[Design] Proposal for a nag-reminder feature

Anton Angelo anton.angelo at otago.ac.nz
Sun Jan 15 19:05:14 PST 2006


Davor Cubranic wrote:
> Jeffrey Harris wrote:
> 
>> The challenge with reminders is to avoid overwhelming users with options
>> when they get a reminder.  If reminders can both be snoozed and repeat,
>> options for responding to reminders will probably need to look like:
>>
>> Snooze, Dismiss, Dismiss and stop repeating, Dismiss All
>>  
>>
> Why do you need "Dismiss All" when you have "Dismiss and stop repeating"?

When I synced my palm pilot with outlook for the first time it thought it 
needed to remind me of about 3,000 appointments over the last 5 years - 
"dismiss all" was a Good Thing.

I suppose my point is you may want to dismiss reminders for more than one 
event.

aa
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