[kronolith] New Event

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Simon Brereton <simon.buongiorno at gmail.com>:

> On 16 November 2012 10:27, Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> wrote:
>>
>> Zitat von Simon Brereton <simon.buongiorno at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> On 16 November 2012 05:18, Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Zitat von Simon Brereton <simon.buongiorno at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Maybe you didn't notice, but the new event dialog is not a popup window.
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think it looks better this way.
>>>
>>>
>>> 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:
>>>
>>> O. Musterman
>>> Gesellschaft
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>
>> 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

Right in the UI section of the Kronolith prefs.
-- 
Jan Schneider
The Horde Project
http://www.horde.org/