[Design] Call for Open Design Issues

[Mimi Yin]

Hi Matthew

Do you want to log a bug? That's probably the best way to track this  
issue?

Do you want to review the verbiage? Or review the idea of having  
recurring non-event items? Basically allow for recurring custom alarms.

Mimi

On Oct 16, 2007, at 10:25 AM, Matthew Eernisse wrote:

> Okay, in the absence of a concrete plan, I'll make the text  
> consistent at least. Can we get that on the list to review at a  
> future date?
>
> Mimi Yin wrote:
>> Yes, that's weird that the dialog says Occurrences and then Items.  
>> We don't have any immediate plans however.
>> On the Desktop, the dialog reads:
>> ===
>> Recurring Event Change
>> ------
>> "Event Title" is a recurring event. Do you want to change (remove):
>> [Cancel]          [All Events] [Future Events] [This Event]
>> ===
>> Mimi
>> On Oct 15, 2007, at 3:43 PM, Matthew Eernisse wrote:
>>>
>>> Currently, the text of the dialog is:
>>>
>>> "This is a recurring event. Which occurrences do you wish to  
>>> change?"
>>>
>>> And there are three buttons:
>>>
>>> All Items, All Future Items, and Only This Item
>>>
>>> So we have three different terms we're using in kind of a mushy  
>>> way to refer both to the entire recurrence series, and the  
>>> individual items in the series. Sure, you can likely intuit more- 
>>> or-less what it means, but it's not ideal. I think we can do better.
>>>
>>> A few thoughts:
>>>
>>> 1. Whatever term we use for the individual occurrences, it should  
>>> be the word on the buttons. We shouldn't ask them what they want  
>>> to do with certain 'occurrences,' and then say 'items' on the  
>>> buttons. Inconsistency is fine, when it serves a significant  
>>> purpose. "'Occurrence' is too long a word for a button" doesn't  
>>> seem that compelling as a reason to use two different words.
>>>
>>> 2. I think it might make sense to avoid the word 'event,' since  
>>> you're changing/removing more than the event-ness. Can items  
>>> recur without an event stamp? If that's possible, you could see  
>>> this dialog in association with recurring items in list view that  
>>> are not even events.
>>>
>>> I'd like to propose something like this:
>>>
>>> "This is a recurring item. Which items in the series do you wish  
>>> to change?"
>>>
>>> All Items, All Future Items, and Only This Item
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>> Matthew
>>>
>>> p.s. Hope you have a good vacation, Mimi. :)
>>>
>>>
>>> Mimi Yin wrote:
>>>> I am leaving for vacation this Saturday for 2 weeks. Are there  
>>>> any open issues that need to be resolved before then? Bugs? Mock- 
>>>> ups? etc.
>>>> What I currently have on my plate includes:
>>>> 1. Staff Mtg Presentation: Setting up KEI Creative to use  
>>>> Chandler to collaborate on projects
>>>> 2. Syncing up with Philippe for Desktop 1.0 Planning
>>>> 3. Preparation for FLOSS Usability Sprint in Nov.
>>>> 4. Work through some design issues for Multi-Week view (Reid/ 
>>>> Jeffrey)
>>>> 5. Sample data set for Desktop OOTB experience
>>>> 6. Summarize design list for last couple of weeks
>>>> 7. Calendar colors on Chandler Hub
>>>> Close out some threads / bugs on the Design List:
>>>> + Improvements to the reload dialog has been hanging open for  
>>>> some time.
>>>> + Reconciling various sharing URLs
>>>> What's missing?
>>>> Mimi
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