[Cosmo] [Desktop] Planning update

Design discussions on the list have started up again in earnest.  
Let's take a pause to summarize where we're at with design issues,  
bugzilla tasks and new feature work. The following is divided into:

1. Stuff that's ready to go
2. Stuff that needs more discussion
3. Still need to introduce to the list
4. New feature work introduced to the list

Stuff that's ready to go:

1. Phasing proposal for improvements to the Who column: http:// 
lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/design/2007-October/007685.html and  
bugs logged.

Next action: Bug Council to assign bugs to release milestones. (We  
can probably fit some of the proposed tweaks into 0.7.1)

2. Proposal for improving Triage Sort was discussed back in May and  
logged as a bug.
+ http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/design/2007-May/007170.html
+ https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8939

This is a significant change and may have serious performance  
consequences which may take us back to the drawing board. Probably  
not doable for 0.7.1, but should definitely investigate sooner rather  
than later.

Next action: Bug Council to assign bugs to release milestones.

3. When events pass in time, auto-triage them to DONE: http:// 
bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7894

4. Fix the 'from' field issue for sharing is logged as a bug and is  
also being discussed on the list in the context of a larger  
discussion of how to translate EIM fields into end-user attributes.  
In the short-term however, we should probably fix the 'from' field  
issue first because we know it's causing frequent (mis)triage  
problems in the Dashboard.
+ https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10799
+ http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/design/2007-September/ 
007627.html

5. Implement notion of an edit session (so that the recurrence edit  
dialog doesn't keep popping up): https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/ 
show_bug.cgi?id=8242

6. Improve event description text for items sent via email. Jeffrey  
and I and Jeffrey and bkirsch have had separate conversations about  
this. Our plan is summarized by Jeffrey on the wiki and logged as a bug.
+ http://chandlerproject.org/Journal/MailedRecurrenceExamples20070919
+ http://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9272

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Stuff that needs more discussion:

1. Rationalizing URLs and Keeping Desktop and Hub in sync.
+ Summarized on the list here: http://lists.osafoundation.org/ 
pipermail/design/2007-September/007672.html

Related threads include
+ API for accessing list of subscribed collections: http:// 
lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/cosmo-dev/2007-October/004840.html
+ Automatic restoration of published shares: http:// 
lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/design/2007-October/007686.html

2. Securing access to items in multiple collections
+ http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/cosmo-dev/2007-September/ 
004812.html

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Still need to introduce to the list:

1. Allow users to remove individual items from the Dashboard  
collection and rationalize Remove/Delete model for OOTB collections.

2. Improving conflict resolution experience

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New features introduced on the list:

Overlays in web UI
Month View for both desktop and web
+ Desktop: http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/design/2007- 
September/007682.html
+ Web: http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/design/2007-September/ 
007683.html

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