Re: [Proposal] What is Chandler supposed to do anyway?

On Dec 9, 2007, at 3:04 AM, hank williams wrote:

>> What I would suggest is that the actual verbs associated with
>> collections be placed next to the collections. This might be a pop up
>> menu knob associated with each collection in the sidebar. You click  
>> on
>> this and get a drop down of sharing and other option like delete,  
>> etc.
>> The idea is to make it clear that there are things that you can do to
>> collections, and what they are.
>>
>

+1
The current design tries to pack too much UI information into too  
small a space. The check mark is both more obvious to the user and  
much simpler to implement.

> The current overlay checkboxes next to the collections are nice, but
> they are so cute that they are not obvious. I would suggest a more
> traditional looking checkbox i.e. google calendar (though ideally not
> as plain looking as gCal). Similarly, for this drop down menu feature,
> the idea that there is something clickable has to have incredibly
> strong visual cues. As with everything, it needs to be artistic, but
> not at all subtle.
>
> If necessary, to support being visually obvious, using slightly more
> horizontal or vertical space as the default for collections is not a
> bad thing. The standard display today is >1000 pixels, and collections
> are the anchor of chandler, so making this area highly attention
> getting and obvious in every way would be well worth it.
>
> Oh, and one more thing. The collections area should be labeled above.
> If you are going to introduce new nomenclature you need to support it
> strongly. Labeling the area is helpful, along with a rollover on the
> word that helps explain it. As I see it, you have:
>
>  in
>  out
>  trash,
>  show all
>  (and potentially show items in no collection, though this doesnt
> seem possible now)
>
> Then you have a separate area labeled collections and you have your
> colored collections, i.e.
>
> COLLECTIONS
>  fun
>  work
>  personal
>  etc.
>
>
> Oh, one more thing. I havent said anything positive yet. Here goes.
>
> This software is usable now. It just needs to polish these UI things
> and you really have a product. The only bad thing is that people are
> now so web focused that chandler hub is going to become the preferred
> tool to use and so it needs to be as cool as chandler is. But I am
> officially going to try using chandler as a task management tool for
> me and my team. We will see how that goes.
>
>
> Hank
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