Calendar:Server Based Invitation Handling

Server Based Invitation Handling

The following proposed change is needed to handle invitations send out by a calendar server.

Mock-up for a new link showing up in the calendar UI

The following change is needed to give the user feedback, that there are unhandled/open invitations on the server.

Interaction Description:

• The link 'Invitations (n)' appears only if at least one invitation has not been responded.
• (n) in the link shows the current number of 'open' invitations.

Mock-up for the Invitation Dialog

Interaction Description:

• Response ListBox content:
  • 'Click here to respond' default text to guide the user will be exchanged with 'I will decide later' if list box has been opened.
  • 'Yes, I will attend'
  • 'No, I will not attend'
  • 'I will decide later'
  • 'Remove from my calendar'

• Unconfirmed event invitations of the past will not be displayed except if it is a repeating event with a starting date in the past.
• Already confirmed and rejected invitation will not be displayed the next time the dialog is called.
• 'Tentatively' events are shown until they are events of the past, or they have been confirmed/rejected by the user.
• Response ListBox: 'Remove from my calendar' will send the 'No, I will not attend' status to the organizer and removes the event from the personal calendar
• (Default sorting is by or order of receipt. This is associated with 'Event Summary' column which is the default column).
• The 'Attend All Events' set all response list boxes to 'Yes, I will attend'
• The dialog is resizeable and the 'Event Summary' column gets stretched