[kplato] request

[Mark Tombs]

On Wednesday 03 November 2004 09.29, Dag Andersen wrote:
> On Onsdag 03 november 2004 07:40, Dag Andersen wrote:
> > On Søndag 31 oktober 2004 20:02, Mark Tombs wrote:
> > (snip)
> >
> > > Now all I need in a task dialog are task name, duration, start
> > > date, end date, and a check-box for start and end date saying if
> > > they are fixed or not. That way I can pin a task if I don't want
> > > it moved by the auto-schedule process. I've taken the liberty of
> > > knocking up a dialog.
> >
> > Ok, I had a look at it and have a couple of questions:
> > Start: Don't you need time also?

Isn't that a bit over the top? Does anyone actually care what time of day a 
task is supposed to start? 

> >
> > End: Do you really need this? It should be start + duration, or do
> > you have other reasons to include it?

Good point. No good reason. Would the duration then take into account 
non-working days from the calendar?

> >
> > Duration: Do you have any suggestions for the format of the entry
> > here? I had a discussion with Shaheed a while back about this and
> > we didn't really find a good solution due to localization.

Can the duration be less than a day? Claus wrote :

"Duration is the calendar time of a task."

If a task starts and finishes on the same day, it has a duration of 1. Or?

> >
> > Task code: I gather you want to enter a code manually, but should
> > it be number only or text, and should a 'default' be generated?
>

The only reason I put a task code there is because a system I hope to 
integrate kplato with has a task code, which is text and uniquely identifies 
the task in the project. 

> Based on your dialog knockup, I made my own suggestion.
> Some notes:
> Default values: It should be possible to set your own. Thought of
> adding a 'Use as default' button, but don't know if it should go into
> this dialog or somewhere else.

Don't really have an opinion on this.

>
> Schedule: If ASAP or ALAP the edit datetime widget is disabled.
>
> Duration: I went for a combobox on Fixed/Effort as I find it clearer
> and maybe there should be more options?

On the whole I think less options is good, and then have an 'advanced' tab for 
advanced options. People always complain that KDE has too many options :)