A week view that actually fits a week
The week is the unit people actually live in. It is also the hardest one to fit on a phone without turning it into soup.
What most people assume
That a week view on a phone is inevitably a compromise you tolerate.
What must survive the squeeze
Two things: where the free space is, and roughly how long each commitment runs. Titles can truncate, colours can carry the origin, but shape and gaps cannot be sacrificed.
Once shape survives, the view answers the question people bring to it — where does this fit — without anything being opened.
What can go
Full titles, locations, attendee lists. All of it is one tap away and none of it is needed to decide whether Thursday afternoon is free.
A week view crammed with detail is a list with extra steps.
The numbers
| What it describes | Value |
|---|---|
| Views the app offers, of which the week is one | 5 |
What it looks like
What to do
- Use week for placing things and day for working through them.
- Colour by account so origin reads without titles.
- If you cannot see the gaps, the view is too dense to be doing its job.