This move would free up space to display e-mail messages or contacts.
Must all tasks be segregated from our other appointments? While it's nice that we can view tasks in their area on the side of the calendar, it would be more logical to let tasks appear directly in the calendar, especially when there's a due date associated with a task. This would both highlight the information and not penalize me by reducing space for other appointments. I wish there was a way for Outlook to display these special items next to the date. That last meeting is hidden because I took up the top line to show the name of your destination. During a busy three-day trip to say, Paris, I can see only five of my six scheduled meetings for the day. However, there's a snag with this scheme on my notebook screen in 1,024-by-768 resolution. Or they use appointments to highlight important events, like your significant other's birthday, or your anniversary. Many frequent travelers use appointments to show where they will be on a specific day, such as Paris or New York. Outlook wastes space that could be better used for meetings and other important information. But it's a silly feature for a dynamic, digital calendar. Or the developers worry that we will forget which month we're in. Perhaps this interface is a holdover from our centuries of experience with printed calendars. While it's conceivable that some people use Outlook as a journal, the very name of the program suggests that most users care more for what's ahead than for what's behind them. To see the future, I must click to next month's view. But as the month goes on, the relevant future shrinks, until only a single week or just a few days are shown. At the beginning of the month, this display is fine, as the whole month of activities and tasks is presented for my consideration. What's the difference? When I go to my calendar and use the Month view (my default), it displays the weeks of the month and highlights the current day. We really want to know the month ahead, or more accurately, the next 30 days or so from today's date. In an effort to boost the productivity of the entire world-OK, really just to make my life easier-I hereby offer a short list of suggestions for the next version.įor some reason, the developers of personal information managers think their users are interested in the current month.
What's more, any flaw or inconsistency in Outlook results in the loss of time for millions of persons. And like any piece of software that we really get to know, it's the little things that can drive us batty. It's no longer just an application, it's become a productivity platform, an integral part of the everyday life of countless persons. Commentary Microsoft may call Outlook a personal information management and communication solution, but it encompasses much more than what's described by that simple label.
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