[Design] [D/f] Questions for Dogfooders

Mimi Yin mimi at osafoundation.org
Tue Mar 21 11:38:58 PST 2006


Does anybody use the Event Status attribute? CONFIRMED, TENTATIVE AND  
FYI?

Apple iCal removed it in their last release. It seems like it's  
mostly useful if you have the whole invitation workflow in place  
(Accept, Tentative, Decline). But not so useful if you have to  
manually enter the status.

Either way, it also feels like it doesn't make sense for Anytime and  
@Time events to have event status. They're by definition "things you  
jot down on your calendar" but aren't hard and fast commitments  
you've made to other people. And it also feels like they shouldn't in  
up on your F/B roll-up.

1. Does anybody use Anytime and @Time events (it's not really  
discoverable in the UI)
2. Does anybody use event status for Anytime and @Time events? If so,  
what does it mean to you?

Mimi


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