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    Phillip commented  · 

    This is a great one. I was half way through writing my own web client when I found MLO. I am now keen to help MLO, especially as a web client will mean non-Microsoft users will also be able to use it. Using the Microsoft version under Wine is ok, but as MLO is closed source software if something breaks then there is no way for users to fix it.

    Though my version was using jquery, if it was a commercial proposition then I would get a quote for replicating the desktop front-end via AJAX from these guys: http://www.dhtmlx.com/

    For the backend I would use: http://www.djangoproject.com/ ... I can help with this if you want?

    Phillip.

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    Phillip commented  · 

    How about sync MLO with Gmail as an interim solution?

    Advantages:
    * simple API publicly available
    * cloud already there for you free of charge
    * google calendar mature and can be accessed from anywhere
    * connectors available from gcal to most desktop clients, all OS
    * connectors available for most mobile phones (inc Symbian which doesn't have MLO client planned)
    * integrates into your current calendar for appointments outside of MLO
    * contacts can be imported into MLO so you do not have to retype in all contact details for the upcoming "Assign to" MLO feature
    * tasks can be synced between MLO and primitive task managers built into other mobile devices and desktop clients (flat list can be synced via a custom MLO view)

    Disadvantages:
    * not everybody trusts their personal information to pass through Google
    * features will be limited by gcal, so calendar view will not have level of customisation MLO users are used to

    Admittedly it is a temporary fix, but will be very convenient for a LOT of people. Plus it should only take a few days to write. Here is some example code to push Exchange diary dates to Gcal:
    http://sites.google.com/site/mattpoepping/gcalpython
    (only a few lines long)

    Phillip.