Hi Erik,

I am surprised by these descriptions. I use Thunderbird + Lightning every day and I never saw any task in my calendar. Did I miss something ?

Regards, Julien

Le 27/01/2015 17:23, Erik Quaeghebeur a écrit :

Hi,

Given the discussion about showing todos in the calendar view (which I think is a nice idea), it may be useful to briefly describe how other calendar+task applications do this:

• Lightning (Thunderbird):
  • if only begin date(time): shows todo on that date
  • if both begin and due date(time): shows todo on all days between

both - if only due date(time): shows todo on that date

• Horde: only shows todos with due date(time) in the calendar on the due

date

• KOrganizer (KDE):
  • if only begin date(time): shows todo on that date (in a different

color) - if both begin and due date(time): shows todo on due date - if only due date(time): shows todo on that date

From this I gather that at least people tend to agree that showing the todo on the due date (if any) is reasonable. (Or at least I agree...)

I find the approach taken by Lightning for ranged todos unappealing. What seems more reasonable to me is to show the todos with a start date also on that start date and then (additionally?) let it ‘float’ as with the current day as suggested by Johan Vromans.

Best,

Erik

Hi Erik,

big thanks for your review, it is really nice to know how other software solves this problem. So the summary is: there is no consensus how to display todos in calendars (everybody use different approach).

The only problem is that I still thinks that none of these solutions is elegant and/or correct. And as everybody (who follow our development) know, I never accept solution if I am not at least 95% satisfied with it.

JM

On 27 Jan 2015, at 17:23, Erik Quaeghebeur inf-it.davclients@equaeghe.nospammail.net wrote:

Hi,

Given the discussion about showing todos in the calendar view (which I think is a nice idea), it may be useful to briefly describe how other calendar+task applications do this:

• Lightning (Thunderbird):

  • if only begin date(time): shows todo on that date
  • if both begin and due date(time): shows todo on all days between both
  • if only due date(time): shows todo on that date

• Horde: only shows todos with due date(time) in the calendar on the due date

• KOrganizer (KDE):

  • if only begin date(time): shows todo on that date (in a different color)
  • if both begin and due date(time): shows todo on due date
  • if only due date(time): shows todo on that date

From this I gather that at least people tend to agree that showing the todo on the due date (if any) is reasonable. (Or at least I agree...)

I find the approach taken by Lightning for ranged todos unappealing. What seems more reasonable to me is to show the todos with a start date also on that start date and then (additionally?) let it ‘float’ as with the current day as suggested by Johan Vromans.

Best,

Erik