Resource items

Status Proposal

Motivation A new kind of item that includes Notes, Word documents, Photos, MP3s...Resource items are persistent items that are relatively long-lived and live peaceful lives with comparatively low rate of changes. Things we generally think of as attachments.

Types of Resource items

• Note
• Word documents
• Excel spreadsheets
• Powerpoint presentations
• Images
• Audio
• Video
• Contacts (but they will be their own kind)

What can you do to a Resource item

• Email it / Share it
• Mark it as a task
• Put it on the calendar as a task
• Put it on the calendar as an event? [OI^?]
• Mark it as FYI
• Mark it as Needs to be filed
• Set a tickle date
• Label it in the "See also" section
• Chandler keeps track of versions of the resource item and always displays the latest version of the item in the collections where it's been filed
• Chandler maintains a distinction between Sending an update of a resource item and replying to a resource item

UI fallout

• Add resource button in the Mark-up bar: Email, Task, Calendar, Resource
• Add resource as an option when creating a new item
• Replace notes filter with resource filter on the Kind filter bar on the Sidebar

Workflow

1. New item
2. Click Resource button in Mark-up bar
3. Notes field says: Type notes here or DnD resource item here

-- MimiYin - 10 Jun 2004