[Design] [Scooby] Managing Calendar/Timezone

[Mimi Yin]

Hey Priss,

What do you mean by default?

Do you mean we need to preserve the timezone from the last user  
session? Let's say I live in Chicago and my default timezone is US/ 
Central. If I am traveling to L.A., I want to change Scooby to US/ 
Pacific once and then have it remember that timezone until I return  
to Chicago or go somewhere else and manually change the timezone  
again. I don't want to log back into Scooby while I'm still in L.A.  
and have Scooby show up in Central time (my default timezone).

I think I'm just getting hung up on the word default which makes me  
think that there's some timezone setting that resets itself at the  
beginning of every user session (e.g. the user homepage in browsers).

Mimi

On Apr 18, 2006, at 11:28 AM, Priscilla Chung wrote:

> These are features all relating to timezones and are dependent upon  
> each other. The Scooby team will choose to implement them as a  
> package, or not at all. Vote on whether or not you feel these  
> features are important enough for the target user release.
> -Priscilla
>
> Feature: Storing a default timezone
> Current Behavior:
> + The timezone is always reset and displayed based on the default  
> timezone of the computer a user is on.
>
> Proposed Behavior:
> + The timezone is set by the user and stored. This allows the user  
> to always see their "home" timezone on Scooby even if connecting  
> from an Internet café on the other side of the world.
>
> Dependencies:
> + Need a UI for selecting timezone.
>
> What we need to know:
> + How important is this for 0.2? (P1-5)
> + How important is this for target user release? (P1-5)
>
> (Note: P1 = most important and P5 = least important)
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ----------
> Feature: Having the user set the default timezone from a list of  
> timezones
>
> Current Behavior:
> + Currently no UI exists for choosing a default timezone.
>
> Proposed Behavior:
> + Combo box presented in the upper right hand side of the calendar  
> display. (See Chandler  TZ screenshot attached)
>
> Dependencies:
> + A UI for storing the selected timezone
>
> What do we need to know:
> + How important is this for 0.2? (P1-5)
> + How important is this for target user release? (P1-5)
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ----------
> Feature: Setting the initial default timezone based on the user's  
> IP address
>
> Current Behavior:
> + Currently Scooby uses the timezone, a user has set for their  
> computer, ie. in Mac system preferences: date and time. A user can  
> set the date and time of their computer to something other then the  
> geographic location of their computer.
>
> Proposed Behavior:
> + Scooby guesses the user's geographic location based on their IP  
> address and sets the initial default timezone based on the user's  
> geographic location. (Scooby team please comment if this is  
> described correctly.)
>
> Dependencies:
> + Unknown. (Scooby team please comment.)
>
> What do we need to know:
> + How important is this for 0.2? (P1-5)
> + How important is this for target user release? (P1-5)
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ----------
> Feature: Figuring out how to deal with timezones on the client side
>
> Current Behavior:
> + Scooby doesn't actively update the calendar display because no  
> one can change timezones while the user is logged in
>
> Proposed Behavior:
> + After a user changes the calendar's timezone, Scooby redraws the  
> current calendar view and repositions events linked to a specific  
> timezone, ie. a conference call between San Francisco and Houston.
>
> Dependencies:
> + Need to know the selected timezone for the calendar.
>
> What do we need to know:
> + How important is this for 0.2? (P1-5)
> + How important is this for target user release? (P1-5)
>
> <TZ1.png>
> <TZ2.png>
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