Comments on: Annoying Outlook bugfeature: defaulting the day as free when its an all day event http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2005/11/07/annoying-outlook-bugfeature-defaulting-the-day-as-free-when-its-an-all-day-event/ An industry analyst blog looking at software ecosystems and convergence Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:35:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gordon Haff http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2005/11/07/annoying-outlook-bugfeature-defaulting-the-day-as-free-when-its-an-all-day-event/comment-page-1/#comment-720 Gordon Haff Wed, 09 Nov 2005 00:25:37 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/wp/?p=389#comment-720 I imagine the "thinking" (such as it was) probably involved using all-day for events like birthdays that are, indeed, all-day events but don't actually take up time directly. But I find the default annoying as well. I also wish that there were another category in addition to Busy and Out-of-Office. Those don't really capture mobility well--i.e. the difference between out-of-office busy and not in the office but available. I imagine the “thinking” (such as it was) probably involved using all-day for events like birthdays that are, indeed, all-day events but don’t actually take up time directly. But I find the default annoying as well.

I also wish that there were another category in addition to Busy and Out-of-Office. Those don’t really capture mobility well–i.e. the difference between out-of-office busy and not in the office but available.

]]> By: Colin Walker http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2005/11/07/annoying-outlook-bugfeature-defaulting-the-day-as-free-when-its-an-all-day-event/comment-page-1/#comment-719 Colin Walker Mon, 07 Nov 2005 21:24:22 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/wp/?p=389#comment-719 This has come up so often but it appears that there's never been a change. About the best option I've come across would be to create a custom form for all day events with the status forced to Busy: <a href="http://www.windowsitpro.com/MicrosoftExchangeOutlook/Article/ArticleID/37535/37535.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.windowsitpro.com/MicrosoftExchangeOutlook/Article/ArticleID/37535/37535.html</a> This has come up so often but it appears that there’s never been a change. About the best option I’ve come across would be to create a custom form for all day events with the status forced to Busy:

http://www.windowsitpro.com/MicrosoftExchangeOutlook/Article/ArticleID/37535/37535.html

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