Future development in QuickList
- XML backend: Replacing the
QLF file format with a more flexible XML format that can be easily
converted to and from common formats like vCard, iCal.
- Read-Only backends: Interfaces
to fixed data formats like the apt-cache or data from other programs
where changes to the number, type or description of QuickList columns
would prevent the data being updated from the original source.
'Read-Only' QuickList files would need to be saved as a new file before
such changes could be made. This would allow quicklist to handle
live data from programs like apt-cache, calendar programs, todo lists,
addressbooks and the like. Read-Only would also allow access to data
stored in various database backends, including sqlite, via libqof1
and libgda2.
- Gnome: QuickList can
benefit from various libraries within Gnome but doesn't quite use
enough gnome code to make it worth being only for Gnome. Contact the
developer if you have strong opinions on this, either way.