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== Current Issues (Lightning 0.3)==
== References ==
* [http://cjansen.com/lightning-demo/accordion.htm Tab-box UI Prototype]
* {{bug|327783}}
* [[Calendar:Improving the Calendar Views-Archive]] (Old Designs)


The table below lists users feedback regarding the usability of the main Lightning UI.
== Specifications ==
* [[Calendar: Mail View Integration|Today Pane]]
* [[Calendar: Calendar View |Calendar:Calendar_View]]
* [[Calendar: View Switch Toolbar| Mode Switch Toolbar]]
* [http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=plCAueWeXt4jIoK2sb3c0QQ&output=html Toolbar Content Specification]
* [[Calendar:Thunderbird_Menu_Integration|Menu Specification]]
* [[Calendar:Context Menu Specification|Context Menu Specification]]
* [[Calendar:Mail-Event-Task_Conversion| Mail, Event, Task Conversion]]


== Issues: ==
== Proposals ==
# The calendar below the email accounts is disturbing and to big if you also use the "contact sidebar" extension.
''' Calendar Mode '''
# After starting Thunderbird I don't know in which calendar I'm working in.
* [[Calendar: Crossing Day Boundaries|Crossing Day Boundaries]]
# I can't drag an event from one calendar into another.
* [[Calendar: Calendar_Mode_Invitation_handling|Invitation Handling]]
# All the different colors in the week view are confusing me. Especially same things are highlighted differentially.
''' Task Mode'''
# I want to switch between E-Mail and Calendar easily.
* [[Calendar: Task Mode|Task Mode]]
# Why am I seeing the mail tree when I'm working in the Calendar?
# I don't want to see Saturday and Sunday. I use my calendar only for my work.
# The left side looks very cluttered.
# How can I switch into a different view?
# I have 3 calendars. One for work, the other are subscribed ones. Which means that I don't have write access on these. I don't know how many times I tried accidentally to create an event in one of the read only calendars.


''' Events and Tasks'''
* [[Calendar: Improved Events and Tasks|Improved Events and Tasks]]


== Proposal ==
= Modes =
Most of the issues stated above can be fixed by focusing on the following areas:
== Mail ==


=== Rearranging already existing UI elements ===
[[Image:Mail-view-default.jpg]]


At the moment, Lightning 0.3 combines very important information on the left hand side. From an users point of view these are:
== Today Pane Switched On ==


* Access to the E-Mail account (Mail Account Tree),
[[Image:Mail-view-today-vertical.jpg]]
* a Calendar (Mini Moth),
* an Agenda List (Agenda Tab),
* a Todo List (Todo Tab)and
* a list of Calendars (Calendar Tab)


The problem with that solution is that 70% of the visual information is placed on 30% of the screen.
=== Calendar ===


Depending on the task users want to fulfill, each element of the left hand pane has a different importance level.
http://wiki.mozilla.org/images/a/a0/Week-view.png


For the tasks "Write or Read Mail" the order could be:
=== Tasks ===


# Mail Account Tree
[[Image:Task-mode-w-accordion.png]]
# Agenda
# Mini Month
# Todo
# Calendar
 
 
For the task "Create Event" the order is different:
 
# Calendar
# Mini Month
# Agenda
# Todo
# Mail Account Tree
 
To reduce visual clutter I'd like to propose to split the Mail/Calendar pane into two separate parts.
* One pane which focuses on mail reading/writing,
* the other on calendaring.
 
The table below lists the items of each pane:
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0;  border: 1px #cccccc solid; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%"
|-
| bgcolor="#dddddd" | '''Mail Pane''' || bgcolor="#dddddd" | '''Calendar Pane'''
|-
| * Mail Account Tree
| * Mini Month
|-
|
| * Calendar Subscriptions
|}
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 19:12, 20 January 2010