Bug 182075

Summary:	Korganizer month view usability issue: Switch to 5 row view instead of 6
Product:	[Applications] korganizer	Reporter:	Danas <dumas65>
Component:	monthview	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	bugs.kde.org, christophe, richard.bos, smartins, winter
Priority:	NOR
Version:	4.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Danas 2009-01-27 11:44:50 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.1.4)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

Let my say, that korganizer is one of my favorite apps. But I always avoided moth-view. It was to complex for my. Today i realized why..

My proposal is to use 5 row month view instead of 6. So, you can increase space for daily events and solve some usability and orientation problems. I will try to describe it more precise below. I'm nor usability nor English specialist, so excuse my for my language. 

In my smartphone or in google calendar moth view is very useful. It is easy understandable. All months are in 5 rows. All paper calendars use 5 rows too. 

Why 5 rows are better than 6:
1. 1 row is beginning of month 5 - is the end. In 6 rows months are jumping, and each month is displayed differently. So there is no fixed position of beginning and end. 
2. You can show only 1 moth (5 weeks). Now korganizer is showing 1,5 moths (6 weeks). And again position of 1 week is not fixed - it can be or in 1 or in 5 row and its disturbing. 
3. 5 row view will increase area for day event ant tasks in month view. 
4. It will look like standard calendar. It will be easier to switch from paper organizer to korganizer.

Comment 1 Christophe Marin 2009-01-27 12:06:30 UTC

switching to 5 weeks would bring others usability issues.

Example : take  03/2009, the 1st day is in the 9th week and the 31 is in the 14th one.

Comment 2 Danas 2009-01-27 14:47:09 UTC

Yes that's true. My smartphone on that case switches to 6 row view. No chances to do that in Korganizer? What about other time organizing software does it use 5 or 6 weeks calenders in moth view?

Maybe then simply to fix position of first week of moth should be in 1 row. So fix problem with 'jumping month.

Comment 3 Sergio Martins 2009-01-27 15:35:58 UTC

Sunbird for example, also switches between 5/6 rows when needed but korganizer's month view is a bit different, you can do stuff like use your scroll wheel to see half January and half February.

I think what we need is a config option to choose between a static month view (one that only shows one month at a time) and the one we have now.

Then this wish could be implemented (on the static month view).

Comment 4 Richard Bos 2009-01-28 23:12:27 UTC

I like this "a static month view (one that only shows one month at a time)"
more than the current view that korganizer provides.

So a +1 from me for this request.

Comment 5 Danas 2009-01-29 08:13:38 UTC

I just looked at evolution calendar. They use one color for current moth and another for other days. Maybe that good idea to, because I think there is no need to show weekends in other color in month view. 
Using other color for current moth will be more clear for user in both static and scrolling view. 

And I already voted for static view. :)

Comment 6 Sergio Martins 2009-03-23 14:40:23 UTC

SVN commit 943136 by smartins:

Always show day one in the first row when navigating. You can still use scroll to show it on other lines.

This fixes:
- inconsistent views while going forward then back again.
- "Go to today" sometimes shows last month, or next month.

BUG: 181998
BUG: 142355
CCBUG: 182075


 M  +4 -1      monthview.cpp  
 M  +2 -5      monthview.h  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=943136

Comment 7 Sergio Martins 2009-03-23 14:53:28 UTC

> Maybe then simply to fix position of first week of moth should be in 1 row. So
> fix problem with 'jumping month.

Done.

Ok, It now shows day 1 in the first row. I think this is enough to close the bug because it was the real problem, 5/6 rows was just a solution.

Agree?

Comment 8 Erik Quaeghebeur 2017-08-23 13:49:04 UTC

(In reply to Sergio Martins from comment #7)
> Ok, It now shows day 1 in the first row. I think this is enough to close the
> bug because it was the real problem, 5/6 rows was just a solution.
> 
> Agree?
Yes, I agree this bug can be closed as fixed ;-).

Comment 9 Allen Winter 2017-08-27 15:05:13 UTC

thanks for the feedback. resolving.