Yes, I agree that the issues you've brought up below makes this
design a tricky one to work out. A lot of details would have to fall
into place in order for it to be usable. (Which was why it wasn't
originally on the list of options.) However, I think it's ultimately
worth pursuing, even if it's not feasible in the 1.0 timeframe.
To address some of the issues you've mentioned:
We could filter on whatever date is displayed in the Summary Table
View Date column (aka "The important date") which would address the
"Due date" versus "Date received" issue...and/or filter based on all
Timeframe attributes. Date received, Date modified, Tickler date,
Date on calendar, Birthdate.
If/when we have the search bar, we can display the filter as a text
string and allow the user to customize it.
e.g. Timeframe: Mar 13-21, 2006 --> Tickler date: Mar 13-21, 2006
In the end, it would be a neat GUI for advanced search
functionality...and yet another interaction ramp to get people using
a simple query syntax.
Mimi :o)
On Apr 19, 2006, at 11:53 AM, Philippe Bossut wrote:
Hmm... I see several problems with that:
- The date for email is the received or sent date. I suppose one
can imagine scenarios where filtering emails that way makes sense
but that's certainly not a common way of filtering emails. I'm more
interested by the due date for instance of mails marked as tasks
(that will work) but I don't think I'm going to stamp all my
incoming emails.
- Since that date is always past, selecting a week in the future
will never get any emails (except the stamped ones)
- The week selection is persistent across app area and there's no
way currently to unselect it entirely. One could add that but
that's one extra click for most people switching from calendar to
email area.
I think I'm not voting for this 4th alternate design then... :)
Cheers,
- Philippe
Mimi Yin wrote:
Yes, that would align the relationship between the mini-cal and
the summary pane across all App areas.
On Apr 19, 2006, at 10:03 AM, Philippe Bossut wrote:
Hi,
I'm confused with that 4th design:
Mimi Yin wrote:
I added a 4th alternate design which is to basically unify this
behavior across all App areas. Use the Mini-cal to constrain the
data you see in the Summary pane (a la iPhoto). Basically as a
way of filtering your view based on Dates. The Preview Pane
remains fixated on Today's events. PLUS the option of using
MouseOver in the MIni-cal to change the Preview Pane view.
http://wiki.osafoundation.org/bin/view/Journal/SummaryPreviewPane
Do you mean that, if there's a week selected in the minical and
you're in Mail view, you see only the emails for that week? (or
something like that)
Cheers,
- Philippe
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