RE: Some feedback from a new user

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>From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
>Mimi Yin
>Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 11:48 AM
>To: Design Discussions
>Subject: Re: [Design] Some feedback from a new user
>
>Visual clutter is definitely an issue. One design that we considered
>and punted to future is to dynamically label just the TOP hour slot
>with AM/PM. So for example, if you've scrolled the calendar so that 3
>in the afternoon is at the top, it should say 3PM at the top.
>
[Robin Cottiss] 
Yes that works. But I would still like the label to show a time. 2:00 etc. 2 is just a number it is
not a time.
>On Aug 29, 2007, at 2:58 PM, 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
>> [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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