RE: Some feedback from a new user

>>> [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
[Robin Cottiss] 
I Just looked at Outlook 2007 and it denotes am/pm on the 1st time slot that
is visible ad dynamically updates as you scroll! It also always has noon as
12pm. I am not sure about using the working hours to give the am/pm context.
That would be asking your brain to do quite a lot! Suppose the view I have
is all workday (so I do not see the boundaries). My brain has to know that
the darker (or is it lighter?) shade/color is the workday then translate
that into am/pm. You can tell the Outlook team had this issue as they have
done a lot of work to address it. I cannot remember what previous versions
of Outlook did but I am sure the am/pm context was not difficult to decode.

Robin 

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