Chandler Server 0.7 Release Notes

These release notes provide a condensed list of the major modifications to Chandler Server (Cosmo) since the Cosmo 0.6.1.1 release.

Improved and New Features

Web-based dashboard

Following the designs laid down by Chandler Desktop, Chandler Server (Cosmo) supports a table view of your events and tasks, called a dashboard.

You can switch between the list view and calendar view of your collections. The list view provides sorting and paging features.

People you share collections with via view-only or view-edit URLs can also switch between list and calendar views.

Item stamping support

You can take an existing event item (one with start/end times or all-day status) in your collection and "stamp" it to also be a task. When you stamp an item, the item now has a triage status you can manipulate. You can also stamp items as an email and track from/to/cc/bcc for each.

Interoperable with Chandler Desktop triage workflow

You can mark events and tasks with the triage statuses "Now", "Later", and "Done". Triage and other attributes changed in Chandler Desktop are shown in the web-based dashboard.

Name change from Cosmo to Chandler Server

The software product's name has been changed from Cosmo to Chandler Server. Cosmo is still a frequent codename.

The product name "Chandler Server" is used throughout the release in updated logos and banners consistent with the rest of the Chandler Project.

Atom server queries / JSON-RPC removed

Chandler Server now supports Atom and Atompub-based mechanisms for querying and updating events and tasks in your collections.

As a result of these better Atom queries, the Cosmo-specific JSON-RPC protocol previously used for browser to server communications has been removed.

Forgot username/password workflow

Cosmo supports a workflow for recoverying your username and/or password via a web+email combination if you forget them. You can get your password reset if you can remember either your username or email used and can receive mail at the recorded email address.

Search users in admin interface

Chandler Server administrators can now search for users matching a substring in the username, first/last names, or email address via the administrative interface. This makes it easier to manage larger Cosmo installations.

Better web UI error reporting

When the web UI encounters network or server-side errors, a handy popup email message is displayed to to assist with troubleshooting.

Schema migration support for 0.6.1.x instances

As with previous and future releases, a Java command-line tool is provided for migrating database schemas from previous installations of Cosmo.

Better calendar interoperability

A number of parsing/storage bugs for rare iCalendar interoperability issues have been fixed. You should be able to storage a wider variety of *.ics files imported from other calendar applications.

This release of Chandler Server has also been heavily tested for full interoperability and two-way syncing with Chandler Desktop.

Performance improvements

A number of database queries have been optimized. Because of this and other changes to the server and web UI portions of Cosmo, there has been an increase in overall performance.

Security improvements

The web UI has been examined for Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) bugs and protected from these types of attacks.

Some URLs have changed

The web URL prefix used by default in Cosmo installation has changed to /chandler.

Some CMP changes

There have been some changes to the Cosmo Management Protocol (CMP). Those changes are outlined in the Cosmo documentation.

Known issues

See the known issues list for specific about current known issues, bugs, and limitations.

Supported platforms

The web interface supports Firefox 2.0, IE 6, and IE 7.

There are some known issues with Safari support; see https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/ for details. Fixes are planned for a later Cosmo release.

The Java-based server code and the provided server bundle should run on any Java 1.5 runtime environment.

Licensing

The Chandler Server source code is available under the terms of the Apache Software License, Version 2.0.