Brainstorm of calendar dogfood performance scenarios

This is simply a list (from a user's perspective) of what scenarios seem slow, or features that are confusing as a result of performance.

Scenarios

Keep in mind, these are on the Mac and we probably need to evaluate on all platforms.

• Switching between calendars
  • Select different calendars in the sidebar and the saturated one (in front) is slow to change.
  • This is also slow if you do it on the calendar canvas (click on an event that isn't on the infront calendar to select a new calendar).
• Switching between app areas
• Activating/Deactivating calendars - clicking on the checkbox
  • The user feedback isn't instantaneous so people keep clicking because they don't understand what it does.
• Importing a calendar takes a while - I can't do anything else with the app
• Synching calendars is also slow - I can't do anything else until the sync is done
• Double clicking to create a new event on the calendar
  • This takes some time to respond and often I do it twice so then I get 2 events and have to delete one.
• Drag an event to the Trash - it doesn't disappear immediately.
• Dragging to resize an event
• Dragging events on the calendar to a different - day/time.
  • I find it easier to edit the detail view because I always end up putting it in the wrong place.
• Switching between day and week view.
  • I clicked on monday (to display day), then Tues, then Wed. I had to wait for it to display all of them.
• Changing the calendar timezone isn't bad - could be some visual feedback that it's "working".
• Changing the timezone for an individual event (or making it floating). This for some reason seems slower than changing the entire view.
• Clicking the all-day checkbox to make a regular event and all-day one (and vis versa).
• Any edits in the detail view and having it update on the main calendar
  • Changing date/time
  • Changing the status
  • Changing the title
• Moving back and forth week to week using the arrows at the top of the calendar view.
• Clicking on the Mini cal to navigate weeks in the calendar
• Stamping and unstamping events as a communication - to send event notification.
• Stamping and unstamping events as tasks.
• Drag and drop events off the calendar canvas
  • So slow that it's hard to know it's working
• Selecting an event
• Deleting an event
• Launching and quitting the app

-- SheilaMooney - 24 Apr 2006