I am equally perplexed - the way MS Outlook behaves proves beyond a doubt that coders are detached from reality - who would NOT want a rolling month window?
I addition to what has been said already, personally I would like last week at the top, current week as second row, and future weeks below that. To me it is useful to also see last week's activities.
The ongoing Outlook switch between zero past weeks and four past weeks depending on day of the month is helter-skelter nonsense. Anyone with 2 cents of UI research experience cannot deny that consistency is the hallmark of good design.
Note someone else who finds this to be a shortcoming:
http://aspadvice.com/blogs/ssmith/archive/2006/01/29/Outlook-Calendar-Default-Month-View.aspx
The response by Redmond apologists will naturally be to adopt the MS view of the calendar. Changing the way I work is less of a headache than trying to get an MS product to do what I actually want.
In case any real MS coder reads this - I cannot see why a monthly view option along the lines of "start with first day of the month", "start with last week", or "start with current week" on top, would gum up the works.
Thomas
Brian Tillman wrote:
Re: How to Set Current Week at Top of Month View
31-Mar-08
Some may consider it a flaw. Others don't. Outlook will show the current
month, with the week containing the first day of the month at the top, and a
total of five weeks. There is no way to have Outlook display a rolling
list, with the current week at the top. You can certainly have Outlook view
the entire month or only the weeks you wish by clicking and dragging within
the Date Navigator, but that view will revert of you leave the view then
return.
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How to Set Current Week at Top of Month View
This is where Outlook calendar really breaks down. In month view, today
doesn't even show up on my screen because it is on the fifth row of the
calendar. I can't find any way to point the calendar permanently to set the
current week on top in month view. It's unbelievable products can make it
out of beta testing with such flaws. Any help?
Chris
Re: How to Set Current Week at Top of Month View
Some may consider it a flaw. Others don't. Outlook will show the current
month, with the week containing the first day of the month at the top, and a
total of five weeks. There is no way to have Outlook display a rolling
list, with the current week at the top. You can certainly have Outlook view
the entire month or only the weeks you wish by clicking and dragging within
the Date Navigator, but that view will revert of you leave the view then
return.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
Re: How to Set Current Week at Top of Month View
it would show today if you were not using compressed weekends.
http://www.slipstick.com/calendar/wrongweek.htm
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Re: How to Set Current Week at Top of Month View
:
Thanks, Brian. At least your answer tells me there is no 'fix.' It's hard
to conceive of how some folks don't consider it a flaw. I can't even see
today's schedule without additional clicking every time I check it. Even if
this is the default view, at a minimum there should be customizable options
to, for example, put the current week at the top of the calendar.
Chris
If you need to see today on top, use the week view.
If you need to see today on top, use the week view. If you want the whole
month, uncompress weekends. To see two or more weeks, see
http://www.slipstick.com/calendar/2wk_cal.htm.
Every time a user customizable option is added it has the potential to add
bugs to previously working features so only features which are heavily
requested are considered. Many that are considered are determined to have
unwanted side effects. While I don't know where this request falls, I do
know most people either don't care or use the week view.
Outlook has always worked like this and complaints only come up once or
twice a year - during long months when compressed weekends mess up the
calendar. While this wasn't the reason compressed weekends was removed from
Outlook 2007, there will be fewer support calls from Outlook 2007 users
thanks to its removal. (Compressed weekends were removed for calendar
overlay support.)
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It's not just a problem today, it's a fundamental flaw in the design.
It's not just a problem today, it's a fundamental flaw in the design. Even
last week, the calendar showed only one week of the future. Why should the
default view in the calendar show prior periods? Calendars are primarily
used to plan future events.
Can you point me to where I can change the 'compressed weekend' view? I
don't see it on the 'options' menu.
Chris
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EDIT - I found the instructions to change the 'compressed weekend' in the link
EDIT - I found the instructions to change the 'compressed weekend' in the
link you attached. Thanks. However, it still doesn't fix the issue. March
1 was on Saturday, the last day of the first row in Outlook, so the calendar
still only shows five weeks ending March 29.
:
the monthly calendar is modeled on the wall calendar design - it doesn't
the monthly calendar is modeled on the wall calendar design - it doesn't
change each week, it changes monthly.
right click on the grid, choose other settings and deselect compress
weekends.
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Re: How to Set Current Week at Top of Month View
I clicked the Today button on the Standard toolbar and Outlook rolled the
calendar down a week so that the top line contains March 2 through 8 and the
bottom line contains March 30 through April 5.
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