It's not the summary table part of this that I think is
unclear, it's 
all the places in the system where we use
"redirection" or might use 
"redirection".   I put "redirection"
it quotes to distinguish the 
user-visible notion from the underlying implementation.

Ted

John Anderson wrote:
> I think Mimi has already nailed down how she thinks the
end-user 
> design ought to work. The following is taken from a
spec referenced in 
> Bug #2167: Who, Date, not always showing the right
attribute.
>
>     * *Who column*
>     * Notes, Tasks, Events - Who - Blank (to the user)
>     * Messages - Who (from) or (to) - Display *from* if
it's incoming
>       mail. Display *to* if it's outgoing mail.
>     * Shared messages - Who (from) or (to) - Display
*from* if the
>       sender is me. Otherwise, display *to*.
>
>     * *About column*
>     * [*OI^?
>       <http://w
iki.osafoundation.org/bin/edit/Glossary/OpenIssue?topicparen
t=Projects.SummaryTableViewSpec>*]
>       There is a proposal to change the About column to
be Subject for
>       all Kinds. Otherwise, it should be:
>     * Notes, Tasks, Calendar - About (Title) - Title
>     * Email - About (Subject) - Subject
>
>     * *Date column*
>     * The following proposal is contingent on the
ability to display
>       an icon in the same cell as text in the summary
table widget
>     * Which date to display in order of priority:
>          1. Calendar date (if Alarm date is dependent
on the Calendar
>             date: ie. 15 minutes before)
>          2. Alarm date (even if there is a calendar
date so long as
>             the alarm date is a custom date)
>          3. Date sent or Date received
>
> If you think this isn't the right way to go, you might
follow up with her.
>
> John
>


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