[Design] [D/f] Questions for Dogfooders

[Aparna Kadakia]

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

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

Actually I used to use it all the time when I used Outlook back in  
other companies.. We could see people's free busy time to schedule  
meetings and CONFIRMED was displayed as a solid bar in their calendar  
and I don';t remember how TENTATIVE was displayed. I don't use it in  
Chandler anymore.

>
> 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)

Even thoughI know how to use it in UI, I have never used it.

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

Never.

>
> Mimi
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