I have an idea for the summary line at the bottom of the main bubbling page. I brought up the idea in another thread (
here), but it really should be its own idea...
...especially since I've added more to it. Let me show you first, then explain:
So, there's really three new ideas shown here:
(1) The first idea was that it would be helpful to see both the number of hours of activity, and the number of hours that have actually passed.
(2) And then I thought, well, why not also include little tick-marks in each column, showing how many bubbles have been filled in for each time slot?
(3) And lastly, I realized that notes are coming soon, and they might be in this space, so I added some asterisks as well, which could be used to indicate notes (with note content viewable by hovering over with the cursor, as shown).
(4) Idea not shown in the diagram above: maybe for time slots without a note, the symbol could be a little + instead of an asterisk!
The notes would likely be explaining why there may be no bubbles ticked in a column, or why there may be more than one bubble ticked in a column. At a glance, you can see whether either of those situations exist, because of the tick marks (or lack thereof).
Lastly, if it is less confusing to do multitasking, it should also be easier: forego pushing Alt. Just let multiple bubbles be permitted to exist in a column. Then bubbling is as easy as:
Click a bubble to fill or empty it.. The advanced technique of shift-clicking for a range would be as easy as: shift-click a bubble horizontal from one you just clicked, and whatever that click does to that bubble, do the same for all in between, and no others elsewhere. Information is never lost unless it is actively clicked to be removed!
BONUS BENEFITS:
- Ooops, did I make two bubbles on the same time slot unintentionally? Quick click fix. Good thing I could tell along the bottom edge that this happened!
- That old "acting like shift-clicking and erasing hours of data" bug would never be able to come up again (not that I'm doubting it's fixed!) because shift-clicking a range would just add multitasked activities...
I think I had thought of a few more benefits, but I've forgotten them, and I've babbled enough for now. What do you think?