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Subject:    Re: Usability report for Korganizer -feedback from author
From:       Me Myself & I <richard () diddyland ! com>
Date:       2001-08-21 21:54:33
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The big wish is to be able to highlite a block of time in the diary ( eg 
10-12 ) and then start typing in the area immediately to create a new 
appointment for that time. 

Currently you double click at the start time and have to set the end time 
within the query.

This was mentioned by myself and others a few weeks back, I guess I need to 
find out who and where the usability of Korganiser is going to be logged.


The way Evolution does it is much nicer.

I actually prefer Evolution because I like to have my virtual filofax ( ie 
diary, contacts and email ), but Im not using it at the moment as I prefer 
kmail's formatting of email.

dids


> Had some feedback from the Cornelius the author of Korganizer. Can you help
> provide me some feedback on the user interface of the program if you are
> currently using it?
>
> If you aren't using it but are using something else instead (evolution?)
> can you let me know why you are currently not using korganizer ?
>
>
> Regards
> Stephen
>
> ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
>
> Subject: Re: Usability report for Korganizer
> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:48:08 +0200
> From: Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher@kde.org>
> To: S A Jarrett-Sprague <sjarrettsprague@waitrose.com>
>
> Hi Stephen,
>
> On Friday 17 August 2001 21:58, S A Jarrett-Sprague wrote:
> > I have just written a usability report for Korganizer 2.1 for KDE 2.1.2
> > and have volunteered to maintain the Korganizer usability report. Please
> > find attached report.
>
> Ah great, this is something which could turn out to be very useful.
>
> > The approach I took with writing this report was to take a look at the
> > program from a new users perspective and how they would guess the program
> > should work primarily by just looking at it. I took MS Outlook to be the
> > baseline that people would compare to.
>
> Did you make any studies with other people using KOrganizer, or are these
> just your personal experiences? I would be very interested in reports about
> people actually using KOrganizer and where the most common problems with
> the user interface are.
>
> > I think the things that I have commented on our pretty minor stuff that
> >  if changed might help polish the program. Indeed korgainzer in KDE 2.2
> > may be much different allready. Can't wait to see! Anyway, I would
> > appreciate feedback, and any suggestions as how you would like the
> > usability project to help you.
>
> Some comments about the isssues you raise in the report:
>
> #1-1: 3-pane monthview/todo view: For the month view it's useful to have in
> addition the todo list, for the todo list is useful to have in addition the
> small calendar. I'm not sure what the best solution is, but you are right,
> that this isn't optimal right now. With the other two points I agree. Will
> fix that, when I find time.
>
> #1-2: This is a bug in kdeui. This should be fixed.
>
> #1-3: This has been fixed in Korganizer 2.2
>
> #1-4: You are right. We are addressing this problem right now, with a new
> alarm daemon architecture.
>
> Regards,
> Cornelius
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