Re: A few usability comments

> > issues, however.  First of all, I would like to be able to change the
> > start date of a task by moving the task bar using mouse (in gant chart
> > view).  This is the way how it works on MS version and I think that is
> > intuitively good.
> 
> There is a bug in our bugzilla database about this. We intend to fix it
> at some point.

Ok, thanks!

> > Secondly Gant chart view should show all the task columns (other than
> > name and work too).  I think there is no reason for excluding start
> > and finish dates etc. from the view.  I would also rename 'work'
> > column by 'duration' since it is more clear, in my opinion.
> 
> Work is not the same as duration. That's why both fields exist... Work
> is the amount of combined work performed by assigned resources that is
> needed to complete the task, duration is the time it takes to perform
> that work by the resources.

Sorry, my mistake. Is there an indicator column or corresponding one
coming any time soon for tasks?  It's nice to see if a task is
completed, or, see if there is a note stored for the task (that can be
easily viewed by clicking it).

> > Then inserting new tasks should be easier. When I launghed the program
> > the first time it took a while to figure out how to start working with
> > MrProject. If clicking an empty row would insert a new task
> > automatically it would be, again, more intuitive.
> 
> Yeah, although that is difficult to solve due to technical reasons...
> Not sure how to do it really.

Maybe if just clicking empty area in task columns would insert a task
bellow the last task? Thus you wouldn't have to add a consept of an
empty task but user would see an action with just one click there.

> > Are you going to support formats soon: bold, underline, italic...?
> 
> What do you mean? For the task/resource names, or everything, or...?

Yes, for example, setting some names italic or with a different color
would be a nice feature.

Btw, adding 'print preview' menu item into 'file' menu would be easy
way to speed up finding it.

Thanks for listening comments!

Regards,
Jukka-Pekka