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Subject:    Re: [Kde-pim] Re: [PATCH] Striking out finished todos (wish #62430)
From:       Reinhold Kainhofer <reinhold () kainhofer ! com>
Date:       2003-08-17 21:53:39
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On Sunday 17 August 2003 23:18, Cornelius Schumacher wrote:
> On Monday 11 August 2003 00:18, Allen D. Winter wrote:
> > And what is the problem?  Aren't there enough visual hints that the
> > todo is finished?  I guess I don't even see that there is a problem
> > in the first place. The checkmark, the bar graph.  That's two visual
> > hints.

Ahm, die bar graph usually isn't visible in the small todo list on the left. 
And just the checkmark is not so helpful. E.g. look at 
http://reinhold.kainhofer.com/Linux/pictures/KOrg_TodoList.png

To find the non-finished items, you read one todo, and then instead of 
immediately finding the next unfinished item, your eye first has to go to the 
left side and scan for the next unchecked mark. 

It's like scanning a huge randomly numbered list. Having a different font 
attribute for unifinished item that makes them look less important really 
helps a lot finding unfinished todos quickly.
Striking out is certainly not a solution.

> I agree with that. I don't think we need additional indication of
> completed todos.

I'd like it most if finished todos could be grayed out (maybe a config 
option). An example is: 
http://reinhold.kainhofer.com/Linux/pictures/KOrganizer_FinishedTodos6.png

That makes the todo view really efficient, without completely hiding all 
finished todos.

Reinhold
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