[Design] ***SPAM*** Chandler suggestions

[Mimi Yin]

Hi Tom,

Thanks for taking the time to check out Alpha 3 and provide feedback.  
Please see response in-line below...

On Aug 14, 2006, at 5:46 PM, tom jones wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Just got Chandler 0.7 alpha3, very promising program.
>
> Two suggestions
>
> 1) Easier feedback.  In the programs help menu would be great.

Yes, absolutely. We're hoping to provide a Help menu when we the  
product stabilizes a bit more. Right now, we're depending on the  
release notes (read-me's) to clarify issues and providing support to  
early users on the list. So you came to the right place!

>
> As a 'power user' if it takes more than a dozen or so seconds to  
> find a way to try to help by giving feedback I'm likely to (a) get  
> annoyed with the program and (b) give up.  I think, for a 1.0  
> release, making people jump through hoops like mail subcriptions  
> will result in a net loss for Chandler.
>

Agreed. At this point, we still far from a 1.0. We have set end of Q1  
2007 for a Beta release.

>
> 2) At least provide the option for not hiding completed tasks.
>
> If I can't remember if I finished a task, then not seeing it in  
> Chandler is currently useless - I could have forgotten to enter  
> it.  But having it stay there as marked 'complete' would be brilliant.
>

We've anticipated some cognitive problems with the way tasks work and  
are constantly working on refinements to make the visual syntax more  
understandable.

The checkmark icon in the table is not a traditional checkmark.  
Checking and Un-checking an item means you are Adding it and Removing  
it from the Task list.

To mark a Task as DONE or to defer it to LATER, use the Triage status  
column on the extreme right.

This functionality is a bit better exposed in the latest trunk builds  
of Chandler: http://builds.osafoundation.org/

Feel free to take a look and come back with more thoughts!

Thanks,

Mimi