Re: Call for Open Design Issues

Mimi,

I just want to review the verbiage -- so that it's simple, internally 
self-consistent, and accurately reflects reality (i.e., that non-events 
can also recur).

I'll log a bug to review the verbiage. The updated prompts are in my 
calendar-overlay dev branch. Maybe you can give them a once-over once 
the branch gets merged?

Thanks.


Matthew

Mimi Yin wrote:
> Hi Matthew
> 
> Do you want to log a bug? That's probably the best way to track this issue?
> 
> Do you want to review the verbiage? Or review the idea of having 
> recurring non-event items? Basically allow for recurring custom alarms.
> 
> Mimi
> 
> On Oct 16, 2007, at 10:25 AM, Matthew Eernisse wrote:
> 
>> Okay, in the absence of a concrete plan, I'll make the text consistent 
>> at least. Can we get that on the list to review at a future date?
>>
>> Mimi Yin wrote:
>>> Yes, that's weird that the dialog says Occurrences and then Items. We 
>>> don't have any immediate plans however.
>>> On the Desktop, the dialog reads:
>>> ===
>>> Recurring Event Change
>>> ------
>>> "Event Title" is a recurring event. Do you want to change (remove):
>>> [Cancel]          [All Events] [Future Events] [This Event]
>>> ===
>>> Mimi
>>> On Oct 15, 2007, at 3:43 PM, Matthew Eernisse wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Currently, the text of the dialog is:
>>>>
>>>> "This is a recurring event. Which occurrences do you wish to change?"
>>>>
>>>> And there are three buttons:
>>>>
>>>> All Items, All Future Items, and Only This Item
>>>>
>>>> So we have three different terms we're using in kind of a mushy way 
>>>> to refer both to the entire recurrence series, and the individual 
>>>> items in the series. Sure, you can likely intuit more-or-less what 
>>>> it means, but it's not ideal. I think we can do better.
>>>>
>>>> A few thoughts:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Whatever term we use for the individual occurrences, it should be 
>>>> the word on the buttons. We shouldn't ask them what they want to do 
>>>> with certain 'occurrences,' and then say 'items' on the buttons. 
>>>> Inconsistency is fine, when it serves a significant purpose. 
>>>> "'Occurrence' is too long a word for a button" doesn't seem that 
>>>> compelling as a reason to use two different words.
>>>>
>>>> 2. I think it might make sense to avoid the word 'event,' since 
>>>> you're changing/removing more than the event-ness. Can items recur 
>>>> without an event stamp? If that's possible, you could see this 
>>>> dialog in association with recurring items in list view that are not 
>>>> even events.
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to propose something like this:
>>>>
>>>> "This is a recurring item. Which items in the series do you wish to 
>>>> change?"
>>>>
>>>> All Items, All Future Items, and Only This Item
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Matthew
>>>>
>>>> p.s. Hope you have a good vacation, Mimi. :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mimi Yin wrote:
>>>>> I am leaving for vacation this Saturday for 2 weeks. Are there any 
>>>>> open issues that need to be resolved before then? Bugs? Mock-ups? etc.
>>>>> What I currently have on my plate includes:
>>>>> 1. Staff Mtg Presentation: Setting up KEI Creative to use Chandler 
>>>>> to collaborate on projects
>>>>> 2. Syncing up with Philippe for Desktop 1.0 Planning
>>>>> 3. Preparation for FLOSS Usability Sprint in Nov.
>>>>> 4. Work through some design issues for Multi-Week view (Reid/Jeffrey)
>>>>> 5. Sample data set for Desktop OOTB experience
>>>>> 6. Summarize design list for last couple of weeks
>>>>> 7. Calendar colors on Chandler Hub
>>>>> Close out some threads / bugs on the Design List:
>>>>> + Improvements to the reload dialog has been hanging open for some 
>>>>> time.
>>>>> + Reconciling various sharing URLs
>>>>> What's missing?
>>>>> Mimi
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