yiparaki
December 6th, 2001, 03:20 PM
This is a request I have had for a while. It would be great if AN implements a) categories for meetings, and b) a view by category.
The need's description:
I almost always have some meetings that do not have an easy-to-specify pattern but they have an easy-to-specify conceptual theme. For example, I hold office hours for students (I am a university professor) that repeat from week to week but are intentionally chosen not to follow a pattern (to minimize scheduling conflicts with students). The way AN is now, it is not easy for me to answer the question "when do you have office hours?" (in order to do so I need to scan the whole week to answer fully). With AN 5.0, I realize that I *can* use the weekly block view with icons ans see them that way. But this assumes I have a single icon for such meetings and this is not always the case because there are sub-categories (and hence different icons) within the broader category.
Another example: when I go to a professional conference, I enter the talks I want to attend as meetings. These do not follow a "nice" pattern, so I cannot memorize them, I rely on my PDA. Again, the talks may fall into 4 or 5 different subcategories (by topic), but they can all be nicely classified under a category named "Conference".
Suggestion:
Have categories for meetings and a view for categories. I envision the view being a chronological list with one line per meeting (with its associated icon listed as well).
The need's description:
I almost always have some meetings that do not have an easy-to-specify pattern but they have an easy-to-specify conceptual theme. For example, I hold office hours for students (I am a university professor) that repeat from week to week but are intentionally chosen not to follow a pattern (to minimize scheduling conflicts with students). The way AN is now, it is not easy for me to answer the question "when do you have office hours?" (in order to do so I need to scan the whole week to answer fully). With AN 5.0, I realize that I *can* use the weekly block view with icons ans see them that way. But this assumes I have a single icon for such meetings and this is not always the case because there are sub-categories (and hence different icons) within the broader category.
Another example: when I go to a professional conference, I enter the talks I want to attend as meetings. These do not follow a "nice" pattern, so I cannot memorize them, I rely on my PDA. Again, the talks may fall into 4 or 5 different subcategories (by topic), but they can all be nicely classified under a category named "Conference".
Suggestion:
Have categories for meetings and a view for categories. I envision the view being a chronological list with one line per meeting (with its associated icon listed as well).