[dev] Kronolith category/color patch, per user

[Chuck Hagenbuch]

Quoting Kevin Myer <kevin_myer at iu13.org>:

> Yes, I think thats the crux of the issue.  I say that categories can 
> be unique
> to a user.  They can also be "global" in the sense that if a group of people
> collectively agrees that they will use the same categories (i.e. a 
> husband and
> wife, or a workgroup), then it makes sense to assume that your categories and
> colors can be used to display others' events.  But I'll maintain that its bad
> to assume that because my category may actually _NOT_ be the same category as
> your, even if its called the same thing.  And, even if it is, I may 
> still want
> to visually be able to tell that an event is not only not mine, but what
> category of yours it is.

Part of my resistance to this is that I can't see how the ability to 
know, from looking at an event and it's color, whose it is and whose 
category it is, will hold up beyond very small groups.

> So, would you be open to having this be a horde-wide preference?  Something
> along the lines of:

That doesn't sit well with me.

-chuck

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