fwiw, this is the bug Mimi is referring to (the one that caused us to
move the view selector menus to tools):
Special-cased dashboard logic needs to handle view, not just filter state
https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8375
One of the problems when viewing the dashboard collection in the
calendar view -- recurring events don't show up.
I believe Mimi is correct that a triage table view of a user collection
filtered by calendar events doesn't have known bugs, but let us know
Andre if that is incorrect and you see bugs (or know of the bug #s in
bugzilla of bugs we've forgotten).
Seems like a reasonable solution Mimi.
Cheers,
Katie
Mimi Yin wrote:
Okay, I think I understand what you're getting at.
Really what we need to do is straighten out our View Selector versus
Kind Filter story.
I believe the problem we're running into is that the Dashboard
collection that can't be viewed as a Calendar. (User-defined collections
can display in 'Triage List View" in the Calendar app just fine I think.)
For now however, I'm proposing we skirt the view-selector issue by
organizing the View menu this way:
View>>
All
Starred
Calendar
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Clean up
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Month View
Week View
Day View
--------------
Next Week
Previous Week
.
.
.
Month/Week/Day Views would be greyed out except when user is looking at
a user-defined collection in the Calendar App Area.
Mimi
On Apr 30, 2008, at 6:28 PM, Andre Mueninghoff wrote:
Hi Mimi,
My apologies, too many words. Yes, in the direction of your
clarification about the bug below, I was trying to suggest that when
the Dashboard collection is selected, that the active (not greyed)
menu choices should be:
View>>
- All
- Starred
- Calendar>>Triage Table
...that is, to parallel the toolbar...with the idea that selecting the
path View>>Calendar>>Triage Table would have the same effect as
pressing the Calendar toolbar button, as now implemented, and ideally
also actually "pressing" the Calendar toolbar button for the user.
-Andre
Mimi Yin wrote:
Hi Andre,
I'm not sure I'm following your description.
I think there was a misunderstanding about that bug, which I've
re-opened. The menu structure should be:
View>>
- All
- Starred
- Calendar>>Month / Week / Day
------------------
Mimi
On Apr 30, 2008, at 12:30 PM, Andre Mueninghoff wrote:
Hi, I just tried this out, and was immediately surprised that from
the Dashboard/All view the sub menu items for View > Calendar were
greyed out. I was expecting to have ability to choose a sub menu
item to change the view to Dashboard/Calendar. Many programs have
both icon and menu paths to various views and functions. I believe
the current implementation is confusing and will be a barrier to
discovery.
I suggest adding and making active a Triage Table View menu choice
to the sub menu under View > Calendar for use in the Dashboard
collection. That is, the Triage Table View sub menu choice would be
active only when pressing View > Calendar from the Dashboard/All
view. I believe this would help to clarify for new users the
behavior difference, when pressing the Calendar toolbar button,
between being in the Dashboard collection and a user collection.
Certainly, I'm influenced by having used to date the current Tools >
Select View menu items, but I believe they clarify rather than
obscure Chandler's features. I am not suggesting at this time that a
Calendar/Triage Table View be made available for personal
collections due to the open issue of master occurrences being
displayed also and the confusion that can cause. (Even though I
believe this should be a 1.x feature. I have a user story to support
this.)
I didn't reopen this bug, but will do so if there is agreement.
-Andre
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