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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) |
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| 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]] |
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| == 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''' |
| # The three buttons (New../Edit../Delete) are somehowe strange. I think these buttons are good for creating/chageng/deleting events.
| | * [[Calendar: Task Mode|Task Mode]] |
| # I want to switch between E-Mail and Calendar easily.
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| # Why am I seeing the mail tree when I'm working in the Calendar?
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| # I don't want to see Saturday and Sunday. I use my calendar only for my work.
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| # The left side looks very cluttered.
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| # How can I switch into a different view?
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| # 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.
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| == Proposal ==
| | ''' Events and Tasks''' |
| Most of the issues stated above can be fixed by focusing on the following areas:
| | * [[Calendar: Improved Events and Tasks|Improved Events and Tasks]] |
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| === Rearranging already existing UI elements === | | = Modes = |
| | == Mail == |
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| At the moment, Lightning 0.3 combines very important information on the left hand side. From an users point of view these are:
| | [[Image:Mail-view-default.jpg]] |
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| * Access to the E-Mail account (Mail Account Tree),
| | == Today Pane Switched On == |
| * a Calendar (Mini Moth),
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| * an Agenda List (Agenda Tab),
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| * a Todo List (Todo Tab)and
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| * a list of Calendars (Calendar Tab)
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| The problem with that solution is that 70% of the visual information is placed on 30% of the screen.
| | [[Image:Mail-view-today-vertical.jpg]] |
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| Depending on the task users want to fulfill, each element of the left hand pane has a different importance level.
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| For the tasks "Write or Read Mail" the order could be:
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| # Mail Account Tree
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| # Agenda
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| # Mini Month
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| # Todo
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| # Calendar
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| For the task "Create Event" the order is different:
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| # Calendar
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| # Mini Month
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| # Agenda
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| # Todo
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| # Mail Account Tree
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| To reduce visual clutter I'd like to propose to split the Mail/Calendar pane into two separate parts.
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| * One pane which focuses on mail reading/writing,
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| * the other on calendaring.
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| The table below lists the items of each pane:
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| | bgcolor="#dddddd" | '''Mail Pane''' || bgcolor="#dddddd" | '''Calendar Pane'''
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| | * Mail Account Tree
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| | * Mini Month
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| | * Calendar Subscriptions
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| |}
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| == Improved Views ==
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| Idea 1 to 3 document the design iteratiation I went through before comming up with my prefered concept which is shown below:
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| === Mail ===
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| <nowiki>
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| +--------------------------------------------------------------+
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| +--------------------------------------------------------------+
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| | M A I L -- T O O L B A R |
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| |--------------------------------------------------------------|
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| | M A I L < > ||________________________________||Agenda X|
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| |`````````````````|| ||`````````|
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| | - Account || Hello xyz@abc.com || |
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| | - Inbox || ... || |
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| | - Sent || || |
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| | - Junk ||--------------------------------|| |
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| | + .... || From: xyz@abc.com || |
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| | ||--------------------------------||---------|
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| | || Hi there! ||Todo x|
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| | || cxcds dfdf dfvdvf ||`````````|
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| | || dfldkf fff || |
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| |________________ || || |
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| | C A L E N D A R || || |
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| |-----------------|| || |
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| | T A S K S || || |
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| |-----------------||________________________________||_________|
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| +--------------------------------------------------------------+
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| </nowiki>
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| === Calendar === | | === Calendar === |
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| <nowiki>
| | http://wiki.mozilla.org/images/a/a0/Week-view.png |
| +--------------------------------------------------------------+
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| +--------------------------------------------------------------+
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| | C A L E N D A R - - T O O L B A R |
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| |---------------------------____________-----------------------|
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| | Calendar < > ||___Day__|Work WEEK |_Month______||Agenda X|
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| |`````````````````|| |Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri ||```````` |
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| | Work ||---|----|-----|-----|-----|-----|| |
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| | Private || 8 | // | | | | || |
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| | NFL ||---|-//-|-----|-----|-----|-----|| |
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| | Team || 9 | // | | | | || |
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| | Birthdays ||---|----|-///-|-----|-----|-----|| |
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| | || 10| | /// | | | || |
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| | ||---|----|-----|-----|-----|-----||---------|
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| |-----------------|| 11| | | | | ||Todo X|
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| | October 2006 ||---|----|-----|-----|-----|-----||`````````|
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| | X X X X X X || 12| | | /// | | || |
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| | X X X X X X X ||---|----|-----|-///-|-----|-----|| |
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| | X X X X X X X || 1 | | | | | || |
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| | X X X X ||---|----|-----|-----|-----|-----|| |
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| |________________ || 2 | | | | | || |
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| | M A I L ||---|----|-----|-----|-----|-----|| |
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| |-----------------|| 3 | | | | | || |
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| | T A S K S ||---|----|-----|-----|-----|-----|| |
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| |-----------------||________________________________||_________|
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| +--------------------------------------------------------------+
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| </nowiki>
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| === Tasks === | | === Tasks === |
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| <nowiki>
| | [[Image:Task-mode-w-accordion.png]] |
| +--------------------------------------------------------------+
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| +--------------------------------------------------------------+
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| | T A S K S - - T O O L B A R |
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| |--------------------------------------------------------------|
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| | T A S K S < > ||___________________________________________|
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| |`````````````````|| |
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| | 0 This Week || [-] Do Car Wash |
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| | 0 My Tasks || sdnsdsd fcfdf ffdf dfdf |
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| | O Next Seven Da || ds fcfdf hhj wew |
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| | || [+] Do Project Planning |
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| | || [+] GUI Planning XYZ |
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| |-----------------|| |
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| | October 2006 || |
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| | X X X X X X || |
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| | X X X X X X X || |
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| | X X X X X X X || |
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| | X X X X || |
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| |________________ || |
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| | M A I L || |
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| |-----------------|| |
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| | C A L E N D A R || |
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| |-----------------||___________________________________________|
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| +--------------------------------------------------------------+
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| </nowiki>
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| === Design Iterations ===
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| '''IDEA #1: Vertical Tabs '''
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| The main idea here is to have tabs located on the left hand side of the left pane.
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| ''''Pros:''''
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| * Tabs need not too much horizontal space.
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| * Switching views would happen nearby the views
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| ''''Cons:''''
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| * Vertical Labels are hard to read.
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| * More than 3 tabs would look to cluttered
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| * An icon-only solution would be too small.
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| <pre>
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| +--------------------------------------------------------------+
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| +--------------------------------------------------------------+
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| | M A I L -- T O O L B A R |
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| |--------------------------------------------------------------|
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| | - Account ||________________________________||Agenda X|
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| | - Inbox || ||`````````|
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| | - Sent || Hello xyz@abc.com || |
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| | - Junk || ... || |
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| |--+ + .... || || |
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| | | ||--------------------------------|| |
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| | | || From: xyz@abc.com || |
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| | | ||--------------------------------||---------|
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| | | || Hi there! ||Todo x|
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| |--| || cxcds dfdf dfvdvf ||`````````|
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| +--------------------------------------------------------------+
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| </pre>
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| '''IDEA #2: Horizontal Tabs '''
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| The tabs are now located on top of the left pane.
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| ''''Pros:''''
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| * Good readability
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| * Switching views would happen nearby the views/context
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| ''''Cons:''''
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| * Labeled Tabs need much space
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| * An icon-only solution would be appropriate.
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| * Two sets of tabs.
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| ** One for switching between Calendar/Mail
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| ** One set for switching between Day/Week/Month
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