>-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Mimi Yin >Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 11:48 AM >To: Design Discussions >Subject: Re: [Design] Some feedback from a new user > >Visual clutter is definitely an issue. One design that we considered >and punted to future is to dynamically label just the TOP hour slot >with AM/PM. So for example, if you've scrolled the calendar so that 3 >in the afternoon is at the top, it should say 3PM at the top. > [Robin Cottiss] Yes that works. But I would still like the label to show a time. 2:00 etc. 2 is just a number it is not a time. >On Aug 29, 2007, at 2:58 PM, Robin Cottiss wrote: > >>>>> [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. >> >> Robin >> >> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ >> >> Open Source Applications Foundation "Design" mailing list >> http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/design > >_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > >Open Source Applications Foundation "Design" mailing list >http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/design
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