[chandler-users] Re: chandler-users Digest, Vol 8, Issue 23

[Mimi Yin]

I think Sam's feature request could be reframed as: Try to simulate  
the kind of free-form notation users can do with paper day planners.  
I think something like this would be incredibly useful for helping  
people 'see' what's important on their calendar. Right now,  
everything is of equal importance, especially in Month view where all  
events, no matter what their duration, are given the same screen real- 
estate.

What might 'free-form notation look like?
+ Sticky notes?
+ Callouts with more detailed info about an event that you can adjust  
the size of and either leave open/closed'

Some very sketchy sketches ;)
http://chandlerproject.org/Journal/DisplayingMoreDataOnCalendar

We've also experimented with flexible multi-week views and ways to  
'graph' events on the calendar to make month and multi-week views  
yield more information. (Scroll down a little for mockup)
http://chandlerproject.org/Journal/ScoobyUIProposal

Mimi

On Sep 3, 2007, at 1:27 PM, Davor Cubranic wrote:

> On Tuesday 28 August 2007 12:25:11 Sam Elowitch wrote:
>> But here's what I think would be a killer feature for Chandler: ***
>> Give the user unprecedentedly precise control over fonts, sizing, and
>> colors! *** Doing so would really set Chandler apart from the pack.
>
> This is hardly a killer feature. Adjusting font sizing can be useful,
> but really, how many people care if they can't use Comic Sans in lime
> green to indicate meetings with their pointy-headed boss? There are  
> far
> more important functional issues that should be addressed first.