[Goodies-dev] Datetime maintainer (Remco, are you out there?)

[Mike Massonnet]

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 12:01:07PM -0500, Diego Ongaro wrote:
> For myself, I've removed the date entry field from the popup. It's
> buggy (e.g., Bug #4023, fails if you have no %Y in your date format),
> redundant (the calendar fully specifies the date otherwise, that's
> what they're for), and visually unappealing.

It is exactly this date I am always looking at when I have to note down
the year, month and day without having to convert the name of the month
to a number[0].  Perhaps add a tooltip with that information on the
panel plugin widget, and click to see the little calendar.

> Also for myself, I've added a preference to not show week numbers in
> the calendar. I don't find these at all useful, personally, and find
> they clutter the popup with additional numbers.

Myeah, I think they are part of a calendar and that it should just
remain as simple as it is by default.  Options are always welcome.

> Regarding the last two items (date entry field and week numbers), I'd
> really like to hear your opinions. I welcome any other datetime users
> to voice their opinions as well.
> 
> -Diego Ongaro

My 2 quarters,
Mike
[0] Or by opening a terminal and reading my prompt, tho the click on the
plugin is quicker