https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10928: Temporarily
display 'Last modified date' in Date column for Events and/or items
with Ticklers
I logged this bug as a part of the set of 'Improvements to the Who
column in the Dashboard'. See list for summary: http://
lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/design/2007-October/007685.html
The idea was that when shared items are edited and pop to the top of
the NOW section, along with always displaying 'who last edited' an
item, we should also always display when it was edited thereby
overwriting the event date and/or tickler date temporarily,where
temporarily means 'until the user clicks on the item and it goes from
unread to read.
I worry about this for a couple of reasons:
Dissonance between the 'reminder/calendar stamp' column and the date
column. The former is supposed to function as a visual cue for 'what
kind of date' is being displayed in the date column. I'm concerned
that a 'reminder/calendar' icon next to 'last modified date' will be
confusing.
We could temporarily remove the 'reminder/calendar' icon, but I think
they're useful visual cues to keep around because they help users
identify what the item is...'Oh so-and-so edited that event for next
week.'
I'd like to try out https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?
id=10927 Make 'Edited by' in the Who column, transient for messages
and get a round of feedback on that before proceeding with 'syncing
up the Date column and the Who column.
I am concerned that bug 10927 will confuse people, but I'm not sure
yet what the right visual feedback should be to allay that confusion.
What I do feel fairly confident about is that losing 'fr/to'
information in the Who column permanently to 'Edited by' is bad.
(FWIW, there *are* already other instances where the Who and Date
columns are *not* in sync. For example event items that are addressed
will display either fr/to in the Who column and the event date in the
Date column, not the 'sent/received' date and I'm not sure if having
the 2 columns in sync is more important than displaying the 'the most
important Who/Date attribute'.)
Mimi
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