On Jun 29, 2006, at 1:03 PM, Bryan Stearns wrote:
Sheila & Mimi,
Here are a few more questions about the dashboard spec...
- "Use smart defaults for column widths" - what's 'smart'? Columns are currently initialized with hard widths, except Title which is given "the rest of the space" (and which is the only thing that stretches if the user grows/shrinks the summary area).
What you just described is the smarts we're referring to. :o)
- What does "we would like to implement in-place editing with clickable icon widgets" mean? Is this just clicking on the icon-widget cells?
Yes.
- Re: "Cut Copy, Duplicate & Paste: Basic support for cut copy, duplicate and paste. This includes the ability to cut, copy and paste text (from selected rows) and cut, copy, duplicate and paste for selected table items (presumably, cut, copy, duplicate & paste will work for calendar items as well). Q. Do we need a separate spec for Cut, Copy, Duplicate and Paste?" ... Is this a reasonable interpretation?: "Cut/copy/duplicate/paste operates on items of selected rows, unless a cell in the table is being text-edited, in which case cut/paste/copy operate on the text selection within the edit control".
Yes.
- What "native column selection behavior" could we not get working on Windows?
Currently there is no Mousedown state (pressed in, darkened). The Selected state on Windows is also non-standard.
- At the spec review, I asked if ticklers (on all items) replace alarms (on calendar items). The answers-to-questions page lists this question, but answers it "Ticklers are 1 kind of alarm", which makes it sound like the existing alarm affordance on calendar items would remain and be distinct from a detail-view tickler affordance on all items (including calendar events). The screenshots in the spec don't show both, though - which is right?
Custom-date Ticklers are 1 type of Alarm the user can choose from. Just as 15 minutes before an event and 15 minutes after an event are 2 different types of alarms.
For Alpha 4, we would like 2 types of alarms:
1. An alarm that goes off at some interval prior to an event start-date/time. (e.g. 15 minutes before, 15 days before); AND
2. An alarm that goes off at a date/time specified by the user (e.g. Aug 15, 2006 at 3:13PM)
Option 1 only exists for Events. Option 2 exists for all item kinds.
On Event items, users choose between Option 1 and 2 from a pull-down.
- In the alpha4 staging "Things to do first" list: what's "Display property triage status icon" mean?
That should read: proper triage status icon (in the column header).
Thanks,
...Bryan
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