[Design] [Cosmo] Overlays (mock-ups)

[Mimi Yin]

http://chandlerproject.org/Notes/HubCalendarImprovements#MockUps

I've added 2 quick mockups to the wiki of the Hub sidebar with overlays.

The first repurposes and re-factors the collection details icon as a  
square color swatch to communicate the color of calendar. The second  
highlights the entire collection row with the calendar color.

I think the 2nd visually overwhelms our otherwise lightweight look  
and feel and am recommending that we go with the 1st square color  
swatch. The 2nd design would also require us to come up with a  
separate 'selected' state so that we can differentiate between  
selected and unselected calendars without obscuring the color swatch.

There's a larger feature-level decision to be made. As I understand  
it, what mde has working right now includes:

1. A way to select a calendar which is separate from overlaying  
calendars. This allows us to do neat things like not have to ask the  
user which calendar they want to add an event every time they create  
new events. The answer is always: Create it in the selected calendar.

2. However, we're still missing important interaction and visual  
feedback to round out this behavior.
+ We're not displaying the selected calendar on top of all other  
overlayed calendars
+ When an user selects an event in the calendar, we're not  
automatically switching the selection in the sidebar to match the event
+ We're not visually differentiating between the selected calendar  
from other overlayed calendars.

Do we think we can implement the missing functionality described in  
#2 for 1.0? If not, would it make more sense to get rid of the notion  
of 'selected calendar' and instead implement the 'which calendar do  
you want to create this event in' pop-up?

Thoughts? Comments?

A full list of what overlays supports and doesn't support is below:

Overlays in Chandler Hub includes:

+ Get rid of collection pulldown

+ List out collections in left-hand sidebar

+ Implement simple checkbox for overlays (only enabled in Calendar View)
- Clicking on checkbox overlays calendar
- Clicking on collection name selects collection
- No collection icon; therefore
- No checkbox rollover effect

+ Color-code collection details icon to indicate calendar color
+ Calendar colors between Hub and Desktop will not match

+ Selected state for collection name
- No visual cue to distinguish between selected collection and  
underlayed collection
- https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11004 Events  
from selected calendar do not automatically come to the foreground
- https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11004 Sidebar  
selection does not automatically change to match what event is  
selected in calendar

+ No 'sharing status' icon indicating whether the collection is  
'published' by you or a subscription

+ No drag and drop of events between collections



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