[Dx-packages] [Bug 1240251] Re: Does not open with "today", can't jump there
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 793450 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/793450 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 793450 Calendar doesn't show today's date until opened a second time today -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-datetime in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1240251 Title: Does not open with "today", can't jump there Status in “indicator-datetime” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When clicking on the date/time, the dropdown window contains the year/month/day I visited there previously. Since altering the month or year doesn't change the day, often today's day number is highlighted. This, along with today's date being shown at the top, very easily leads to the misbelief that the current month's calendar is being shown, which is not necessarily the case. It's terribly misleading. (In the mean time, I understand that keeping the year/month during closure and reopening of the dropdown might be considered a feature useful for many people.) Furthermore, there's no option to jump to today, I have to manually walk to the current year and month. My suggestion is a "Today" button, with clearly distinguisable disabled state if it's already today's month being shown. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: indicator-datetime 13.10.0+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Oct 15 23:55:07 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-30 (503 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: indicator-datetime UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-12 (2 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-datetime/+bug/1240251/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Dx-packages] [Bug 1240251] Re: Does not open with "today", can't jump there
The issue where the calendar wouldn't open on the current day has been fixed in that update: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-datetime/13.10.0+14.04.20140131-0ubuntu1 I'm keeping the bug open for the "can't jump to the current date" request though -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-datetime in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1240251 Title: Does not open with "today", can't jump there Status in “indicator-datetime” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When clicking on the date/time, the dropdown window contains the year/month/day I visited there previously. Since altering the month or year doesn't change the day, often today's day number is highlighted. This, along with today's date being shown at the top, very easily leads to the misbelief that the current month's calendar is being shown, which is not necessarily the case. It's terribly misleading. (In the mean time, I understand that keeping the year/month during closure and reopening of the dropdown might be considered a feature useful for many people.) Furthermore, there's no option to jump to today, I have to manually walk to the current year and month. My suggestion is a "Today" button, with clearly distinguisable disabled state if it's already today's month being shown. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: indicator-datetime 13.10.0+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Oct 15 23:55:07 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-30 (503 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: indicator-datetime UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-12 (2 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-datetime/+bug/1240251/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Dx-packages] [Bug 1240251] Re: Does not open with "today", can't jump there
My calendar now says Friday, 7 February 2014, but the orange highlight is on February 27th. This is so annoying that I cannot find words to describe it. And if I remember correctly, this has been broken for years now. Is it really impossible to update the view to show current date when the user opens the calendar? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-datetime in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1240251 Title: Does not open with "today", can't jump there Status in “indicator-datetime” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When clicking on the date/time, the dropdown window contains the year/month/day I visited there previously. Since altering the month or year doesn't change the day, often today's day number is highlighted. This, along with today's date being shown at the top, very easily leads to the misbelief that the current month's calendar is being shown, which is not necessarily the case. It's terribly misleading. (In the mean time, I understand that keeping the year/month during closure and reopening of the dropdown might be considered a feature useful for many people.) Furthermore, there's no option to jump to today, I have to manually walk to the current year and month. My suggestion is a "Today" button, with clearly distinguisable disabled state if it's already today's month being shown. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: indicator-datetime 13.10.0+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Oct 15 23:55:07 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-30 (503 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: indicator-datetime UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-12 (2 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-datetime/+bug/1240251/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Dx-packages] [Bug 1240251] Re: Does not open with "today", can't jump there
It keeps confusing me all the time, too, even though I'm also aware of the issue. (Unfortunately here and in other bugreports too it seems to me that Ubuntu gives really low priority to basic usability issues :( ) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-datetime in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1240251 Title: Does not open with "today", can't jump there Status in “indicator-datetime” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When clicking on the date/time, the dropdown window contains the year/month/day I visited there previously. Since altering the month or year doesn't change the day, often today's day number is highlighted. This, along with today's date being shown at the top, very easily leads to the misbelief that the current month's calendar is being shown, which is not necessarily the case. It's terribly misleading. (In the mean time, I understand that keeping the year/month during closure and reopening of the dropdown might be considered a feature useful for many people.) Furthermore, there's no option to jump to today, I have to manually walk to the current year and month. My suggestion is a "Today" button, with clearly distinguisable disabled state if it's already today's month being shown. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: indicator-datetime 13.10.0+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Oct 15 23:55:07 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-30 (503 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: indicator-datetime UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-12 (2 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-datetime/+bug/1240251/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Dx-packages] [Bug 1240251] Re: Does not open with "today", can't jump there
I guess this can cause real-world problems: I just scheduled a meeting for an incorrect date since I was viewing the wrong month. Though in fairness it was partially my fault since I knew about this bug. Any chance it’ll be fixed in Trusty? Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-datetime in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1240251 Title: Does not open with "today", can't jump there Status in “indicator-datetime” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When clicking on the date/time, the dropdown window contains the year/month/day I visited there previously. Since altering the month or year doesn't change the day, often today's day number is highlighted. This, along with today's date being shown at the top, very easily leads to the misbelief that the current month's calendar is being shown, which is not necessarily the case. It's terribly misleading. (In the mean time, I understand that keeping the year/month during closure and reopening of the dropdown might be considered a feature useful for many people.) Furthermore, there's no option to jump to today, I have to manually walk to the current year and month. My suggestion is a "Today" button, with clearly distinguisable disabled state if it's already today's month being shown. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: indicator-datetime 13.10.0+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Oct 15 23:55:07 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-30 (503 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: indicator-datetime UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-12 (2 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-datetime/+bug/1240251/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Dx-packages] [Bug 1240251] Re: Does not open with "today", can't jump there
I think it is important that the indicator resets the selected date when it gets closed. It's not very feasible. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-datetime in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1240251 Title: Does not open with "today", can't jump there Status in “indicator-datetime” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When clicking on the date/time, the dropdown window contains the year/month/day I visited there previously. Since altering the month or year doesn't change the day, often today's day number is highlighted. This, along with today's date being shown at the top, very easily leads to the misbelief that the current month's calendar is being shown, which is not necessarily the case. It's terribly misleading. (In the mean time, I understand that keeping the year/month during closure and reopening of the dropdown might be considered a feature useful for many people.) Furthermore, there's no option to jump to today, I have to manually walk to the current year and month. My suggestion is a "Today" button, with clearly distinguisable disabled state if it's already today's month being shown. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: indicator-datetime 13.10.0+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Oct 15 23:55:07 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-30 (503 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: indicator-datetime UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-12 (2 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-datetime/+bug/1240251/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Dx-packages] [Bug 1240251] Re: Does not open with "today", can't jump there
Especially annoying since if a user opens it to see the date, then does so on the next day... it will show the same date as before (i.e. the date of the previous day). I can only get it to reset by logging out or restarting. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-datetime in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1240251 Title: Does not open with "today", can't jump there Status in “indicator-datetime” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When clicking on the date/time, the dropdown window contains the year/month/day I visited there previously. Since altering the month or year doesn't change the day, often today's day number is highlighted. This, along with today's date being shown at the top, very easily leads to the misbelief that the current month's calendar is being shown, which is not necessarily the case. It's terribly misleading. (In the mean time, I understand that keeping the year/month during closure and reopening of the dropdown might be considered a feature useful for many people.) Furthermore, there's no option to jump to today, I have to manually walk to the current year and month. My suggestion is a "Today" button, with clearly distinguisable disabled state if it's already today's month being shown. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: indicator-datetime 13.10.0+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Oct 15 23:55:07 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-30 (503 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: indicator-datetime UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-12 (2 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-datetime/+bug/1240251/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Dx-packages] [Bug 1240251] Re: Does not open with "today", can't jump there
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: indicator-datetime (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-datetime in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1240251 Title: Does not open with "today", can't jump there Status in “indicator-datetime” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When clicking on the date/time, the dropdown window contains the year/month/day I visited there previously. Since altering the month or year doesn't change the day, often today's day number is highlighted. This, along with today's date being shown at the top, very easily leads to the misbelief that the current month's calendar is being shown, which is not necessarily the case. It's terribly misleading. (In the mean time, I understand that keeping the year/month during closure and reopening of the dropdown might be considered a feature useful for many people.) Furthermore, there's no option to jump to today, I have to manually walk to the current year and month. My suggestion is a "Today" button, with clearly distinguisable disabled state if it's already today's month being shown. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: indicator-datetime 13.10.0+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Oct 15 23:55:07 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-30 (503 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: indicator-datetime UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-12 (2 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-datetime/+bug/1240251/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Dx-packages] [Bug 1240251] Re: Does not open with "today", can't jump there
** Changed in: indicator-datetime (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-datetime in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1240251 Title: Does not open with "today", can't jump there Status in “indicator-datetime” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: When clicking on the date/time, the dropdown window contains the year/month/day I visited there previously. Since altering the month or year doesn't change the day, often today's day number is highlighted. This, along with today's date being shown at the top, very easily leads to the misbelief that the current month's calendar is being shown, which is not necessarily the case. It's terribly misleading. (In the mean time, I understand that keeping the year/month during closure and reopening of the dropdown might be considered a feature useful for many people.) Furthermore, there's no option to jump to today, I have to manually walk to the current year and month. My suggestion is a "Today" button, with clearly distinguisable disabled state if it's already today's month being shown. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: indicator-datetime 13.10.0+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Oct 15 23:55:07 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-30 (503 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: indicator-datetime UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-12 (2 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-datetime/+bug/1240251/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Dx-packages] [Bug 1240251] Re: Does not open with "today", can't jump there
** Summary changed: - Does not open "with" today, can't jump there + Does not open with "today", can't jump there -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-datetime in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1240251 Title: Does not open with "today", can't jump there Status in “indicator-datetime” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: When clicking on the date/time, the dropdown window contains the year/month/day I visited there previously. Since altering the month or year doesn't change the day, often today's day number is highlighted. This, along with today's date being shown at the top, very easily leads to the misbelief that the current month's calendar is being shown, which is not necessarily the case. It's terribly misleading. (In the mean time, I understand that keeping the year/month during closure and reopening of the dropdown might be considered a feature useful for many people.) Furthermore, there's no option to jump to today, I have to manually walk to the current year and month. My suggestion is a "Today" button, with clearly distinguisable disabled state if it's already today's month being shown. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: indicator-datetime 13.10.0+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Oct 15 23:55:07 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-30 (503 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: indicator-datetime UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-12 (2 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-datetime/+bug/1240251/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
