On 02/01/07, pchan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 30/12/06, Avaneesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > GCal doesn't provide DURATION OF EVENT facility. Can anybody suggest > > google to add this feature ASAP? > Why? It only takes simple arithmetic to figure out the duration when you > know the start & end times of the event. ... > Cory C. Albrecht Having built timetabling software for more than 10 years, I find my customers appreciate having a duration field in their events. There is a big difference between - lapse duration that you can calculate from start/end times, and - paid duration that you actually get paid for (and what is really requested here)
The effective duration may or may not include many things: meals,
preparation time (like putting on/taking off protection suits, briefing, etc.) transport time to/from work site. It all depends on your local work convention.
I understand that different companies have different needs. To expand upon one of your examples, one might have a calendar entry "Running company booth at IndustryCon from 9:00am to 5:00pm, 2007-01-17". Now that is perfectly adequate for calendaring software because you are busy during that whole time and can't have conflicting responsibilities, which use of calendaring software helps prevent. But if you're paid hourly and only for breaks but not lunch, yes the duration is not the same as the paid time. But at that we step beyond mere calendaring software into timetabling software. The two are very similar things but not the same thing.
From what you say of your experience, I wonder if you are seeing GCal as
more of an ERP app, which would need this kind of extra functionality, whereas I see it as a highly shareable (via the web) PIM app for which said extra would be unnecessary bloat? That begs the questions "What direction is Google planning to (eventually) take GCal? Sticking to the PIM? Or going beyond into the ERP?" I'm interested in hearing your thoughts on this. I strongly second Avaneesh's suggestion, and even more if it is
possible ! I.e. user-defined fields for integers, reals and variable-length strings. As it is, GCal is already doing a superb job. Best greetings to every member of the team! >
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