Use an icon for "No Priority"!

Support related problems and questions

Moderators: TerryRogers, Max

Post Reply
lk
Guru
Posts: 189
Joined: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:03 pm
Has thanked: 39 times
Been thanked: 9 times

Use an icon for "No Priority"!

Post by lk »

Hi there,

it's me again, with a minor UI quirk:

There are 7 "Priority" levels in the "Tasks" and "Appointment" modules. 6 of them have a small icon associated with it, the seventh ("No Priority") hasn't. If you create or edit a task or appiontment, the priority descriptions are aligned vertically in the corresponding listbox, although "No priority" doesn't show an icon. This looks nice:
Priority_listbox.png
Priority_listbox.png (3.44 KiB) Viewed 976 times
However, in the "Today" module, task names with "No priority" are misaligned due to the missing "No priority" icon, which looks a little messy:
Priority_today.png
Priority_today.png (4.01 KiB) Viewed 976 times
The easiest solution to this could be to create an icon for "No priority": Transparent, blank, a single dot in its centre or whatever:
Priority_today_suggestion.png
Priority_today_suggestion.png (3.77 KiB) Viewed 976 times
lk

(EPIM Pro 8.66.1 Lifetime on Windows 8.1 64 bit)
Max
Site Admin
Posts: 21714
Joined: Wed Dec 08, 2004 11:39 pm
Has thanked: 819 times
Been thanked: 364 times
Contact:

Re: Use an icon for "No Priority"!

Post by Max »

Thank you for the suggestion, noted!
Maxim,
EPIM Team
lk
Guru
Posts: 189
Joined: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:03 pm
Has thanked: 39 times
Been thanked: 9 times

Re: Use an icon for "No Priority"!

Post by lk »

Any progress on this? The current behaviour with the non-indented text if no priority is set is at least inconsistent (see the screenshots above) and IMHO really ugly!

lk
admin
Site Admin
Posts: 15601
Joined: Thu Nov 25, 2004 3:12 am
Has thanked: 1411 times
Been thanked: 984 times

Re: Use an icon for "No Priority"!

Post by admin »

We don't think including an additional empty space for tasks with no priority is the best solution here. I'm personally sure not everyone will like it. So if you have any other suggestions regarding this small inconsistency, please feel free to share, will gladly discuss it internally. Thanks!
Android version of EssentialPIM. Keep all your data in sync!
lk
Guru
Posts: 189
Joined: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:03 pm
Has thanked: 39 times
Been thanked: 9 times

Re: Use an icon for "No Priority"!

Post by lk »

Hm... it's just the "Today" view in the rightmost column which shows this inconsistency. If you create (or edit) a task or appointment, the behaviour is exactly the way you just rejected!

Anyway, I suggested an alternative above: A small dot in the centre of the whitespace. See this mockup:
Today.png
Today.png (3.51 KiB) Viewed 729 times
(Of course this dot should be used also when creating/editing tasks or appointments in order to keep it consistent.)

lk
admin
Site Admin
Posts: 15601
Joined: Thu Nov 25, 2004 3:12 am
Has thanked: 1411 times
Been thanked: 984 times

Re: Use an icon for "No Priority"!

Post by admin »

Thanks, noted.
Android version of EssentialPIM. Keep all your data in sync!
Post Reply