RE: Some feedback from a new user

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Robin Cottiss wrote:

>> [Jeffrey:]
>> Personally, I find the repeated AM/PM to be visual clutter, but I'll
>> confess I also occasionally get confused about whether I'm looking at
>> AM or PM, so I agree that the desktop certainly doesn't have it right
>> yet.  I wonder if there's some out-of-the box way to avoid confusion
>> without repeating AM/PM?
>
> How about some shading or gradient in the time panel?

It is there, sort of: the work hours (9-5) have a darker left-hand
border. If this is extended to add shading to the entire background,
then I think that:

  1. it should distinguish working and non-working hours, not am/pm
  2. non-working hours should be in a darker shade

Incidentally, this is how Outlook does it. But I'm happy with the
current design, personally. More importantly, extensive shading might
clash with Chandler mostly-white look, as opposed to Outlook's heavy use
of blues and yellows.

Davor
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