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Favorites powertoy for OneNote update, and developing a test matrix

  • Artigo

 

Two things are happening.  First, Shu responded to you and updated his Favorites addin.  In his words, here is the update:

 

I just implemented a new version (1.6.1) of the OneNote Favorites AddIn based on some of the valuable blog feedback.

 

The new updates are:

1. OneNote Favorites Center become modeless dialog, and you can switch multiple favorite pages very fast.

2. Accessibility improved. You can add favorites and access OneNote Favorites Center by keyboard. The shortcuts for Add OneNote Favorite is "CTRL + ALT + D"; and for OneNote Favorites Center is "CTRL + ALT + I". (but due to the add-in framework of OneNote, the add-in will delay load for 10-20 seconds. so those shortcuts won't be enabled until the add-in got loaded.)

3. UI improvement: XP/Vista theme.

4. Fixed the bug: some of the status (treeview/listview, expand/collapse, pin) cannot be saved automatically.

 

Excellent work!  Thanks, Shu.  I uploaded the new install files at

https://johnguin.members.winisp.net/Shared%20Documents/ON_Favorites_Page.zip

 

Update: the downloaded file will be at https://blogs.msdn.com/johnguin/archive/2008/09/11/onenote-favorites-updated-with-user-requested-feature.aspx.  Looks like the original file got lost when the server was upgraded.

 

Second, it "develop a test matrix" time again in OneNote.  We try to mirror real world usage of OneNote in our persona and dogfood testing.  One of the less glamorous tasks facing testers is to ensure we get all possible configurations in use covered.  For the specific task on my plate, I have to develop a spreadsheet to track where each team member will store her personal notebooks (unshared notebooks) for the future.  It's a relatively straightforward task once the list of places to store notebooks is created and prioritized.  Obviously, notebooks stored on a local drive are easy to test and represent the vast majority of use.  We can't stop there.  We will test with USB devices, NAS servers, SharePoint, LAMP, Windows Home Server (yes, we need to get that problem fixed) and so on.   Once that is done, I will develop the matrix and assign team members different configurations to use to store their notebooks.  This way, we will get a different type of testing completed when compared to automated testing.

 

We will also rotate the configurations on a schedule to fit new configurations into the mix.  Planning this far out, and trying to predict what new technologies will be available is a different side of testing than some people expect. 

 

So, what configurations do YOU use to store your notebooks? 

 

Questions, concerns, comments and criticism always welcome,

John

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  • Anonymous
    March 20, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    March 20, 2008
    Thanks for the update. Glad to see the keyboard shortcuts. I use OneNote on both a desktop and a laptop PC. And I use FolderShare to quickly sync the notebooks. This works great for me so far. I have also used notebooks stored on an USB stick, but I found this not to be reliable (and also had to be encrypted to prevent data theft). FolderShare is great because it encrypts the transfers so I can sync and have my data with me wherever I have WiFi.

  • Anonymous
    March 20, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    March 22, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    March 23, 2008
    The bug was introduced when I changed the Favorites Center dialog to modeless. I've fixed it and create a new version - 1.6.2. As for the default view issue, I've changed the design to remember the current view for next time you open the OneNote Favorites Center. BTW, I also found that XP/Vista theme actually doesn't work in the version 1.6.1. But this has also been fixed in 1.6.2. Thanks for using the add-in and providing the great feedbacks!

  • Anonymous
    March 24, 2008
    I updated the download today (3/24/08). John

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    March 24, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    March 26, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    April 02, 2008
    Anirudh, good comments, I will consider it in the next version.

  • Anonymous
    April 06, 2008
    Hi Shu, I was just thinking about implementing that tagging feature on my TreeView Control before realizing that the feature is in a way redundant . If the user wants to create custom favorites with tags, he could use the OneNote tag feature, tag the title of the page, and call the Tags Summary to view the pages associated with that particular tag (I recently re-discovered the tagging feature after having dismissed it as a useless feature earlier;)). I think that would be way more powerful than you wasting time on doing this in the favorites powertoy. I think a blog article showing how to extend tags as a favorites powertoy is in order :)

  • Anonymous
    July 20, 2008
    I am very curious how you implemented the keyboard shortcuts for the Favorites Add-in. I am working on a couple of add-ins for use on my team and would very much like to enable keyboard shortcuts. thanks for all of your blog posts on OneNote. As a passionate OneNote user, it is exciting to learn about OneNote from another perspective.

  • Anonymous
    July 21, 2008
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