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Date: January 22, 2007 3:01:23 PM PST
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Subject: [Bug 7798] New: Prompt to turn on timezones BEFORE
subscription
http://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7798
Summary: Prompt to turn on timezones BEFORE subscription
Product: Chandler
Version: 0.7
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: Calendar Service
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ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
When Mimi and I originally discussed the prompt to turn on
timezones, we agreed
to pop up the prompt dialog before publishing, but AFTER
subscribing, so we
could wait and see if the user subscribed to any timezoned events.
Unfortunately, making the timezone change after the fact has a heavy
performance penalty (it causes a big merge for any floating events
that were
being subscribed to). Also, now that I've experienced the after-
the-fact
dialog, it's pretty annoying.
I think it would be worth ALWAYS popping up the dialog before
subscribing, or
publishing, or importing. Yes, anti-timezone people would have to
see the
prompt once, but that doesn't seem like that heavy a cost.
I agree, it's not a heavy cost to have to see the prompt. However,
popping up the time zone prompt *before* subscribing to the
collection puts the user in the position of having to make a decision
before they have the information they need to make it. How will the
user know if they should turn on time zone support or not if they
don't know if the collection they're subscribing to has time zones or
not?
The pop-up should be: The collection you just subscribed to containes
time zone information. To view events and alarms correctly, we
recommend that you assign a time zone to your events and alarms as well.
I'm not sure I understand the performance issue. If the events being
subscribed to are floating, shouldn't they stay floating? Turning on
time zones only assigns a time zone to the users existing events,
correct?
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