[Design] Note on alarms

[selva r]

One might also point out that alarms are only useful
if you are nearby and hear them.  Most people other
than software developers do not spend the majority of
their time near a computer.  Hence, synching of
alarmed events to handhelds and smartphones like the
Treo would be critical for this to be really useful in
the mainstream consumer / small biz markets.

Regards,
Selva

 --- Don Dwiggins <don at dondwiggins.net> wrote: 
> Since there's a discussion on alarms in the devel
> list, I thought 
> I'd offer a bit on how I use features of Ecco
> alarms:
> 
> - The user can attach an alarm to any item, with a
> time for it to 
> go off.
> - An "independent" alarm can be set by the user (not
> associated 
> with any item or event).
> - When an alarm goes off, it brings up a dialog
> (natch).  Part of 
> the dialog is a control allowing me to push the
> alarm ahead by a 
> certain amount ("I'm busy now; come back in 15
> minutes").  Once in 
> a while, I'll push an alarm ahead several times ("Go
> check if the 
> laundry's done yet").
> - Alarms can be associated with tickler items and
> appointments, 
> and set to go off a certain amount ahead of time, at
> the time, 
> and/or after the time.  (Actually, one can set
> several alarm 
> times, e.g. 1 week, 3 days, one day ahead.)
> 
> FWIW,
> --
> 
> Don Dwiggins	          "The capacity to blunder
> slightly is the
> don at dondwiggins.net        real marvel of DNA."
>                              -- Lewis Thomas, The
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