>>> [Jeffrey:] >>> Personally, I find the repeated AM/PM to be visual clutter, but I'll >>> confess I also occasionally get confused about whether I'm looking at >>> AM or PM, so I agree that the desktop certainly doesn't have it right >>> yet. I wonder if there's some out-of-the box way to avoid confusion >>> without repeating AM/PM? >> >> How about some shading or gradient in the time panel? > >It is there, sort of: the work hours (9-5) have a darker left-hand >border. If this is extended to add shading to the entire background, >then I think that: > > 1. it should distinguish working and non-working hours, not am/pm > 2. non-working hours should be in a darker shade > >Incidentally, this is how Outlook does it. But I'm happy with the >current design, personally. More importantly, extensive shading might >clash with Chandler mostly-white look, as opposed to Outlook's heavy use >of blues and yellows. > >Davor [Robin Cottiss] I Just looked at Outlook 2007 and it denotes am/pm on the 1st time slot that is visible ad dynamically updates as you scroll! It also always has noon as 12pm. I am not sure about using the working hours to give the am/pm context. That would be asking your brain to do quite a lot! Suppose the view I have is all workday (so I do not see the boundaries). My brain has to know that the darker (or is it lighter?) shade/color is the workday then translate that into am/pm. You can tell the Outlook team had this issue as they have done a lot of work to address it. I cannot remember what previous versions of Outlook did but I am sure the am/pm context was not difficult to decode.
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