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== Specifications ==
== Specifications ==
* [[Calendar: Mail View Integration|Mail Mode Integration]]
* [[Calendar: Mail View Integration|Today Pane]]
* [[Calendar: Calendar Mode |Calendar Mode]]
* [[Calendar: Calendar View |Calendar:Calendar_View]]
* [[Calendar: View Switch Toolbar| Mode Switch Toolbar]]
* [[Calendar: View Switch Toolbar| Mode Switch Toolbar]]
* [[Calendar:Thunderbird_Toolbar_Integration|Thunderbird Toolbar Integration]]
* [http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=plCAueWeXt4jIoK2sb3c0QQ&output=html Toolbar Content Specification]
* [[Calendar:Thunderbird_Menu_Integration|Thunderbird Menu Integration]]
* [[Calendar:Thunderbird_Menu_Integration|Menu Specification]]
* [[Calendar:Context Menu Specification|Context Menu Specification]]
* [[Calendar:Mail-Event-Task_Conversion| Mail, Event, Task Conversion]]


== Proposals ==
== Proposals ==
''' Mail Mode'''<br>
''' Calendar Mode '''
''' Calendar Mode '''
* [[Calendar: Crossing Day Boundaries|Crossing Day Boundaries]]
* [[Calendar: Crossing Day Boundaries|Crossing Day Boundaries]]
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''' Events and Tasks'''
''' Events and Tasks'''
* [[Calendar: Improved Events and Tasks|Improved Events and Tasks]]
* [[Calendar: Improved Events and Tasks|Improved Events and Tasks]]
== Current Issues (Lightning 0.3)==
The table below lists users feedback regarding the usability of the main Lightning UI.
== Issues: ==
# The calendar below the email accounts is disturbing and to big if you also use the "contact sidebar" extension.
# After starting Thunderbird I don't know in which calendar I'm working in.
# I can't drag an event from one calendar into another.
# All the different colors in the week view are confuses me. Especially same things are highlighted differentially.
# The three buttons (New../Edit../Delete) are somehow strange. I think these buttons are good for creating/changed/deleting events.
# I want to switch between E-Mail and Calendar easily.
# 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.
== Proposal ==
Most of the issues stated above can be fixed by focusing on the following areas:
=== Rearranging already existing UI elements ===
At the moment, Lightning 0.3 combines very important information on the left hand side. From an users point of view these are:
* Access to the E-Mail account (Mail Account Tree),
* Calendar (Mini Moth),
* Agenda List (Agenda Tab),
* Todo List (Todo Tab)and
* List of Calendars (Calendar Tab)
The problem with that solution is that 70% of the visual information is placed on 30% of the screen.
Depending on the task users want to fulfill, each element of the left hand pane has a different importance level.
For the tasks "Write or Read Mail" the order could be:
# Mail Account Tree
# Agenda
# Todo
# Mini Month
# Calendar
For the task "Create Event" the order could be as follows:
# Calendar
# Mini Month
# Agenda
# Todo
# Mail Account Tree
To reduce visual clutter I'd like to propose to split Mail, Calendar and Tasks  into three separate modes.
* One view which focuses on mail
* One calendaring.
* One tasks


= Modes =
= Modes =
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=== Calendar ===
=== Calendar ===


[[Image:Calendar-view.jpg]]
http://wiki.mozilla.org/images/a/a0/Week-view.png


=== Tasks ===
=== Tasks ===


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| 0 This Week    ||                                          |
| 0 My Tasks      ||                                          |
| O Next Seven Da ||                                          |
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Latest revision as of 19:12, 20 January 2010