Feature Request: Enhanced display of timestamps

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While we're out re-thinking email, maybe we should re-think how we display
timestamps in Wave.  

When looking at a new wave it is easy to tell the sequence of messages (and
duration between blips) because the time is displayed to the minute. 
However, if the blip is over a day old then the time is only displayed to
the day.  Is there somehow we could enhance the we we display timestamps so
that -
1. the interface is still kept "clean"
and
2. All timestamps are accessible down to the minute.
?

Potential solutions:
- OnMouseOver display complete time
- Toolbar buttom (or something) to toggle date display

Any other ideas?

Do people agree that this would be helpful?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by SamHi...@gmail.com on 12 Jun 2009 at 8:41

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Original comment by austin.c...@gmail.com on 16 Jun 2009 at 5:57

• Changed state: Acknowledged
• Added labels: ApiType-None, Internal-1920916
• Removed labels: ApiType-Gadgets

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I'm in favor of an user-option in settings to control how the timestamp is 
displayed. I prefer to have the full date 
always, even if it's the current date. This is because I often cut and paste 
text (not just in Wave but in many apps) 
and I want to preserve the actual date and author associated with the text.

As I know this is not the preferred date format of many people, I think it 
should be a user-defined preference. 

BTW, if you do copy and paste a document/blip (not using the copy to new wave 
command), the creator info is 
preserved but not the date info. I would like both.

Original comment by msinclai...@gmail.com on 28 Jul 2009 at 1:11

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Or maybe a "smart" feature that might group sequences of messages together 
based on 
their relative input time. Messages that were entered within a short time-span 
(when 
both users were online and actively editing the wave) display hour and minute 
stamps 
while only the first blip in the sequence displays the date.

Of course I think it's tricky to emphasize the grouping of messages in the 
interface, 
unless the grouping is restricted to strictly elements o a sub-thread.

Original comment by victor.p...@gmail.com on 2 Dec 2009 at 10:41

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Since the date + time is known form the start (on the same day the timestamp is
displayed the whole day) adn since there is always 1 blank line under the time 
(or
date, from the next day on), maybe the easiest solution is the most obvious one?

Jan 28
4:25 pm

The available space is sufficient, bcs of the presence of the avatar...

Original comment by kayaz...@gmail.com on 3 Feb 2010 at 3:52