[Tickets #14576] Re: Reminders set to 0 minutes are silently discarded

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Ticket-URL: https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/14576
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  Ticket           | 14576
  Aktualisiert Von | wahnes at uni-koeln.de
  Zusammenfassung  | Reminders set to 0 minutes are silently discarded
  Warteschlange    | Kronolith
  Version          | 4.2.19
  Typ              | Bug
  Status           | Unconfirmed
  Priorität        | 2. Medium
  Milestone        |
  Patch            |
  Zuständige       | Ralf Lang (B1 Systems GmbH)
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wahnes at uni-koeln.de (2018-09-15 14:53) hat geschrieben:

> I wonder what the usecase is for such an alarm.

I don't see much of a point in questioning the motives of anyone in  
need of a "on-time reminder". All other PIM applications that I am  
aware of support this, and so does the iCalendar standard.

An "on-time reminder" might be useful e.g. for phone calls that need  
to be made at a certain time when the called party is available. Most  
likely you don't need to place that call at the very second of the  
event's time as entered into your calendar?a few minutes in won't hurt  
anyone. So an on-time reminder would be fine. Of course one could  
argue that a phone call would be something that ought to be put into  
the task list rather than the calendar. But to me, that kind of  
argument is pretty much on the "you're holding it wrong" track. If  
people want that in their calendar, why not let them?

Or suppose you're in a office setting and want to put a reminder into  
your calendar for an appointment that will take place in your office  
where a coworker is supposed to join you. If he shows up a few moments  
early, he will interrupt your work by knocking on your door, you will  
have your meeting, and all is fine. But if he's not there on time, you  
might want to have a reminder to call him at the scheduled time.

I'm sure one could think of many more occasions where reminders at the  
time of an event's start time are appropriate, e.g. a working  
environment with less strict punctuality rules where everyone is used  
to meetings really starting five minutes past the hour when the  
nominal start is on the full hour spot. But still, that's not really  
the point here. The point is that on-time reminders for calendar  
events are a common thing and that Kronolith should support this.