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Does anyone have any suggestions of how best to allow a user state their general availability?

Scenario: managing appointments

Further info: The user in their profile has the ability to set the times they are generally available. See screen shot for an idea.

What I was looking for was either alternative patterns for this or other suggestions. enter image description here

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Are these the only possible time ranges? Are users able to create fine grain set of times? – JeffH Jul 5 '12 at 13:31
Yes and no :) The idea isn't a fully blown booking system. The actual booking will happen outside the system. So this is to purely give an indication on when the user is usually available. – Sheff Jul 5 '12 at 13:53
Is it only the times or they can also be available all days at a certain time, then you need to think about that dimension too. – ghislaineguerin Jul 11 '12 at 15:54

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I would consider flipping the X and Y axis, so the days of week becomes column header. This is how most calendars are formatted, so it's good to stick with convention.

I would also put duration, since the night shift is two times longer than other shifts.

Nice-to-have:

Some kind of validation that alerts users of potentially invalid selections. (e.g. selecting more than 16 hours availability per day)

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What if they want to make themselves available for the entire 24 hour period? – Matt Rockwell Jul 12 '12 at 19:43

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