[Design] [D/f] Questions for Dogfooders

[Katie Capps Parlante]

Mimi Yin wrote:
> Does anybody use the Event Status attribute? CONFIRMED, TENTATIVE AND FYI?

I haven't been using this with Chandler, though I did occasionally use 
something similar with Outlook. The two distinctions I wanted were 
basically "shows up as busy" and "doesn't show up as busy". With this in 
mind, the terminology strikes me as a bit odd.

> 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.

I think it is useful if you publish free-busy, independently of the 
invitation workflow.

> 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)

I just used Anytime events the first time yesterday. I will probably use 
@Time events, especially if the ui is tweaked to make it easier.

> 2. Does anybody use event status for Anytime and @Time events? If so, 
> what does it mean to you?

No, I wouldn't use event status in this case.

Cheers,
Katie