OK - Before anyone says "thats fixed in Outlook 12" I am going to say - I am only writing this for 2003 and didn't specifically check out the Outlook 12 appointment scheduling feature @ PDC.
I had to do nasty US timezone scheduling when I was in Australia and now I need to do nasty Australia scheduling now I'm in the US.
So I am preparing to go back to Australia in a few days and need to hook up my flights for once I'm back.
Because I fly into BNE at about 8am Sunday and then on Monday night I'm catching the reddest eye I can find (9.30pm Monday night to Melbourne 2.5 hours)... its not that red but this is in Australia (sidenote: Looks like the Red Eyes are on hold in the US because of Fuel dramas - so you can't say travel is better over here!).
Anyway so I am scheduling my appointments in another timezone - have you ever had to do that? If it wasn't for the Timezone converter that came with the Windows XP Partner Pack I'd be in a world of pain.
I've mocked up a screen which I think should 100% be included in Office 12 and possibly retro-fitted in the form of a mandatory critical hotfix for Office 11 :)
It basically consists of a few things:
1) Add a TimeZone drop down - so when you are scheduling appointments you can select the timezone
2) Make the Private Button more obvious because right now things like "Get the Car Washed" in my calendar are public because I never stray down to the bottom right corner.
ps. I did the fanastic drawing on the new Wacome tablet Korby (Product Manager of GotDotNet, or as I typo'd the other day GodDotNet) gave me at CodeSlam (BAM!).
BTW before anyone heckles me for flying Virgin Blue, Qantas was full! - and you are more than welcome to stalk me at either airport.
Posted
Oct 06 2005, 01:45 PM
by
anguslogan