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

[Grant Baillie]

On 4 Sep, 2007, at 09:34, Mimi Yin wrote:

> 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?

On a related note: One sticky note-esque feature I've heard a couple  
of people ask for is being able to color-code individual events ...  
i.e. the usual PIM binding of collection<-->event color is not enough.

--Grant

> + 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