Timeline for Display an overdue task on task list
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| Aug 18, 2016 at 8:41 | comment | added | Nelson | If the bars had black text overlaying them indicating the amount overdue then it'll be self-explanatory. I hope users will notice that majorly over due items will have longer red bars. You'll need to test out some extreme values though, and cap it in case someone uses this like they use e-mail (30 thousand unread messages? I have friends like that). | |
| Aug 18, 2016 at 4:48 | comment | added | DesignerAnalyst | In my humble opinion accuracy is not an issue in this case. The user needs to identify tasks with small overdue, midium overdue, big overdue and very big overdue. Also, the screen has a lot of text and adding a text message will overload the screen. | |
| Aug 17, 2016 at 14:19 | comment | added | user31143 | I don't think the bar really works. It's confusing, and there is no frame of reference to indicate what a particular bar size means. Why not a bold red message that says "X days overdue!"? | |
| Aug 17, 2016 at 5:05 | comment | added | DesignerAnalyst | @Majo0od You have a point, it will be difficult for users to understand the meaning the first time. But once the users understand it, it will be very easy to use. They will be able to identify overdues and big overdues in one glance. If it is more than a 100 days you may add a symbol at the end of the bar i.e. three dots . | |
| Aug 16, 2016 at 20:12 | comment | added | UXerUIer | Bars like that usually indicate progress for me, and what happens if it's 100 days over due? does it span all the way to the end? | |
| Aug 16, 2016 at 18:45 | history | answered | DesignerAnalyst | CC BY-SA 3.0 |