In the Product Design category of the blog, amongst June 2008 summary points,
> Task Stamp is sorely missed and that the Star stamp does not satisfy > the same user need. > revive and update a proposal for extending the range of Item Kinds > in Chandler to re-instate Tasks and add a Reference Kind, and an > extremely basic notion of Contacts. and in February 2008: > Tasks are nouns, they are a Kind of item, like Notes, Messages and > Events. By contrast, the Star is simply an adjective, a way to > describe Note, Message and Event items Hmm. Might the 'proposal for extending the range of Item Kinds' envisage that in _addition_ to 1) note kind — that can be starred — that can be added to the calendar (as an event) — that can be sent to others (via e-mail) we will have: 2) task kind — that can be starred — that can be added to the calendar (as an event) — that can be sent to others (via e-mail) — that can be changed to a note, and reverted to a task, etc., repeatedly and: 3) 4) etc.: other kinds — that can be starred — that can be added to the calendar — that can be sent to others — that can be converted to a note, and repeatedly converted/reverted, etc. — that can be converted to a task, and repeatedly converted/reverted, etc.? If so: then my gut reaction to increasing the range of kinds at this point in time is: * highly elevated risk of interoperability issues. = Suggestions = a) do revive the proposal, to respect user requirements; b) defer implementation until after a CalConnect interoperability/ roundtable event. = Appreciation and priorities = At <http://www.diigo.com/annotated/83ed6c0b930c4a1bc5072ed4edfde9c7> I note that > Being a CalDAV reference implementation is not a priority but I believe that interoperability _should_ be a priority; Chandler must not be an island :) = Other references = <http://blog.chandlerproject.org/category/productdesign/> <http://blog.chandlerproject.org/2008/02/06/osafs-next-steps/> <http://blog.chandlerproject.org/2008/02/14/what-makes-a-task-a-task/> <http://blog.chandlerproject.org/2008/06/05/next-steps-for-the-task-stamp/ > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list unsubscribe here: http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/chandler-users Chandler wiki: http://chandlerproject.org/wikihome
