From kde-usability  Thu Aug 14 23:35:20 2003
From: Simon Edwards <simon () simonzone ! com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 23:35:20 +0000
To: kde-usability
Subject: Re: relevantive - korganizer
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On Friday 15 August 2003 01:09, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> i think the challenge is that people have so many ways of entering free text 
> dates, 

I think that it could be made to work, especially when coupled with a feedback 
mechanism where the user would immediately see if the computer got it wrong 
or not. Unfortunely I don't have any well tested Proof of Concept code lying 
around to do that.

> and when you add l10n on top of that........ the US Army can at least  
> rely on English, and can also dictate pretty rigid data input standards. 
> 
> speaking of l10n, i wonder if the order of the widgets in your UI file would 
> need to be dynamically changed around for different locales, to reflect 
local 
> date input mechanisms? i have a feeling the answer would be "yes"...

I suspect that there is a complete KDE widget that can handle it. (The problem 
then comes the widget's, and not mine. ;-> )

> having a RO text label showing the date in localized format with the pop-up 
> calendar seems like a decent idea to me? 

The cost is that you can't enter dates in directly, which is a pity. But yeah, 
your idea is looking like the best option right now.

> > (*) Play sound: [linux_pronouciation.wav_______] [Choose...]
> > ( ) Run program:[______________________________] [Choose...]
> >
> > showing what is currently entered.
> 
> that's fine... just enable the widgets associated with the currently 
selected 
> option and disable the rest.. this is pretty common usage...

...the question is where to fit such a beast. =]

good night,

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