Comprehensive Recurrence Rules: Attempt Number One

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See also:

• PreviewRecurrenceSpec
• 0.6 Recurrence Spec

1. What are the different classes of changes users can/will make to Recurring Events?

Change to recurrence rule

• Adding a recurrencerule
• Expanding the recurrence interval
• Contracting the recurrence interval
• Getting rid of recurrence

Change to recurrence end date

• Adding an end date
• Moving an end date out
• Moving an end date in
• Moving an end date to before the first occurrence

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Changes to the start date/time of the event

• Moving the start date/time up
• Moving the start date/time back
• Moving the start date/time so that it exceeds the recurrence interval

Changes to the end date/time of the event

• Moving the end date/time up
• Moving the end date/time back
• Moving the end date/time so that it exceeds the recurrence interval

Dragging an Dropping an event on the calendar canvas

• Moving the event
• Moving the event so that it exceeds the recurrence interval

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Changes to Triage Status

• Manually changing triage status in the Dashboard view
• Manually changing triage status in the Calendar view
• Auto-triaging onDateChange
• Tickling to NOW on alarms and event start date/times

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Changes to the Address stamp

• Adding and Removing Addressing fields
• Adding, Removing and Editing Addressees

Changes to Task stamp

• Adding to and Removing from the Task list

Changes to the Calendar stamp

• Adding to and Removing from the Calendar

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Add and Moving Recurring Events to other Collections

Remove and Delete

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All other changes

• Byline
• Title
• Location
• Event status
• Alarms
• Notes

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2. For each of the changes listed in list #1, what are all the different contextual factors that will affect the way the app behaves?

How did you edit the Recurring Event?

• Editing the Detail View fields
• Dragging and Dropping on the calendar canvas
• Keyboard shortcut or (Context) Menu item
  • Remove and Delete
  • Cut, Copy, Paste

Is the occurrence you're editing:

• Modified
• Not-modified

Where in the recurring series are you making a change:

• Middle occurrence
• Frst occurrence
• Last occurrence

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3. If you take each of the changes in list #1 and feed them through every combination of contextual factors in list #2, how does the app behave?

How are other attributes affected on the event?

How does it change the recurrence edit dialog: What's enabled, what's disabled?

• All Events
• Future Events
• Only This Event

What happens when you:

• Apply to All Events
• Apply to Future Events
• Apply to Only This Event

How does it affect other instances in the series?

• Modified instances
• Un-modified instances

-- MimiYin - 27 Apr 2007