On Dec 9, 2007 9:35 PM, hank williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Confused View Metaphor: > > I believe, in the chandler UI there has been a confusion between the > concepts of filtering vs presentation. > > By filtering, I mean what items appear in a given screen. > By presentation, I mean what the layout of the items are on the screen. > > As I see it, the presentations are calendar style (month,week,day), > and Table (i.e. list style). > > The filters are calendar items, task items, mail items, and note items. > > The word calendar is used to describe both filtering and presentation. > But more importantly, because the verbs (buttons and menus) are > separated from the areas they control (the objects) it is unclear what > it means to click on calendar or mail, or what it means to select all > or mail in the view menu. Because really, in the view menu, you are > filtering *and* changing presentations. This means in the same menu, > similarly grouped verbs operate on different types of objects. > > The result is it is very difficult to visualize the underlying data > model because there are no consistent rules. > > So I am going to suggest, as I have for related issues, that the view > menu be eliminated and the intended commands moved much closer to > there intended targets. > > Structurally there should be a view control and a filter control. > > The view control options are: Table or Calendar. > Within the Calendar area there should be a popup menu to choose day, > week or month. > > The filter control options are: Mail, Note, Task, Event, Show All. >
To clarify this concept I did a *very* rough wire frame here: http://www.gliffy.com/publish/1335227/ Hank _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Open Source Applications Foundation "Design" mailing list http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/design
