Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!bcsaic!snicoud@boeing.com From: snicoud@boeing.com (Stephen L Nicoud) Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look Subject: Missing Calendar Manager features Keywords: calendar manager, open windows Message-ID: <49016@bcsaic.UUCP> Date: 7 Jun 91 23:18:58 GMT Article-I.D.: bcsaic.49016 References: <1991Jun6.213712.17782@erg.sri.com> Sender: nntp@bcsaic.UUCP Organization: Boeing Computer Services Research and Technology, Bellevue, WA USA Lines: 46 Originator: snicoud@atc.boeing.com In article <1991Jun6.213712.17782@erg.sri.com> bigmac@erg.sri.com (Bryan McDonald) writes about problems with Sun's Calendar Manager. To add to the list of features lacking in Calendar Manager (BTW, I'm only just now using V3Beta, so some of the stuff may not apply anymore). - ability to handle appointments which repeat on particular days of a month (e.g., Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of November, my skydiving club meets on the second Tuesday of every month). - An indication in the CM icon that there are/are not entries for the current day. - BUG: When having appointments for which mail is to be sent at the same time, CM sends two copies of one of the appointments. - Permission capability which would allow restricting the writing/modification of an appointment to the "author". For example, if a colleague wants to get on my calendar, I want to give him the capability to add an appointment. I don't, however, want him to be able to modify/delete any appointment except for the one he authored. - Allow mail to be sent in minutes and/or hours before a time rather than just hours and the ability to specify an exact date and time for the mail to be sent (so I don't have to figure back from the appointment beginning time to the time I want the mail sent). - Allow pop-ups to be displayed at the same time on terminals of other people (similar to adding userids for mail). - Allow user to specify the default mail address for mail messages, the repeat intervals for days/weeks/etc., the default for abbrev. size/full size. - In the day view, shading, or with an arrow indicating, the length of an appointment (similar to what is seen in the week view). Just a few thoughts, Stephen -- Stephen L Nicoud uw-beaver!bcsaic!snicoud Boeing Computer Services Research and Technology, Computer Science Bellevue, Washington USA "I ask unananimous consent to revise and extend my remarks."