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Logarithmic calendar view

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Re: Logarithmic calendar view

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maybe like this mockup i just made? http://create.ly/g7qpwcay1

I was thinking something like this that maintains a column format. http://i43.tinypic.com/zu2m2d.png

That is brilliant. I think I'm going to steal it for my next app, for integration sometime after the MVP is done.

Re: Logarithmic calendar view

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post #10

maybe like this mockup i just made? http://create.ly/g7qpwcay1

I like it. Here are some suggestions for anyone expanding this idea: - make each of the main boxes a little bit narrower so you can have a full week (1+6) in the top section, and a full second week (including full-sized weekend days) across the bottom - make the "flow" obvious somehow. A thicker line separating the top boxes from the bottom would help. Slightly darker or lighter background colors as you get farther f…

"Next week" shouldn't be at the day level- break it only into thirds... early- middle- late

Re: Logarithmic calendar view

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was thinking something like this that maintains a column format. http://i43.tinypic.com/zu2m2d.png

That is brilliant. I think I'm going to steal it for my next app, for integration sometime after the MVP is done.

Speaking of which, when do we get to hear about your new project?

Re: Logarithmic calendar view

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is so "obvious" that it would be very easy to "steal" the idea and not give credit to Marco. After all, you could always say you had the idea independently.

Unless you are doing cutting edge research, it's impossible to verify an idea you've invented independently is truly original or not. Even then, there's no guarantee (see: Newton and Leibniz). So I'm not really sure what point you are trying to make.

Oh, I was merely emphasizing ambition's point in a roundabout, non-serious way (I'm not suggesting that people don't give credit to Marco).

I don't agree that it's impossible to know if an idea is original or not. For instance, on one extreme, if 2 composers published a very similar concerto at about the same time, it would be assumed one of them plagiarized the other. On the other extreme, if you're working on an arithmetic problem and there's only one answer, then of course no one would be accused of plagiarism.

Re: Logarithmic calendar view

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post #28
post #10

maybe like this mockup i just made? http://create.ly/g7qpwcay1

I was thinking something like this that maintains a column format. http://i43.tinypic.com/zu2m2d.png

I'd like that a little better if it had one or two past elements for each zoom level (eg., the first column is fine, the second column needs a "yesterday" and probably a "today" for grounding, the third column needs last week, and the last column needs to be 12 months starting 1 or 2 or 3 months ago)

Re: Logarithmic calendar view

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The Backpack Calendar has a default 6 week view with the current week at the top. The only way to see previous weeks is to expressly go back in time. Otherwise, you're always looking at this week + 5 more weeks ahead. http://backpackit.com/calendar

Google Calendar, too, has a very useful three week view which does the same thing.

Re: Logarithmic calendar view

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I can't access google calendar at the moment (at work), but when I use it i have it in a view that only shows the next 7 days. This ticks one of the boxes this guy's talking about. As for having an expanded view of today, and a reducing detail view of the following days ... that's a great idea i think.

You know you can go to https://www.google.com/calendar/render ? Google Calendar is also blocked where I work, but using https does the trick.

i would give you 10 mod points if i could. thankyou so much for letting me plan my life again.

Re: Logarithmic calendar view

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is brilliant. I think I'm going to steal it for my next app, for integration sometime after the MVP is done.

Speaking of which, when do we get to hear about your new project?

When I have something interesting to say. I started work on it on Monday, for certain values of "work".
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