 50) and a Complete count of 7 (should be around 65).

User Defined TagActions Example

22 Jan 07 14:59:21 GMT

David Ing: As pointed out here: http://taglocity.com/fogbugz/default.asp?TaglocityGeneral.1.706.0 in the new 1.0.5 version for Outlook 2003, there is something of a 'beta' advanced feature called 'User Defined TagActions'.

In summary, what this is is the ability to run VBA Macro code (only signed and secure) as part of your tags set of 'TagActions'. You can set either an AutoTag or Manual tagging action to cause your own functions to run.

Obviously this kind of extensibility can be made to do some very powerful things. At the moment we are still thinking about the 'design time' experience of doing one of these, but the underlying engine is there to try now.

The easiest way to explain it is with an example. Here's a simple one:

(1) The goal of this action example is to only run the 'Move To Folder' type action, when the Outlook item is an email, i.e. do not move Tasks or Calendar items. This is a good realistic example, as it came in as a forum request, as you can see here: http://taglocity.com/fogbugz/default.asp?TaglocityGeneral.1.560.6

(2) First off you set up the name of your action in the underlying tags configuration store. This editing part will be made easier via a new Configuration UI in the future, but for now it involves editing your xml file manually. Please do these following steps:

(2.1) Shutdown Outlook - this prevents Taglocity overwriting your edits when Outlook closes.

(2.2) Find your tag name (or names, you can do many) that you want to associate the action with in your text configuration file. This information is stored in this text file here:

C:/Document and Settings/(UserName)/Application Data/IngBox Software/Taglocity/tagsconfig.xml

(Replace (username) and C drive with your own settings).

It is worth backing up your .xml file first too. Note: If you are storing your config inside Outlook, please edit your Journal entry 'Taglocity Settings'.

(2.3) In Notepad (or other text editor) for each tag you want to update, find the following element and update to the name of the VBA function you want to call on the 'action', i.e. change this:

Test
...

to

Test
...
0;MoveOnlyEmails

(The 0 or 1 before the first ';' indicate if the action should be run on AutoTag (1) or just Manually (0)). You can see that the function I want to run is called 'MoveOnlyEmails'.

(2.4) Save and exit the file. Restart Outlook

(3) Now let's use the Outlook VBA editor to add a Macro (Tools / Macros / Visual Basic Editor). Here's a simple one that does what we need (Note it expects the Outlook folder 'Inbox / JustEmail' to exist before running):

' Simple action to move only Mail items to a folder
Public Sub MoveOnlyEmails()

' The Explorer is the main Outlook window
Set myExplorer = Application.ActiveExplorer

' What we have selected in Outlook
Set Selection = myExplorer.Selection

' This part points to the destination folder, edit for your own Inbox/Foldername
Set objNS = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set objFolder = objNS.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
Set destinationFolder = objFolder.Folders("JustEmail")

'May be one or more selected Outlook items to look at
For Each thisMail In Selection

'Just move emails,not tasks or calendars etc
If thisMail.Class = olMail Then
'Move it!
thisMail.Move destinationFolder
End If

Next

End Sub

Private Sub Application_Startup()

' Must include this part for the Macro to initialise

End Sub

(4) You will need to either sign the Macro with your own Id or lower Outlook's Macro security settings (not recommended).

For a fantastic resource for VBA and how to's, check out Sue Moshers wonderful Outlook site here: http://www.outlookcode.com/

(5) You can now try out your 'Test' tag, and see that it moves into the JustEmail folder beneath your default InBox folder.

We're working on the help guide, plus lots more examples, so comments and suggestions are really welcome for this feature.

Applying Multiple Tags from By Categories View - Frustrating

22 Jan 07 03:34:19 GMT

Paul Easton: My preferred way to view my inbox is in Categories view. That way all my unprocessed mail (i.e. uncategorized) remains at the top as uncategorized mail.

When I used Windows categories feature to "tag" my mail, this worked because I could select several categories from a menu and apply them at one, after which the message would disappear from "uncategorized".

With Taglocity, however, I can only apply one at a time. As soon as I click on a tag in the tag cloud or save a tag from the quick tag bar, the message is not shown in uncategorized and the next message in uncategorized is selected. Taglocity doesn't keep focus on the message I was tagging.

I hate to say it, but it is easier to tag messages using Outlooks categories feature. Especially multiple tags.

Even when I am in "By Date" view, where you can apply multiple tags to the same e-mail without losing focus on the item, it is still cumbersome using the QuickTag.
(1) Open the Quicktag Dialog, or click into the field if it is already open
(2) type the first few letters of the tag
(3) click on the tag
(4) click "Save"
(5) repeat steps 2 through 4 for each additional tag

I find the tag cloud to be overly cumbersome to use as I have a large number of tags. I will try out the new feature of the latest release that allows me to limit the cloud to my most commonly used tags and hide tags I don't need like completed project codes or vendor names that I no longer use.

Still every time I have to move my hand from the keyboard is a loss in productivity. I can process messages much faster using Outlook's keyboard shortcuts to categorize my messages. I really don't like the tag cloud's hunt and click approach.

For the next release, I'd like to see the ability to select multiple tags in the "QuickTag" box before saving them. AND the ability to select tags in the QuickTag box without having to use the mouse. Perhaps a numbered list for suggested tags as you type and then you hit the number to select the tag you want, which clears the text field so you can begin typing the next word (just like a Chinese-character input in windows). Hitting ENTER will save the tags to the message and bring focus to the next/previous (per user's setting) message in the inbox.

tag deletion does unnecessary search

19 Jan 07 17:16:11 GMT

Ken: Running taglocity beta3 for OL2007

I just created a tag on accident. No big deal. I went into Taglocity -> Configure (I think that's it, I can't get the drop down while I wait) -> General, selected the tag and clicked the delete button. There was a warning that the tag had been used -0- times and that taglocity would need to search through the whole mail store to remove it from messages. Remember, it had been used -0- times.

I'm now waiting and waiting and waiting while taglocity searches for the tag to delete it. I have a LOT of mail.

Why is it searching when taglocity knows it isn't in use?

Taglocity 1.0.5 for Outlook 2003 Released

17 Jan 07 23:32:05 GMT

David Ing: This is both a functionality and bug-fix point update release and includes the following new features:

- The QuickTag tool now allows you to enter in new tags without a pop-up dialog. Just type whatever tag name you are thinking of and it adds it to your collection.

- The menus and dialogs have been improved based on user feedback. The AutoTag button can now be found from the 'Tools' menu. The color scheme has now been updated to reflect how people use various desktop themes too.

- Digitally signed emails no longer cause a prompt.

- A new setting 'Show on TagCloud' is included, to allow those with a lot of tags to select which ones to hide or show.

- A nicer 'Unknown Tag' set of dialogs that can alert you when an unrecognized tag is received (Don't forget to switch on the 'AutoTag On' feature to see these!)

- Initial support for storing your Taglocity settings from within your Outlook store, rather than a local file. Taglocity uses a Journal entry called 'Taglocity Settings', and has the capability to synchronize two or more Taglocity installations. Please note that this feature is OFF by default, as it is an early version and we'd appreciate your feedback on it.

- Initial support for something called 'User Defined TagActions'. This is a powerful new experimental feature that allows you to hook up simple VBA macro's to your Tag's TagActions. Due to the early nature of this work, it is disabled in the UI by default. We shall post in this forum an example or two of how to use it for those interested in trying it out.

- Improved 'Reader' performance and display - useful if you have 100 new emails and want to scan through them as quickly as possible!

- WebStore link added to the 'Purchase Now' to allow those with Proxy restrictions to still buy. Note that the 'Taglocity -> About' dialog now includes an entry field for putting in your new or update Serial License Key.

- A fix to the Help system to always allow the contents to show, whatever the browser version.

- Better display of 'inactive' tags after the demo has expired, to more clearly explain the restriction.

- Experimental support for other non-US locale versions of Outlook. We are not yet at the stage to be able to support these versions, but we've added some configuration settings that may help. We shall post in this forum an example to show the new support.

- Tag Aliases now work with the Tag Filter, in that results are returned in the TagFilter tool and Search Folders where you have set one of your tags to alias an Unknown Tag.

Thank you for your support. Please keep the ideas for new features coming to this forum, as you can see from above - we use many things from here to update Taglocity.

The main Taglocity Download page will be updated in the next 24 hours or so - if you want to try this version straight away, then you use the following download link:

http://www.Taglocity.com/Releases/Taglocity-1-0-5-b2573.zip

or

http://www.Taglocity.com/Releases/Taglocity-1-0-5-b2573.exe

Any comments or problems with this release then please email [email protected]

Note: You will not need to uninstall any existing versions before installing this version and all configuration is kept and migrated. If you do choose to uninstall then all configuration is kept safe regardless. Please ensure though that Outlook is shutdown completely before installing.

Request: Tags not visible in tag cloud

16 Jan 07 19:57:52 GMT

Ken: I'd like to start using enough tags that the tag cloud will become nearly useless. It would be nice if there was a way to set a tag option that would keep it from being displayed in the cloud, unless it was already selected for a given message.

Any Other Search Engines Added Yet?

14 Jan 07 07:46:30 GMT

Jim McGowan: I just came across this product, and while it looks great, I really do not wish to install the MSN Toolbar nor WDS on my PC. I guess I should say, actually, that I will not install MSN TB or WDS. I presently use X1, and I also have the Copernic 2.0 Desktop Search installed. I need both of those, and adding another is pretty much out of the question. Due to disability, I must use Speech Recognition (SR) for input, and it works well with both X1 and Copernic DS. Since Microsoft is developing their own SR engine - though it is not-ready-for-primetime yet - and thus does not allow WDS to work well with other SR apps, it is pointless for me to install it.

I saw a thread from October 2006 where you mentioned you were actively working to support other desktop search engines. Have you managed to complete any yet? I imagine that Taglocity is not very effective without a supported desktop search available, so I have not downloaded nor installed it yet - no sense teasing myself!

Thanks, and I'm looking forward to being able to try Taglocity!

Jim McGowan

Uninstall of expired Taglocity Beta 3.0 wrecked Office 2007

11 Jan 07 21:17:11 GMT

Jim: None of my apps work, nor will Visual Studio 2005. Get an error msgs for event id's 59 & 32, referencing "assemblies not installed" - vc81.crt & msoxmlmf.dll

These errors happened IMMEDIATELY after Taglocity uninstall & reboot.

Please provide any suggestions for repair asap.

TagSearch Results not visible..

10 Jan 07 22:22:38 GMT

David G: When I use TagSearch, the results that are found are not visible. I'm assuming it's a "White font on a white background" type of problem. I can see the selected row in the preview window, just not in the list.

Thanks

Taglocity registered version broken

10 Jan 07 18:16:41 GMT

Patrick W. Julius: Hi David,

my registered copy of Taglocity (1.04, WinXPpro SP2, German Outlook 2003) stopped working correctly today. It behaves like the trial version. I can only choose from the first 15 or so tags, the rest is grayed out. The about dialog shows the serial, so it is registered.

Any quick tip what I need to do?

Thanks
Patrick

Taglocity for Outlook 2007 Beta 3 Expired?

9 Jan 07 23:46:38 GMT

David Ing: I've put up a refresh to the Taglocity for Outlook 2007 beta 3 release, as you may soon get a message saying it has expired. This release will upgrade your version or can be used as a new install. All configuration is kept safe during the upgrade.

This beta 3 update extends the time for the beta program, plus has a number of improvements:

- Tools are better sync'd in terms of tag status.

- 'New' text bug fixed.

- Built with Outlook 2007 RTM and VSTO SE RTM versions. You will need to download and install the VSTO SE 20005 runtime from Microsoft, as that still can't be included before Office/Vista officially ship to all.

- Digital Signature emails support improved.

- 'Reader' app improved.

- Many, many beta bugs fixed - thanks to those for the feedback.

The download can be found in the usual place here:

http://www.taglocity.com/Download.htm

Note that we do plan a beta 4, but as part of the 'unified release' that is still some time away.

Thanks for your support!

Watching your "From 9 till 2" blog

7 Jan 07 18:47:59 GMT

Peter {faa780ce-0f0a-4c28-81d2-3667b71287fd}: Howdy!

I'm just dropping a line to ask you to please update your blog whenever you release a version for Outlook 2007 on Vista. I know you've got something working in beta form (the Nov. 9 release), but I'm holding off until you reach the 1.0 mark and/or don't require a beta version of VSTO installed on the PC :)

Anyway, I'll be watching the blog via RSS, thanks.

Compatibility to Jello.Dashboard

5 Jan 07 10:37:12 GMT

Patrick W. Julius: Hi David,

as mentioned a while ago, Taglocity is just great in helping me tagging and hence organizing everything.
Having said that, there is a nice tool out there (check http://jello.wordpress.com/ ) which is very good in creating lists out of the data and it does this by using the categories of Outlook.

Unfortunately, Jello.Dashboard and Taglocity can live side by side, but they are not able to work together effectively. I tried playing around with the script of Jello, but to no avail. Main problem seems to be the different way, that special category entires a marked and parsed.

Please have a look at Jello.Dashboard and talk to the guy making it and see, if you two could figure out a way to have an improved compatibility between Taglocity and Jello.

Thanks a bunch
Patrick

Tip: Spam and AutoTags

4 Jan 07 19:46:39 GMT

David Ing: I get a lot of email spam. Much of it gets blocked at the ISP level, some of it at the Exchange Server and the Outlook Junk Filter on the client also works too.

But sometimes, even after all that, it seems to still get through, especially when spammers change tactics as they periodically do.

What I do now when I get a new type of spam 'outbreak' is set up a new AutoTag for it, with the TagAction rule to move it to the Junk Folder. Currently I have these three new tags:

- JunkStockSpam
- FakeBouncedMsgSpam
- HiddenImageSpam

Because the individual AutoTags train up independently of each other and each use the same base heuristics for their 'type' (i.e. mention a junk stock a few times) then I've found it really effective at making them 'go away'.

What is probably not well known is that you can use the free Taglocity version as an excellent spam filter - and the way it works will likely always be better than what you use now using a single algorithm/heuristics.

I've also added a new 'Tag Does Not Appear on TagCloud' option on the upcoming v1.0.5, so they won't even get in the way too.

Forum not very active?

3 Jan 07 16:35:45 GMT

David G: Seems strange that there aren't many posts in this forum. I would have thought with this type of product there would be quite a few people trying it out, and tons of subsequent questions.

Kind of makes me nervous jumping into something if there aren't many paying customers.

Sorry, had to say it......

Unknown Tags

2 Jan 07 09:49:06 GMT

I. Seidel: I use Taglocity with a German version of Outlook 2003. Each tagged item has "unknown Tags" which contain fragments of my tags. Example: I have the tags "LBK" and "Project" assigned to a message and the unknown tags dialogue shows "lbk];[Project".
Q1: Is there a way to remove those tags? (I would prefer a batch-solution)
Q2: How can I avoid this problem?

I've read in one of the older messages that this problem might occur in non English versions because those use semicolons instead of commas. Is that the reason?

Tagging Outgoing Messages

2 Jan 07 09:03:57 GMT

Paul Easton: I do not understand how to tag outgoing messages. The Tagolocity toolbar on the compose window only has a limited number of tags to choose from. I can not create a new tag and am unable to select from the full tag list. Am I missing something or is this an intentional limitation. If intentional, why?

Two stage AutoTagging

19 Dec 06 21:57:12 GMT

Irfan: Is it possible to incoming items to get tagged using Autotag but to delay the Autotag "action" (file to a folder in my case) till a later time?

Kinda like GMail where tags are added using incoming filters but filed (archived in their case) later using a UI button or a keyboard shortcut.

Irfan

Accessing Exchange mailbox from multiple computers w/Outlook

18 Dec 06 20:17:55 GMT

Irfan: Hi:

I setup my tags at home using taglocity logged in to my work Exchange server. But when I loaded taglocity on my Outlook at work, none of the tags show up on in my tag cloud.

I couldn't even find an "export" option so I could upload a config file with all that tags.

Why isn't the taglocity configuration data just stored in a folder on the exchange server? This would help with my situation.

This is pretty essential for me since I work from both places on a daily basis and a tool that only works from one location or tends to get out of sync is going to be very hard to use.

Overall, I love the concept and look forward to becoming a paying customer once I figure this out.

Irfan

Initial Reaction: Del.icio.us has me spoiled

15 Dec 06 16:54:16 GMT

Andrew McCaskey: Is there some way to apply multiple tags to a message that may not be defined ?

If I hit Ctl-shift-Q for Quicktag and the tag does not exist, it looks like it ignores any new words that I might add as tags. Do I have to explicitly create new tags before I can use them ? If so it seems to really slow down the flow of conciousness / word association that makes del.icio.us almost transparent.

Secondly, I'm having trouble with the use model where I apparently can add tags only when at the inbox level of Outlook and a message is selected, rather than when I am reading the message itself. Is this true ?

A final question: Is there any way to back up in the tutorial to view an operation again ? That would help.

I am intrigued by your product and get a lot of use out of del.ico.us each day - but having trouble making the leap.

AutoTag doesn't seem to do anything

15 Dec 06 08:45:34 GMT

Oliver Sturm: Since I lost all my tags the other day, I have only found time to reapply one of them to a large bunch of messages in a certain folder I have. About 90% of the messages that get this tag have a number of common criteria:

* The senders and recipients have email addresses in a certain domain
* All the people that occur in the header as either sender or recipient make up the same or a very similar group. Basically it's a group of people communicating using email threads, and "reply to all".
* The text content can be on different topics, but there are certainly reoccurring factors, like the signatures of the people who mail all the time.

Over the past day or two, I have had AutoTag switched on all the time, and I would have expected to get messages auto-tagged with that particular tag as they come in, if they fit the profile above of course. But I haven't actually seen a single message being tagged automatically so far. Do I have wrong expectations?

Moving a message from one folder to another loses tags

13 Dec 06 14:14:16 GMT

Oliver Sturm: The subject says it - I have a message with a tag and I move it (drag&drop) to another folder... bang, the tag is gone.

I'm currently using Outlook 2007 with an IMAP account - maybe that makes a difference compared with local folders or an Exchange account?

Configure your Taglocity Folder Filters window - some problems

13 Dec 06 13:38:51 GMT

Oliver Sturm: 1. The Cancel button doesn't work

2. The window comes up "on top globally". For example, right now I have a browser window in the foreground that I'm typing this text in, but the Configure your Taglocity Folder Filters window stays in front of that browser window.

Digitally signed emails / AutoTag

13 Dec 06 13:31:46 GMT

Oliver Sturm: Every time the auto tagging functionality looks at a message that is digitally signed, I get a message box saying "You are about to save a digitally signed e-mail message in a format which is not secure. Do you want to continue?"
I have to hit Yes or No at this point, which makes auto-tagging large amounts of emails a pain, of course... I always hit No so far and messages were apparently still tagged. Didn't want to try out using Yes :-)

Some Outlook 2007 problems

13 Dec 06 13:23:25 GMT

: Hi,

Creating a Filter for Tag Foo and NOT Bar

13 Dec 06 00:10:41 GMT

Ken Yagen: How do I create a tag filter to select all messages with Tag Foo and NOT Tag Bar. If I highlight Foo with AND and Bar with NOT, I get no filter - it shows everything. I want everything tagged with Foo but not also with Bar.

Also is it possible to show filter results across all folders - do I need to do a search folder for this? Currently I have two folders - Inbox and Archive but would like to filter across both.

Tags using rules

8 Dec 06 11:45:37 GMT

R Jamya: Is it possible to assign tags using rules? I already have rules that send messages to various folders, but I could also tag them (when they stay in "inbox") if possible.

Is this doable? already possible and I missed it somehow?

TIA
rjamya

Training auto tags with manual tagged folder

7 Dec 06 23:35:45 GMT

Michael Hoglan: I spent the afternoon tagging my emails in my inbox and creating my tag cloud. I have roughly 2000 emails now tagged . I didn't have the auto tag option turned on for my tags as I was doing this because I thought I would go back and tag all my historical data first and then turn on the auto tag feature and train it.

I am not however finding this training option. Does the program only train / learn when an email comes in and is first tagged? Is there a way I can make it analyze my folder and relearn based on the tags that have been manually done? Basically I want to point it to a folder and say, these are all correct tags, and I want it to train on them.

I see the import from folders feature, but that is suppose to be for people who already had emails seperated out by a subject and what to train a specific tag on it. Figured this out because when I tried it on my inbox for a tag, it went through and tagged a bunch of emails with the tag I tried.

So do I need to make some rules that go around and make copies of every email and put them into a folder for that tag, and then run the folder to auto tag on each folder that contains all the emails that contain that tag?

BTW, I am finishing my masters in CS in intelligent systems this next semester and thus we have studied learning networks etc... quite a bit and I find this very impressive and joyful that someone has applied to this email. Its actually how I ran into this program was after building a part of speech tagger and phrase tagger for sentences, it hit me email contains context etc... and I thus began my search. :)

Thanks!
Michael

Default Task Form

4 Dec 06 20:42:53 GMT

Ross Warren: I have some custom task forms based on posts from GTDWannabe ( http://gtdwannabe.blogspot.com/ ) to add in Project names.

Even though I have changed the default task form in Outlook, my task actions in Taglocity, still use the original task form and not the custom task form.

Is Taglocity hardcoded to specifically call (by file name) to call the original task form?

BTW: Love Taglocity! Showing up to everyone.

Any help?

Ross Warren

installed 1.0.4 - no registration option

4 Dec 06 17:56:44 GMT

Jeff: Hello,

I've been using taglocity since the beta, but now that I've upgraded to version 1.0.4 I can't find where to enter my serial number. Help > About doesn't give me the option, nor is it in any of the Configuration panels. Where should I be looking?

Thanks!

Can't change size of tags in Tag Cloud

18 Nov 06 00:15:52 GMT

Ken: Taglocity beta2 for OL2007

I don't have a mouse with a scroll wheel and +/- don't seem to be zooming in/out in the tagcloud as the "tips for new users" post suggests that they should.

I've tried with the tag cloud docked and undocked and it doesn't matter.

Apologies if I've missed this in another post somewhere.

Can't see all tags in filter window

18 Nov 06 00:14:12 GMT

Ken: Taglocity for OL2007, beta 2

The default window size for the filter window isn't large enough to show all my tags. I can resize it (thanks for that), but it would be nice if there was a scroll window on there so I wouldn't have to do so.

Autotag still only applies 1 tag?

17 Nov 06 17:06:09 GMT

David G: Hi David.

Just reading through the online help and saw that there was a limitation in 1.0 where Autotag will only apply 1 tag. Is this still the case? If yes, is there an ETA to change this?

Thanks
David

1.0.4- Renaming Tags: Some funnies

15 Nov 06 22:11:30 GMT

TimK: Hi David,

I have decided to change my approach to tagging, so I am renaming a number of tags (10-15 of them).

NOTE: most of the tags are only assigned to between 1 and 30 tasks.

So - I renamed the tags as fast as I could, ie: whenever I got control back from the 'renaming' dialog, I started the next one.

What happened:

1) The first one took a real long time, ie: 1-2 mins. The Rename dialog disappeared, and off to the races. (maybe no surprise there)
2) the second and third were really fast, returning from the rename dialog in seconds.
3) about the 4th one, it looks like outlook received an email at the same time. Autotags are on, and it all seemed to slow down. The 'rename' dialog didn't disappear. However, after a minute or so, I could click back on the config window, select another to rename... so I did. The Rename dialog refreshed showing the most recent tag info.
4) For the next couple of renames, the rename dialog didn't even go away, but I did get returned to the Configure window quickly.
5) After a couple more, the Rename dialog started disappearing when things were complete.

Needless to say, not everything got converted over. So I did a little manual clean up.

Tim

Tags applying to entire thread?

14 Nov 06 22:25:02 GMT

David G: Hi David.

Not sure if this is a feature or not, so I'll just ask....
If I apply tag(s) to an e-mail message, will these tags be applied to all the previously sent/received messages in the thread?

I'm also using another product, ClearContext, that does this with it's topics (sorry to bring that up), and was hoping that this apply within taglocity.

This requirement comes about because I may send and receive numerous emails on my BB or PocketPC during the day, and I will only tag a related email that is sent out on my desktop later, and would like to have the previously untagged messages tagged the same way.
I also need this for cases where my related messages were auto-tagged incorrectly and need to correct them.

Sorry for the long-winded message ;)

David

Toolbars on emails (replies, etc)

14 Nov 06 22:01:37 GMT

Rob: My apologies if I am missing something obvious. Searched but did not find.

I can not seem to lose (or Move) the toolbar on email creation windows. I originally wanted the toolbar on the side of new email creation windows...now I just want it to go away. Customizing and removing the toolbar does not work. The toolbar reappears when I start a new email...is it user error ?

1.0.4 Issue

14 Nov 06 17:21:51 GMT

Mike Anderson: David,

I uninstalled version 1.0.3 via the control panel. I installed version 1.0.4. All my tags are gone and it thinks I am running a trial version. I tried copying my tagsconfig.xml to "C:\Documents and Settings\manders\Application Data\IngBox Software\Taglocity" and still have the same problems. Actually, the application is dumping the contents of the tagsconfig.xml file. Any ideas?

Regards,

Mike

Moving outlook setup

14 Nov 06 00:28:06 GMT

Pankaj Agarwal: Hi,
I am in the process of moving my outlook to a different machine. I have lot of tags in my current outlook setup.
How can I move my taglocity setup also to my new outlook destination ?

Outlook Error -- "A program is trying to send e-mail ...."

13 Nov 06 22:55:11 GMT

Michael Lowery: first of all -- great program. works very well. One issue:

I very frequently get the following error message:

Error: A program is trying to access data from Outlook that may include addresses book information. Do you want to allow this?

If this is unexpected, it may be a virus, and you should choose "No."

It then lets me allow access for 1, 5, or 10 minutes.

It seems to happen most often when I click one of the tag buttons on the tag bar...

Is anyone else having this issue...any solutions?

thanks

Taglocity 1.0.4 for Outlook 2003 Released

9 Nov 06 22:18:30 GMT

David Ing: This is both a functionality and bug-fix point update release and includes the following features:

- Windows Desktop Search 3.0 RTM is now supported as part of the TagSearch viewer. WDS 2.5 and 2.6 are still compatible.

- The underlying 'windowing library' for embedding tool windows docked inside Outlook has been updated, with some extra performance and stability.

- Windows Vista compatibility updates. Changes include the configuration data file 'tagsconfig.xml' is now located in your logged on Users\Application Data\IngBox Software\Taglocity directory. When you install it will take a little longer as the files are moved as part of the data migration. If you have many tags set to AutoTag then expect this to take a few minutes.

- A new viewer called the Taglocity 'Reader' is included. This is an experiment of being able to rapidly read and review your Outlook data in a 'River of News' style. It's still early days for this, but would love some feedback. A CSS stylesheet in Images/readerStyle.css is also configurable if you are eager to experiment too. You can see a screenshot and help here: http://www.taglocity.com/help/Reader.htm

- The TagCloud has many more options, including being able to turn off resizing, choose a resize algorithm as well as spacing and fonts. The font choices are especially fun to play with. You can see a screenshot and help here: http://www.taglocity.com/help/ConfigTab5.htm

- The TagSearch from the Tools menu now opens a resizeable tools window. All sizes and options are saved as part of your configuration.

- The default AutoTag statistics size has been lowered to 3 megabytes a tag. If you find new AutoTags being 'swamped' by the larger older tags then let us know!

- Extra international unicode characters are now allowed as part of tagnames. On some localized systems there may be an issue with using these tags as 'AutoTags' but we're still investigating. Let us know if this new feature is useful to you - language packs are still planned.

- The Tag Conversation menu options have been tweaked to allow you to Tag or UnTag regardless of the current settings on the TagCloud or QuickTag.

- Many other bugfixes and forum suggestions implemented. We didn't get to them all this time around, but we are actively working on them and your feedback does help. Areas such as Reminders and more powerful TagActions commands are in the works!

Thanks for your support.

Please visit the main site download areas to get your update:

http://www.Taglocity.com/Download.htm

Note: You will need to uninstall any existing version from Programs Add/Remove first before installing this version, but all configuration is kept and migrated.

Toolbar disappears in "New Window"

8 Nov 06 04:18:02 GMT

David G: When opening a new window in outlook (e.g. Inbox open and would like to open calendar in a new window), the toolbar is not visible. It appears that the toolbar is only available on the first window opened.

Taglocity 2007 Beta 3 - if you get'Expired license key'

3 Nov 06 16:42:26 GMT

David Ing: This update was a little unplanned, in that I just realized today that the Taglocity Outlook 2007 would 'beta timeout' quite soon and expire.

So here's the new update that's good till Jan 2007. It's got a few new features from the mainline Taglocity 2003 build, but still a few bugs to iron out. I released it a little sooner than anticipated as people then have a version to run when the Beta 2 expires.

To use this beta 3 of 'Taglocity for Outlook 2007' you'll need the following installed on your machine:

(1) .NET 2.0 on XP or .NET 3.0 on Vista RC1

(2) Office 2007 Beta 2, Tech Refresh 1

(3) Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System Runtime Beta (you can get it from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5248A2D2-FC62-4A44-82CB-AE73C2FC7146&displaylang=en

Beta 3 File Download:

http://www.taglocity.com/Releases/Taglocity-2007-Beta3-0.exe

You will also need to uninstall any previous Taglocity beta versions first before installing this one. All configuration is kept safe and upgraded.

After the Outlook 2003 version with the new features (v1.1) is out, then I'll refresh this 2007 build too, hopefully with some more bugfixes and help updates...

PS Check out the 'Reader' in the tools and let me know what you think of the idea, it's an experiment...

Re-Trial Issues

2 Nov 06 18:46:45 GMT

David: Hi David.

Trying to trial Taglocity again and have run into a couple of issues...

1. Since I had previously installed TL a while ago and subsequently uninstalled, it now thinks that my trial period is over. I've had to select the Personal version in order to continue.

2. Tag Search doesn't appear to be working. I'm using the latest verion of Windows Desktop Search 3.0 (the one with the GUI). When I select Tag Search, nothing at all happens (no screen, etc.)

Thanks for your help.

David

Idea for BB users?

2 Nov 06 03:50:55 GMT

David G: I'm going to trial Taglocity again, but would like to ask a question first that affects us Blackberry users....

I understand that there is an option to take a tag and convert it to an Outlook category. This is a great way to get the tag to a BB (or other PDA).

What happens when a new task is created on the BB? Is there a way to have the category selected linked back to the tag?
If not, is there a way I can see any Outlook items that have a "[xx]" Category selected but no tags?

I guess I can always create a special category called "New Item", and filter on these once I synch my BB back to Outlook, but it sounds kludgy.

Thanks for the input....
David

Move to folder tag action

1 Nov 06 15:55:55 GMT

Arkadiy Goykhberg: I have set up a move to folder tag action on most of my tags.
It works grate for email, but I am having a problem when I try to tag a task or an appointment.
When I do this, taglocity saves the item as an attachment to an email, copies the content of the item to the body of the email and saves the email in the Drafts folder.

Can "move to folder" action apply to emails only, and not to tasks, appointments and meeting requests?

Feature requests (TagActions) and some bugs

27 Oct 06 09:10:55 GMT

Patrick W. Julius: Hi David,

on my quest for the perfect tool to organize my GTD workflow in Outlook, I stumbled across Taglocity a couple of days ago. THIS is the perfect thing. I love it. I actually bought a license already.

Having said that, I have a couple of problems, so here it goes.

TagActions: Great concept, but some work necessary.
1) Introduce the option to perform the action, but not attach the tag to the
original item and /or the new item made by the tagAction
Reason: Say I get an e-mail, that I need to delegate, I would usually have
two actions performed on that.
a) Forward the mail to whomever has to deal with it, but I would prefer that
the tag "Delegated" could not be seen by the recipient
b) make a task for me to follow up later on that an see if it was dealt
with accordingly

Another example would be an action to just move an item to an folder.
A very nice functionality, that you are offering here, but having a tag
(say "folderA") that moves an e-mail to folderA is just enough.
Having the "folderA" also tagged to that e-mail would be overkill,
because it resides in that folder anyway.

2) For the Action "Create E-Mail", it should be offer the user the choice,
if an answer or a forwarding shall be created.

3) New Action "Defer" (have mail disappear an reappear after a defined
period of time or at a specific point of time)
See how ClearContext has solved that.

4) The tagActions should differentiate, on what kind of item they are used
and behave accordingly. For example it would be nice, that a certain action
on an unsent e-mail takes place only after sending.

5) Lose quicktag. Instead just build that functionality into tagCloud!!!!!

6) If I try to send an e-mail, which has no tags set yet, Taglocity should
warn me and ask what tag to be set for this mail.

7) Support for German Umlauts (ÄÖÜ äöü)

8) Changes to an existing tag leads to the question if I want to update and
warns, that it might need some time. Well, I let it sit for 30 min,
just to update two items with the tag in question, and It only updated
one of those and was still showing the hourglass. Something fishy here.

9) Toggling on and off of tags for an item works rather erratically.
In the list view, clicking on the cloud, it usually does work, but not
from the buttons on the tagbar.
In Inspector view, only the tagbar buttons do work. From the cloud
I can set a tag, but not remove it.

Again, I really love the concept and it has changed my way of working already tremendously. Keep up the good work and keep updates coming.
Best regards
Patrick

font size of tags in tagcloud

23 Oct 06 22:12:42 GMT

Pankaj Agarwal: Hi,
Suddenly the font size of Tags in my tagcloud has become very small such that it is unreadable , I restarted my outlook but to no avail ? Any pointers to resolve this ?

1.0.3- Tag Conversation leaves Progress Box Up

19 Oct 06 18:23:37 GMT

TimK: Hi David,

I was tagging a conversation, and the "Taglocity Progress" box is staying up after it does its thing. Cancel or close don't appear to work.

If I do another Tag Conversation, the progress bars updates, but the box stays there.

Hmmm. There are two dialogs now. oh wait - one will close, but the other won't.

Ok - it looks like one of the dialogs stays, and, if I don't move it, a new one gets opened each time I tag a conversation, so it looks like one.

ok- now, I changed folders, clicked a bunch of times on close, and now it finally disappeared.

Definitely finiky issue.

Tim

Free software...

17 Oct 06 12:40:15 GMT

Andy Spamer: David,

ClearContext are giving away free copies of their product to anyone who posts a review on a public web forum..

See http://blog.clearcontext.com/2005/04/who_wants_a_fre.html

This is a compelling offer, as on paper it appears to provide more than just 'auto tagging' of email content.

Any posibility of you matching this with Taglocity?

Feature request: mailbox priority

14 Oct 06 23:53:08 GMT

John Gallagher: One of Taglocity's competitors has a feature that prioritizes mail. I am not sure that it works completely as a concept but how about the following for Taglocity:

Show messages with travelling tags or autotags before non-tagged items in Outlook. In this way, a user would see answers to his(her) email before others and with autotags would gradually also get priority email to the top as well.

Is this practical?

Feature request: message followup

14 Oct 06 23:44:32 GMT

John Gallagher: One of Taglocity's competitors has a nice feature. It works as follows:

Tag a message for followup in x days.
If a reply comes before x days, the followup disappears.
If not, the user is informed to follow up.

I think this is a great idea as an enhancement to a simple followup.

Any possibility it could be added to Taglocity?

Migrating the location..?

14 Oct 06 23:22:48 GMT

John Gallagher: I am not sure what is going on here. I uninstalled Beta 1 for OL2007. I then installed Beta 2. I ran OL2007 and a dialog came up saying:

Taglocity Information
Migrating the location of the Taglocity Data Files. It is a one off operation. Please wait.

This has been running for quite some time now. I am not sure what to do as it should not be migrating anything. The OK button is grayed out and the Cancel button does not seem to do anything.

What's up?

Taglocity Color Bug in Beta for OL2007?

14 Oct 06 17:42:39 GMT

John Gallagher: I am using the Beta 1 in Vista for OL2007BTR.

I (accidentally) set a second tag on an item. The first tag (tag 5 in the Taglocity toolbar) was set at purple; the second (tag 6 on the Taglocity toolbar)at green. However, when I looked at the item itself, it showed the first as purple (correctly) and the second as blue (incorrectly). (The actual tag names are, however, the correct ones.

I don't think this is earthshaking but I thought I'd give it a mention.

detect & repair on Outlook 2003 killed Taglocity!!

13 Oct 06 20:24:36 GMT

Ian Goldsmid: Hi

I did a detect & repair - and when i opened Outlook after a reboot, it was as if Taglocity was installing itself for the first time... the opening screen came up... And although my Outlook Items still have all the Categories (the square bracketed type from Taglocity tags), Taglocity does not reconize that any tags exist, so it is indeed as if I have installed it for the first time - and it has no existing tags.

What am I supposed to do with this?

Ian

Taglocity Beta 2 for Outlook 2007 B2TR1

13 Oct 06 18:14:29 GMT

David Ing: This is a very small update to allow for the beta to run under the new Vista RC2 environment.

Changes under the covers are mainly due to moving the location of data files to the User Profile, and away from Program Files.

To use this beta of 'Taglocity for Outlook 2007' you'll need the following installed on your machine:

(1) .NET 2.0

(2) Office 2007 Beta 2, Tech Refresh 1

(3) Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System Runtime Beta (you can get it from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5248A2D2-FC62-4A44-82CB-AE73C2FC7146&displaylang=en

Beta 2 File Download:
http://www.taglocity.com/Releases/Taglocity-2007-Beta2-0.exe

Trial Limitations

13 Oct 06 17:13:36 GMT

Andy Spamer: What exactly are the trial limitations of Taglocity?

I am running the trial, but certain things don't seem to be working but i am not sure if this is because it is a trial or a bug.

1. No search facility (see post below)
2. Cannot dock the tag cloud within outlook (only available as a pop up)
3. Cannot filter on all of my tags. I have 15 defined, all of which have content. If i try and filter on 1 of my tags that i know has only 4 items i cannot select it in the tag filter window.

First impressions are of a fantastic idea, but very poor execution, and very buggy.

Andy

Defect - Taglocity - Tag Search Folder empty...

13 Oct 06 17:00:45 GMT

Andy Spamer: I have installed Taglocity, and MSN Desktop search as required.

However the Taglocity folder is empty, meaning i cannot search across tags. Clearly this makes tagging pointless.

Any ideas?

Andy

Outlook 2007 Beta, unselectable tags

11 Oct 06 07:22:48 GMT

Torkel Ödegaard: I am not sure if this is RTFM issue or not but I could not find anything in the help.

I have tags that I can not select in the tagcloud, they are gray and unclickable. They appear the same in the taglocity configuration, like they are disabled or something.

Installing Taglocity for Outlook 2007 on Vista RC2

9 Oct 06 15:36:03 GMT

David Ing: I'm currently updating the installer, so these are some workarounds and gotchas to get by with for now:

(1) You need to run the installer at an elevated privilege or you will get a mysterious 'Installer 2869' error. To do this either turn of UAC just for the install or do the following:

(a) Create a .bat file with the following line:

msiexec /i c:\TaglocitySetup.msi

...and place the .msi file where pointed to, i.e. c:\.

(b) Use 'Run as Administrator' right mouse button action on your new .bat file.

(2) As writing data under Program Files is now a restricted operation then until the new update comes out for Taglocity it is recommended that you install it somewhere else, i.e:

C:\IngBox Software\Taglocity

..works just fine.

(c) AutoTagging is broke due to a change to a Windows API - am following that up and it looks pretty minor and will make the Taglocity for Outlook 2007 next update.

If you do (1) and (2) then you can run the Taglocity 2007 beta under a normal user account in Vista RC2.

As this is a beta on a beta inside a beta then I hope these workarounds are ok just for now. Hopefully the updated installer/build will be out pretty soon.

Windows Desktop Search (Ughh!)

9 Oct 06 03:30:10 GMT

Ian Goldsmid: Hi

I was just waxing lyrical to myself about how wonderful Taglocity is - almost at the point of converting from trial to purchase - when I noticed that tagsearch requires Windows Desktop Search...

To be honest I think Windows Desktop Search sucks - and would go to almost any lengths to avoid having it on my machine..

Are you planning to enable tagsearch via Google Desktop Search or any other alternatives?

Are or will there other ways around using tagsearch without having to go down the dreaded Windows Desktop Search route?

Thanks,

Ian Goldsmid

R1.0.2: TagCloud - Docked: Not synching with the email list

5 Oct 06 22:30:04 GMT

TimK: Hi,

The docked tagcloud (on the right) seems to intermittently synch/ not synch with the email list.

Steps to Reproduce:

(Note: since it is intermittent, it takes a little playing to get it to break)

1) Set up the tag cloud as docked.
2) bounce around the email list - it seems to keep in synch.
3) open one of the emails (docked tag cloud opens in window)
4) close the email
5) bounce around the list: the tagcloud doesn't synch up
6) Close and reopen tagcloud. It synchs again.

Tim

Bug (Feature?): Search Folders in wrong place

5 Oct 06 16:53:09 GMT

Scott P: Because of internal restrictions on how much mail can be kept in our Exchange-based Mailbox, I archive ALL of my mail to a separate Archive File. I keep it open in Outlook and whenever I want to find old mail (many times a day) I open this one folder and use the 'Filter' feature to find what I want.

I've created 10+ search folders for frequently used tags. I would have more except when I use the "Create a Search Folder from this Filter" button on your Filter Dialog, it creates the Search Folder in my main Mailbox -- NOT the archive in which the folder at which I'm currently viewing lives.

Hope that makes sense -- I can clarify if necessary.

--Scott

feature request: levels of folders

5 Oct 06 16:14:43 GMT

Workaround to Run Beta 1 for OL2007 on Vista

5 Oct 06 16:11:09 GMT

John Gallagher: If you have been running this beta in Vista with UAC enabled you are, like me, encountering problems where updates are not being done, etc. You need to run OL2007 As Administrator to get around this.

Enhancement request for Taglocity: convert existing categories

5 Oct 06 16:10:53 GMT

Ken: Provide a way of converting all existing labels/categories into taglocity tags, even if it adds a [] to them.

Issues with Taglocity-2007-Beta1-0.zip

5 Oct 06 16:04:57 GMT

Ken: Outlook 2007 (beta) (12.0.4407.1004) MSO (12.0.4407.1005) BETA

Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600 sp 2 build 2600 running on VMWare Workstation 5.0

1) After the initial install, there were no taglocity windows in the main outlook form at all. Nothing docked or undocked; no visible evidence that Taglocity was installed. Individual messages showed the taglocity ribbon bar and showed the tag cloud and quick tags box. A reinstall (with the "repair" option) added the taglocity cloud window to the main outlook screen, but still didn't provide the quick tags. Closing outlook and re-opening it again added the quick tags box. I'm tempted to just keep opening and closing it to see what else appears! :)

2) Tag cloud in the main UI doesn't update. The tag cloud in each message is current, but the tag cloud in the main UI only has tags that existed when Outlook was started.

3) This may be a RTFM, but I have no idea what the "Tagline" button does. Having it selected (or unselected) has no visible effect at all.

4) The "new tag" label on the Taglocity QuickTag box doesn't say "new tag", but instead says "` )". It works though.

Beta 1 for OL2007 - Unable to set Tag from Toolbar

4 Oct 06 23:56:13 GMT

John Gallagher: I do not know if this relates to my install problem (where I was unable to register MAPIPROP.DLL under Vista). I am unable to set a tag via the Toolbar (i.e. click on the unassigned red button).
Here is what happenned:
1. I clicked on the red button.
2. I entered a tag name: Test
3. I clicked off Auto Tag.
4. I left the color red.
I clicked OK.

The button still shows unassigned. If I click on it, it now shows the next color: blue. If I go to create a Test tag, I cannot create a new "Test" one. If I go to the Tag Cloud, there is nothing there.

I tried to do this via a Bug but it always shows the logger to be OFF regardless of how many times I click the button.

Taglocity Suggestion re: sent email

4 Oct 06 23:47:06 GMT

John Gallagher: I would like to use Taglocity for everything. It would be nice to have Taglocity ask me if I want to tag if I click SEND and have not set a tag beforehand.
I have seen this withe your competitor and find it very natural. It displays a dialog box with a pulldown of tags to choose or just click no.

Taglocity Beta 1 for OL2007 on Vista - Install Problem

4 Oct 06 23:35:47 GMT

John Gallagher: I am not sure how critical this is. I received the following when installing the beta on Vista: MAPIPROP.DLL failed to register HRESULT -2147023898.

I allowed the install to complete and seem to have a working Outlook with Taglocity installed. Any idea what to make of this?
I know I had something like this with another software once and was told how to register the dll myself - but I forgot how and also know not to do it without knowing why it happenned.

Problems with autotag

4 Oct 06 23:09:54 GMT

Ananda Sim: I'm having problems with AutoTag - I found one Tag kept accumulating unrelated email. So I set autotag on it to off. Then the next Tag in sequence accumulates the unrelated email. What are the options and rules that AutoTag uses?

Taglocity 1.0.2 for Outlook 2003 Released

4 Oct 06 20:14:54 GMT

David Ing: This is a bug fix release aimed at increasing performance and stability, especially with the docked windows and 3rd party windowing controls.

A few minor usability fixes were also made (from feedback to this forum) but primarily this release is about stability rather than new features.

It is recommended that all users install this update.

You will need to uninstall your existing Taglocity installation, and all configuration and settings are kept as part of the upgrade.

Please visit the main site download areas to get your update:

http://www.taglocity.com/Download.htm

The next update, v1.1 will a 'feature update' and include the new features discussed on The Labs web page from the main site, plus any other recommendation that are on the forum.

Direct link:
http://www.from9till2.com/Taglocity-1-0-2-b2468.zip

Taglocity Beta 1 for Outlook 2007 B2TR1

4 Oct 06 01:02:42 GMT

David Ing: I know a few people have been waiting for this so I thought I'd throw the link up here. I'll update the downloads area on the site tomorrow.

To use this (early) beta of 'Taglocity for Outlook 2007' you'll need the following installed on your machine:

(1) .NET 2.0

(2) Office 2007 Beta 2, Tech Refresh 1

(3) Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System Runtime Beta (you can get it from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5248A2D2-FC62-4A44-82CB-AE73C2FC7146&displaylang=en

This beta is fairly raw, but safe and functional. It has only been unit tested on Windows XP and the above dependancies only. There are many known issues, so this is just an early glimpse for overall feedback.

Most updates to the code are around the new window management and the Ribbon UI. It's more of a 'kick the tires' release rather than a 'please find every bug' one.

Please note that this time around it is a public beta program, so anyone is free to use it, but feedback would be appreciated. The versions expire after 30 days, although each new update extends that time (and hopefully tune/add functionality and fix bugs!).

The current plan is to make a new 'beta downloads' page on the website and just let people get the regular updates when they like, rather than pushing them out.

Download Install file (will be put to other servers soon):

http://www.taglocity.com/Releases/Taglocity-2007-Beta1-0.zip

Have fun!

Inbox Prioritization Feature?

30 Sep 06 13:32:52 GMT

John Gallagher: I have been looking at both Taglocity and ClearContext(CC). The main feature that CC provides that is missing in Taglocity is the ability to prioritize an Inbox. I am curious if there is anything in the works to provide something similar in Taglocity.

Number of buttons on the tagbar

29 Sep 06 23:29:01 GMT

Pete Wilson: So I go into configuration and change the number of buttons on the tagbar and hit ok. Nothing changes. So I try again. Still nothing. So I hide and re-show the tagbar. Still no effect.

Restarting Outlook changes the number of button, but that seems somewhat heavyweight.

Will Release Supporting OL2007 Be Free to Registered Users?

29 Sep 06 20:59:54 GMT

John Gallagher: I think the subject says it all: Will users of the 1.0 release get the next release free (i.e. will it be 1.x) or will it be an upgrade (i.e. 2.x)?

I am assuming that this next release is the one that supports OL2007 as has been indicatd elsewhere.

MSFT Latest Security Update - Outlook hung for 10 mins

28 Sep 06 20:59:00 GMT

TimK: Hi,

I just installed http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-055.mspx, rebooted, restarted Outlook and it stopped processing just before the taglocity menu bar came up. After 10-15 mins, I closed outlook (End Process), and restarted. Outlook eventually started at about 5 mins, stopping at the same point.

It seems to be working ok now.

Tim

Old Tags -- what to do with them?

28 Sep 06 19:58:17 GMT

Scott P: My tag cloud is getting right crowded. In some cases I created tags I shouldn't have, but I'd also like the option of having tags that go into some kind of ... hibernation?

What about the ability to Hide Tag? This would keep the tag (i.e. category) in the system, still seen in the TagLine, but just not in the Tag Cloud.

This is also good for temporary 'hot topics' that might come back, for example my group is evaluating a tool about which there may not be any more discussion for a couple months -- but will likely recur as a theme again.

--Scott

-i in Draft Mail Message Cause Application Error

26 Sep 06 23:40:19 GMT

Casey Chamberlain: Steps to reproduce:
1. Bring up new email draft.
2. Click on the message text area.
3. Press -i (was for italics but seems to be overridden in Taglocity 1.0)
4. Application error dialog comes up with the following details:

Detailed technical information follows:
---
(Inner Exception)
Date and Time: 9/26/2006 2:34:14 PM
Machine Name:
IP Address:
Current User:

Application Domain: C:\Program Files\IngBox Software\Taglocity\
Assembly Codebase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC/AddinExpress.MSO/2.7.1762.2003__c20c070a1fc9a144/AddinExpress.MSO.dll
Assembly Full Name: AddinExpress.MSO, Version=2.7.1762.2003, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c20c070a1fc9a144
Assembly Version: 2.7.1762.2003
Assembly Build Date: 10/28/2004 2:06:46 AM

Exception Source: Taglocity
Exception Type: System.NullReferenceException
Exception Message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Exception Target Site: filterConfigButton_Click

---- Stack Trace ----
Taglocity.XExplorer.filterConfigButton_Click(Ctrl As CommandBarButton, CancelDefault As Boolean&)
AddinExpress.MSO.dll: N 0011 (0xB) IL
Taglocity.XExplorer.adxKeyboardShortcutFilter_Action(sender As Object)
AddinExpress.MSO.dll: N 0013 (0xD) IL
AddinExpress.MSO.ADXAction_EventHandler.Invoke(sender As Object)
AddinExpress.MSO.dll: N 00000 (0x0) JIT
AddinExpress.MSO.ADXKeyboardShortcut.DoAction()
AddinExpress.MSO.dll: N 0008 (0x8) IL

(Outer Exception)
Date and Time: 9/26/2006 2:34:14 PM
Machine Name:
IP Address:
Current User:

Application Domain: C:\Program Files\IngBox Software\Taglocity\
Assembly Codebase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC/AddinExpress.MSO/2.7.1762.2003__c20c070a1fc9a144/AddinExpress.MSO.dll
Assembly Full Name: AddinExpress.MSO, Version=2.7.1762.2003, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c20c070a1fc9a144
Assembly Version: 2.7.1762.2003
Assembly Build Date: 10/28/2004 2:06:46 AM

Exception Source:
Exception Type: AddinExpress.MSO.ADXExternalException
Exception Message: Error occured in the code of the add-in.
Exception Target Site: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

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Cheers,
Casey