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== 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 =

Revision as of 07:24, 12 September 2007

References

Specifications

Proposals

Mail Mode
Calendar Mode

Task Mode

Events and Tasks


Modes

Mail

Mail-view-default.jpg

Today Pane Switched On

Mail-view-today-vertical.jpg

Calendar

Calendar-view.jpg

Tasks

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| X X X X X X     ||      ds fcfdf hhj wew                     |
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| X X X X X X X   ||  [+] Do Project Planning                  |
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| 0 This Week     ||                                           |
| 0 My Tasks      ||                                           |
| O Next Seven Da ||                                           |
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| Mail Cal [Task] ||                                           |
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