[Design] [cosmo][proposal][Bug 8398][Bug 6199] time zone drop down list on event details is confusing

[Bobby Rullo]

I still need more clarification on that proposal before I can weigh  
in. The general direction is good, but a could use some more detail  
(see my previous email)

Bobby


On Apr 27, 2007, at 11:26 AM, Sheila Mooney wrote:

> I vote for proposal #2. Two drop down lists just seems a bit  
> confusing to me and it seems to me that it makes sense to make it  
> consistent.
>
> That being said, I think it's acceptable to stick with what we have  
> for Preview if any of this is complicated to fix. I don't think it  
> blocks basic usage. People can basically use it and most people  
> using the time zone feature heavily kind of know what they are  
> doing - can figure it out. After Preview we might get some wider  
> feedback from those heavy time zone users that will help us  
> determine the right tweaks to make both on the web ui and the  
> desktop side.
>
> Sheila
>
> On Apr 17, 2007, at 10:48 AM, Priscilla Chung wrote:
>
>> Moving this to the design list for discussion.
>> Dogfood feedback: https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi? 
>> id=8398
>>
>> *Two issues:*
>> 1. Sean found time zone to be confusing. User does not think (of  
>> time zones) in terms of only cities, but also the time zone. ie.  
>> city in Chicago may be in Central or Eastern. There is an extra  
>> step which the user needs to translate the city to the respective  
>> time zone. Recommend to add the city location and the respected  
>> time zone in the drop down list. ie. San Francisco, PST etc.
>>
>> 2. JenB found it confusing that you can pick America and 'none' in  
>> the second drop
>> down list. 'What does 'none' mean?'
>>
>> *First Proposal*
>> The convention of eastern, central, mountain and pacific time  
>> zones are more conventionally understood then time zones by city  
>> names. From Sean's example, people living in Chicago would know  
>> they are in Central time, but they may not know the time zone in  
>> certain parts of Indiana.
>>
>> Is it possible to include the time zone abbreviations (EST, PST,  
>> etc.) in the drop down list? This is in addition to the region/ 
>> city names? Specific the regions in the United States, it may be  
>> listed starting from eastern to pacific time for example:
>>
>> EST Boston
>> EST New York
>> EST Washington DC
>> CST Chicago
>> CST Dallas
>> MST Denver
>> MST Tuscon
>> PST Los Angeles
>> PST San Francisco
>> PST Seattle
>>
>> I know that there is both standard and daylight, is it possible to  
>> change the list depending on time of year? The more relevant  
>> question is if the web app will support daylight savings time?
>>
>> *Second Proposal*
>> Similar to the desktop, provide one drop down list for the user to  
>> choose from. In this drop down list, the region, cities and  
>> abbreviations are combined.
>>
>> For example:
>>
>> | Pacific/ Honolulu | V |
>> | America/Anchorage |
>> | America/Los Angeles |
>> | America/New York |
>> | Floating |
>> | More… |
>>
>> When the user selects 'More…' it will bring up the 'Setting  
>> dialog' and default to the 'General' tab. This is under the  
>> assumption that a 'Time zone' section will be implemented in the  
>> 'Settings dialog'.
>>
>> The time zone section in the 'Settings dialog' allows users to  
>> turn time zone on/off. The drop down list in the settings dialog  
>> is identical to the time zone picker. (The drop down list above  
>> the calendar canvas.)
>>
>> Ideally, a shorter list (need to review what is the short list on  
>> the desktop) would be displayed in the drop down list and a check  
>> box would allow the user to select from a 'full list' of time  
>> zones. See mock up: http://wiki.osafoundation.org/pub/Journal/ 
>> ResolvingTimezoneInTicketView/05_Subscribed_Turn-on_tz.png
>>
>> The time zone section in the 'Settings dialog' is filed as bug:  
>> https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6199
>>
>> Thanks, -Priscilla
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