[Design] [D/f] Questions for Dogfooders

[Mitchell Kapor]

With a shared calendar, I have found event status to be very useful  
(in both Chandler and Outlook).  I mark events as tentative and  
sometimes as FYI.  The FYI events serve as reminders to me of things  
which I am not committed to but might make a last-minute decision to  
go to if I'm still free.  The time shows as "free" so it can be used  
by others to book appointments.  I don't think I'd need event status  
for Anytime events or @Time events.


On Mar 21, 2006, at 11:38 AM, Mimi Yin wrote:

> 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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