[kronolith] New Event

[Simon Brereton]

On 16 November 2012 10:27, Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> wrote:
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> Zitat von Simon Brereton <simon.buongiorno at gmail.com>:
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>> On 16 November 2012 05:18, Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> wrote:
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>>> Zitat von Simon Brereton <simon.buongiorno at gmail.com>:
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>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> 1) The Kronotlith New Event link is easily available from any
>>>> application - including the portal.  Why, then, is it necessary to
>>>> switch to Kronolith once the new event link is used?  For example, if
>>>> I get an email asking for a meeting or arranging an appointment - I
>>>> should be able to access the new event dialogue whilst still viewing
>>>> the email.
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>>> Maybe you didn't notice, but the new event dialog is not a popup window.
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>> Perhaps window was the wrong term - it's clearly a div/iframe, but I
>> still don't see why it needs to load Kronolith in the background.  It
>> means at least one extra click to return to IMP or the portal or what
>> ever - and extra clicks should be avoided as a matter of good UI
>> design.
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> Again, the dialog is not a popup. It *has* to load the whole calendar UI
> because it is *part* of that UI.

Then there's nothing to be done - but I think it would be better if it
could be separated.  If I wanted to compose a new mail from the portal
or the calendar, I wouldn't expect to load the imp UI to do it.


>>>> 2) If you have more than one event in a day then a) it looks like the
>>>> appointments are adjacent and worse than that, that they are actually
>>>> related.  It would be nice to have at least a border around the
>>>> individual events to denote separate events please.
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>>> I think it looks better this way.
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>> Sweet.  But could you make it a preference then please?  Even having a
>> different shade would help distinguish.  At the moment I have
>> something that looks like:
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>> O. Musterman
>> Gesellschaft
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>> which looks to all the world like one meeting with O. Musterman at
>> Gesellschaft and not two separate events, one with O. Musterman and
>> one with Gesellschaft.  Even adding the meeting times, or even just
>> the start time would help with clarity.  Clarity is another plank of
>> good UI design principles.
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> It's a preference to display the start time.

I don't see this preference.  Can you give me a hint where to look please?

Thanks.

Simon