[Chandler-dev] Regarding bug 11987 - Move "Month/Week/Day" View selector back to View menu

[Katie Capps Parlante]

fwiw, this is the bug Mimi is referring to (the one that caused us to 
move the view selector menus to tools):

Special-cased dashboard logic needs to handle view, not just filter state
https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8375

One of the problems when viewing the dashboard collection in the 
calendar view -- recurring events don't show up.

I believe Mimi is correct that a triage table view of a user collection 
filtered by calendar events doesn't have known bugs, but let us know 
Andre if that is incorrect and you see bugs (or know of the bug #s in 
bugzilla of bugs we've forgotten).

Seems like a reasonable solution Mimi.

Cheers,
Katie

Mimi Yin wrote:
> Okay, I think I understand what you're getting at.
> 
> Really what we need to do is straighten out our View Selector versus 
> Kind Filter story.
> 
> I believe the problem we're running into is that the Dashboard 
> collection that can't be viewed as a Calendar. (User-defined collections 
> can display in 'Triage List View" in the Calendar app just fine I think.)
> 
> For now however, I'm proposing we skirt the view-selector issue by 
> organizing the View menu this way:
> 
> View>>
> All
> Starred
> Calendar
> --------------
> Clean up
> --------------
> Month View
> Week View
> Day View
> --------------
> Next Week
> Previous Week
> .
> .
> .
> 
> Month/Week/Day Views would be greyed out except when user is looking at 
> a user-defined collection in the Calendar App Area.
> 
> Mimi
> 
> On Apr 30, 2008, at 6:28 PM, Andre Mueninghoff wrote:
> 
>> Hi Mimi,
>>
>> My apologies, too many words. Yes, in the direction of your 
>> clarification about the bug below, I was trying to suggest that when 
>> the Dashboard collection is selected, that the active (not greyed) 
>> menu choices should be:
>>
>> View>>
>> - All
>> - Starred
>> - Calendar>>Triage Table
>>
>> ...that is, to parallel the toolbar...with the idea that selecting the 
>> path View>>Calendar>>Triage Table would have the same effect as 
>> pressing the Calendar toolbar button, as now implemented, and ideally 
>> also actually "pressing" the Calendar toolbar button for the user.
>>
>> -Andre
>>
>> Mimi Yin wrote:
>>> Hi Andre,
>>> I'm not sure I'm following your description.
>>> I think there was a misunderstanding about that bug, which I've 
>>> re-opened. The menu structure should be:
>>> View>>
>>> - All
>>> - Starred
>>> - Calendar>>Month / Week / Day
>>> ------------------
>>> Mimi
>>> On Apr 30, 2008, at 12:30 PM, Andre Mueninghoff wrote:
>>>> Hi, I just tried this out, and was immediately surprised that from 
>>>> the Dashboard/All view the sub menu items for View > Calendar were 
>>>> greyed out. I was expecting to have ability to choose a sub menu 
>>>> item to change the view to Dashboard/Calendar. Many programs have 
>>>> both icon and menu paths to various views and functions. I believe 
>>>> the current implementation is confusing and will be a barrier to 
>>>> discovery.
>>>>
>>>> I suggest adding and making active a Triage Table View menu choice 
>>>> to the sub menu under View > Calendar for use in the Dashboard 
>>>> collection. That is, the Triage Table View sub menu choice would be 
>>>> active only when pressing View > Calendar from the Dashboard/All 
>>>> view. I believe this would help to clarify for new users the 
>>>> behavior difference, when pressing the Calendar toolbar button, 
>>>> between being in the Dashboard collection and a user collection. 
>>>> Certainly, I'm influenced by having used to date the current Tools > 
>>>> Select View menu items, but I believe they clarify rather than 
>>>> obscure Chandler's features. I am not suggesting at this time that a 
>>>> Calendar/Triage Table View be made available for personal 
>>>> collections due to the open issue of master occurrences being 
>>>> displayed also and the confusion that can cause. (Even though I 
>>>> believe this should be a 1.x feature. I have a user story to support 
>>>> this.)
>>>>
>>>> I didn't reopen this bug, but will do so if there is agreement.
>>>>
>>>> -Andre
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