[Design] Remove behavior

Mimi Yin mimi at osafoundation.org
Mon Jan 8 10:51:11 PST 2007


See in-line.

On Jan 8, 2007, at 7:07 AM, Davor Cubranic wrote:

> Mimi Yin wrote:
>> Custom ticklers can be just dates and don't require a time.  
>> However, I agree that the fact that the time is optional is not  
>> clear. Could you log a UI design bug to that effect?
> By ticklers, do you mean alarms? How do date-only alarms work?
>
> Actually, it doesn't look like it's optional. When I clear the  
> alarm time, it's never changed in the summary view and the details  
> are reset to its earlier value when I go back to the item in question.

Ah, would you mind filing a bug for this then. Sheila and I may not  
have been specific enough in the spec.

>> The Who column is useful for our target user the Hub, who is not  
>> only tracking their own tasks, but also tracking other people's  
>> tasks.
>>
>> In the case of email, the Who column is important when tracking  
>> email drafts that you're writing, emails you need to reply to, and  
>> emails from others that are task requests.
> Ah, I haven't thought of this. I don't really need this myself, but  
> it's a pretty cool way to manage one's email.
>> However, I agree that user-configurable columns IS an important  
>> feature, it just fell off the list for Preview.
> The Who column doesn't have to be user-configurable -- Jeffrey's  
> idea to hide it if its value is "me" for all items in the view  
> would be an ideal solution, I think. It would allow for transparent  
> transition from using Chandler as a single-user PIM to a  
> collaborative one.

Heh, when I said user-configurable, I meant the ability to show/hide  
specific columns.


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> Davor
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