[evolution-patches] Re: colors in tasks

[Tuomas Kuosmanen <tigert ximian com>]

On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 15:09, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I guess this is a UI change that needs review, so here it is, the patch,
> attached, and a screenshot:
> 
> http://primates.ximian.com/~rodrigo/shots/tasks-colored.png
> 
> for Tuomas to look at it. Does it look ok like this? Doing this, we have
> the same look in the event list and in the task list. Overdue tasks have
> the assigned overdue color, regardless of which task list they belong
> to.

It looks OK to me. 

What makes me wonder is if the tasks component could be somehow more
effective than just a single list? Those could also be organized in a
tree-like structure where tasks can have subtasks etc. I kind of wonder
if it would be possible to adapt the ex-MrPr*ject, now "Planner" as a
task component? It has quite nifty things like the gantt chart etc.

It's like the calendar-mailer problem:

        We have been very focused on the mailer and it shows - I think
        the mailer is pretty excellent and works well for people, scales
        great etc.
        
        But the Calendar was lacking - it was more or less the old
        GnomeCalendar wrapped into evolution, not many people used it
        extensively and it "worked" but wasnt very powerful or handy.
        Simple, nice calendar.
        
        Now with the webcal support, and with the support of calendar
        exporting and sharing in general etc, it can become a lot more
        useful as a data feed tool as well as fitting your own events
        between the externally-fed events.
        
So what should we do with Tasks? How can it become more powerful? I know
this is very much planning talk instead of practical hacking tasks. I
just wonder how the tasks component could be more useful? I mean,
currently it is the equivalent of a postit note stack on your desk. You
can add "items" and plaster them to the list, and as an extra coolness
those can turn bright when the task is overdue. Nothing wrong with
postit notes, but it could be better too.

I'll think about this. If you have ideas, let me know.	

Tuomas
 
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