Bugs:

* Check cloning (whether really everything is copied)

Layout:

* Browser Compatibility
* datepicker/check format for date
* proper CSS

Technical:
* email me all new confs

* skip to next item

* configure a second location on NFS to test

* db.php answers only in json
* replace slots_array in index.php/db.js with slots_pq and
* JSON-sortedkey-write-prototype, e.g., as in http://stackoverflow.com/questions/890807/iterate-over-a-javascript-associative-array-in-sorted-order

* What to do about timezone?

* Raising a warning, if local/server times defer to much would be nice (Matevž Jekovec, ALGO 2012)
* Can you make the reload page call automatically? For example, every hour or so. I'm sure there's a javascript hack for that. (Matevž Jekovec, ALGO 2012)

Wishlist:
* twitter support
* Multitrack support
* Google Calender Integration
* use second table for slots, use identifiers instead of indices to be prepared for changes
* add a minute button, see below



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Dear eriC,

In my opinion, the button could be located in a special "chair interface".
Of course, if a chair presses this button, the time extension must be for all parallel sessions, otherwise synchronization is lost.
Hence, this button should be pressed rarely :-). In fact, I agree that the system already induces most speakers to stay within their time limits, but we had a couple of exceptions during the conference; in one of these cases, the session chair decided to sharply stop the speaker, who was unable to conclude in any way.

Thanks again.

All the best,
Beppe and Walter


Il 26/03/2012 15:16, Eric Berberich ha scritto:
> On 3/26/12 2:58 PM, Walter Didimo wrote:
>> Dear Eric,
>>
>> Thanks for your message. The system worked perfectly and was very useful!
>> An additional function that you may want to consider for the future is a
>> sort of "two more minutes" button.
>> Clicking on this button, the current presentations immediately receives
>> 2 minutes of extra time, and the time for all subsequent presentations
>> until the next pause (coffee break, lunch, ...) is translated forward of
>> two 2 minutes.
>> This may help in case a session chair wants to grant some more minutes
>> to the current presentation.
>
> Dear Walter,
>
> nice to hear that everything went smooth and helped to make EuroCG 2012 a success. Sadly I did not participate personally, as I usually do.
>
> Concerning your feature request. This is indeed a valuable addition to the system and I will work on it, after an important appointment on Wednesday. Should this button be located in the admin interface or in a special "chair interface"? Note that the result of pressing such a bottom will be screened in every other room, too, as this is a conference-wide timer - an effect that is not always wanted. It might be most valuable for keynote presentations. Also, it's not recommended to be able to press the button too often, as this spoils the necessarity of such a system. We have observed that later presenters learn that their speaking time is limited rather quickly (after the first few talks). In fact, it's good to inform them ahead (couple of weeks before the conference) that CoSeSy is used and that they should time the length of their talk.
>
> But sure, I will considert his button and I'll let you know about the progress.
>
> Also feel free to advertise the system to your colleagues - in particular during conferences where parallel tracks are highly out of sync ;-)
>
> Best regards,
>
>   eriC
>


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Università degli Studi di Perugia
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica e dell'Informazione (DIEI)
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