[Cosmo-dev] Re: [Design] Re: [Cosmo] Date Picker

[Bobby Rullo]

I just checked out the long awaited dojo 1.0. It does indeed have a  
date picker, but it is radically different - in look and code. So  
probably just best to wait until we move to 1.x.

bobby

On Oct 8, 2007, at 11:17 AM, Matthew Eernisse wrote:

> Apologies in advance for the cross-posting -- but there are some  
> technical issues in addition to the design ones. Perhaps the  
> technical part of the discussion should continue on the dev list.
>
> I think the Dojo Date Picker looks great, given a few conditions I  
> think are pretty important to verify:
>
> 1. It doesn't come with a bunch of extra dependencies
> 2. It doesn't require a large number of graphics to be downloaded --  
> we're working hard to reduce the number of images, and don't need to  
> be dumping a bunch more on the pile
> 2. It performs and looks the same (within reason) across all our  
> supported browsers
> 3. It exists and is maintained in Dojo 0.9

>
> 4. Maintaining our customizations between the 0.4.x version and the  
> 0.9/1.0 version won't take longer than building our own
>
> If all that stuff looks good, then we should go for it. It would be  
> nice to get all the functionality without doing it ourselves, but I  
> want to make sure it doesn't turn into an albatross.
>
>
> Matthew
>
>
> Mimi Yin wrote:
>> https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8396
>> I am going to move this discussion over to the design list as we  
>> are definitely in design territory now. (Thread on Cosmo list: http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/cosmo-dev/2007-October/004860.html) 
>>  Bobby showed me the dojo date picker and I think with some tweaks,  
>> it'd be a good add-on. (I think ultimately we still want better  
>> data validation and/or natural language parsing so that users can  
>> use the quick entry field to schedule events, etc...but this looks  
>> like a lower cost, more immediate solution to the problem of  
>> entering dates.)
>> I think however we want invest in a few workflow tweaks and  
>> customize the picker widget a bit.
>> 1. Auto-fill the date/time fields with today's date: https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10962
>> 2. Add the date/time picker to the detail view *and* the go-to-date  
>> field.
>> 3. Get rid of the AM/PM radio buttons in the detail view (yayy!!)
>> 4. Mimi to specify CSS improvements to date picker widget
>> 5. Make it so date picker automatically drops down when user clicks  
>> into date/time field (IOW, no date picker icon!)
>> 6. Increase the default font-size
>> 7. Get rid of the extra (small arrow) navigation
>> 8. Make it possible for the user to manually edit the date/time  
>> fields
>> Given all of this work, not sure where this functionality should  
>> land in the schedule. It seems like at the very least, we can do #1  
>> right away?
>> Here's the screenshot Bobby sent me of the date picker as it is by  
>> default:
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>> Mimi
>> On Oct 3, 2007, at 5:27 PM, Brian Moseley wrote:
>>> On 10/3/07, Aparna Kadakia <aparna at osafoundation.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>
>>>> I am in the habit of taking quick notes and then stamping those as
>>>> events and tasks as needed.
>>>
>>> me too. every calendar system i use has some variant of the quick
>>> entry field. of course, most of those let me type dates and times  
>>> into
>>> the quick entry field, but i could live without that if adding the
>>> dates and times in the DV wasn't so horrible.
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