[Design] [cross post from cosmo-dev] need to have a collection name inspector UI

[Sheila Mooney]

Hey Pieter,

Can you log this in bugzilla as an enhancement so we can track it?

Thanks,
Sheila

On Feb 13, 2007, at 10:50 AM, Pieter Hartsook wrote:

> moving this post from cosmo-dev to design,
> original post is at:
> <http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/cosmo-dev/2007-February/ 
> 002813.html>
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> Maybe for some Preview release?
>
> When someone shares a collection in Candler and provides you with a
> ticket to access the calendar from Cosmo via your web browser, the
> default name for the calendar is whatever the collection was named in
> Chandler.
>
> You can change what you call this calendar using the Collection
> Details dialog. Now that it has a new name you have no idea what it
> was originally called, (but Cosmo does...)
>
> Let's assume the Chandler owner of the calendar has 15 or 20 different
> calendars she shares.  The casual collaborator using Cosmo to view the
> pim collections also has a dozen or more calendars in their drop down
> menu.  If there is an issue with an event in one of these it will be
> VERY helpful to be able to inspect (via the Account Browser perhaps?)
> from whom the original share came, and just as important, to be able
> to tell that person what THEY named that collection (i.e. the name of
> the collection so that they can find it in their Chandler sidebar).
>
> To complicate matters slightly. The original person who shared the
> calendar can "rename collection' in Chandler and sync with Cosmo. Now
> Cosmo knows what that calendar was originally called and what it's
> current name is in the owners account, and Cosmo still maintains the
> sync link with whatever the calendar name is in the subscriber's
> account. So when this happens, upon inspection Cosmo should be able to
> tell the subscriber what the owner's current name is for that
> collection not the original name.
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Pieter
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