Calendar:Server Based Invitation Handling

Server Based Invitation Dialog UI Specification

Specification Status
Author	Frank Loehmann
Last Change	Frank Loehmann 16:30, 04. October 2006 (PDT)
Status	Preliminary

Abstract

This specification covers the UI of the Invitation dialog needed to accept and reject event invitations delivered i.e. by a WCAP provider.

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

The "Invitation" link below the calendar subscription area gives the user a permanent entry point to the Invitation dialog. Furthermore it gives feedback how many unhandled/open invitations are on the calendar server. A number in brackets at the end of the link indicates how many new invitations are present. This number will be updated every 10 Minutes. If there aren't any invitations left "(0)" is being displayed.

"Invitation" Hyperlink

Property	State
Show:	Permanent.
On Click:	Opens the Invitation Dialog.
EN-US:	Invitations (n)
Ger:	Einladungen (n)

Interaction Description:

• The link 'Invitations (n)' appears permanent.
• (n) in the link shows the current number of 'open' invitations. Shows "0" if there is no unconfirmed inviation.

Invitation Dialog

The Invitaition dialog uses the same dialog layout Mozilla updates or downloads dialog using a rich list box control.

String Table for Inviation Dialog

Property	State
Dialog Title EN-US:	Invitations (n)
Dialog Title Ger:	Rinladungen (n)
Label 1 EN-US:	Recurrence
Label 1 DE-Ger:	Wiederholungen
Label 2 EN-US:	Organizer
Label 2 DE-Ger:	Organisator
Label 3 EN-US:	Organizer
Label 3 DE-Ger:	Organisator

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

References

• Test Case Specification