[Design][Last call] triage list view - sorting

[Pieter Hartsook]

Jeffrey's restatements are what I was hoping for.

Pieter

On 5/9/07, Jeffrey Harris <jeffrey at osafoundation.org> wrote:
> Hi Mimi,
>
> > [Hi Bryan, Please comment on how likely it is that we can fix the 2 bugs
> > mentioned below for Preview if we were to up their priority.]
> >
> > *Bug: I'd like to nominate this as a 'Prevents dogfooding' bug.*
> > + When importing an .ics file: Triage items to the DONE by the date that
> > appears in the Date column
> > - Nice to have: For DONE - Event items, show the Event start-date in the
> > Date column, even if there is a custom alarm date.
> > + When subscribing to a shared collection where Triage Status is *not*
> > shared: Triage items to the DONE section by the date that appears in
> > the Date column
> > - If Triage status is shared, the subscriber should inherit the triage
> > status sort order from the publisher.
>
> I had a hard time parsing this section.  Does this restatement match
> what you're asking for?
>
> =======
> When importing an .ics file or subscribing for the first time to a
> collection where triage-status isn't shared, set DONE items
> triageStatusChanged attribute (the attribute that controls sorting
> within a section) so that older events are sorted later.

+1

> =======
>
> It seems to me this is the desirable behavior for items in LATER, too,
> not just DONE; if the initial sort order was going to be random or
> arbitrary, it'd be nice for all newly imported items to be sorted based
> on the relevant date, not which item we happened to import first, which
> is what happens now.

+1

>
> Usually there aren't very many NOW events in any given .ics file or
> collection, but I suppose the sort for those few NOW events would
> ideally be the reverse of DONE, events in progress that start earlier
> appear higher on the list?

+1

>
> Sincerely,
> Jeffrey
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