[kronolith] New Event

[Simon Brereton]

On 19 November 2012 10:51, 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 19 November 2012 06:45, 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 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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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.
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>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>> It's a preference to display the start time.
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I don't see this preference.  Can you give me a hint where to look
>>>> please?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Simon
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>>> Right in the UI section of the Kronolith prefs.
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>>
>> Really?  Which one is it then?  Because there's nothing here I see
>> relating to adding the times:
>>
>> Show the dynamic view by default, if the browser supports it?
>> Confirm deletion of events?
>> Select the view to display on startup:
>> How many events should be displayed per day in the month view? Set to
>> 0 to always show all events.
>> Show time of day between each day in week views?
>> Select the first weekday:
>> What time should day and week views start, when there are no earlier
>> events?
>> What time should day and week views end, when there are no later events?
>> Restrict day and week views to these time slots, even if there are
>> earlier or later events?
>> How long should the time slots on the day and week views be?
>> Show delete, alarm, and recurrence icons in calendar views?
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Overlooked that one several times, obviously.  Sorry.

The fact that it's not the default (and print views only is) doesn't
make sense to me.  Also, grammatically correct it would be:

Show event start and end times in:

Thanks for your patience though.

Simon