[tw] Re: Why Can't TW do Alarms?

Thank you Jed, I will consider to adapt your elegant solutions in my next refactoring cycle! And next time I will ask for skilled support earlier in the process ;–) Cheers, Thomas -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To

[tw] Re: Why Can't TW do Alarms?

Ciao Thomas That sounds excellent! For me its better without sound, and only when the wiki is up. I don't like gizmos that take over your life, phones & computer. For me ToDoNow is my "business console" and its always upfront until 5pm. Then OFF. Looking forward to it. Thomas Elmiger wrote:

[tw] Re: Why Can't TW do Alarms?

Hi all, Just a short confirmation that you are all wrong ;–) At least for what I wanted and was able to do as an addition to ToDoNow like Josiah suggested.* – The user interface was the easy part. – Calculation of time differences and releasing a reminder or an alert in a timely manner was

[tw] Re: Why Can't TW do Alarms?

You are all wrong. :-) Modern web technologies allows some kind of notifications,at least I'm modern browsers like chrome or Firefox. I have plans to include them as part of NoteSelf features (not sure why ). I also plan to include this feature as part of the Android application. Regards --

[tw] Re: Why Can't TW do Alarms?

Agreed. I'm on that desktop, though. J. x Mark S. wrote: > ... TW (or any browser based solution) isn't dependable enough for alarms > away from the desktop. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and

[tw] Re: Why Can't TW do Alarms?

Skip the UI for setup if you have to. Even if alarm times have to put in a data tiddler, that's a start. On a practical basis, I find that checking my timed-tasks list (perhaps ToDoNow) every day first thing in the morning, then plugging in any timed events into an alarm system on a portable

Re: [tw] Re: Why Can't TW do Alarms?

some might say that the Crown Jewels were stollen anyway... Alex On 23 June 2017 at 12:28, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > PMario wrote: >> >> A "reminder" type of thing, should be easy to implement. One could just >> use the stuff from Cardo, if it had a license ... >> > >

[tw] Re: Why Can't TW do Alarms?

PMario wrote: > > A "reminder" type of thing, should be easy to implement. One could just > use the stuff from Cardo, if it had a license ... > Right! :-) That feels a bit naughty. Like stealing the Crown Jewels. J. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[tw] Re: Why Can't TW do Alarms?

Jed Carty wrote: > > What sort of alarms do you want? > The browser is limited in what it can do. If you always have the wiki open > in a browser and if that tab is always loaded than you may be able to have > the wiki do system notifications. > Right. So maybe a good starting point is that?

Re: [tw] Re: Why Can't TW do Alarms?

I wonder if anyone make something, the design could integrate with the timeline visualisation plugin and moment.js Alex On 23 June 2017 at 08:56, Mat wrote: > Jed Carty wrote: > > Doing time-based things isn't hard to do in javascript, the part that is >> lacking and

[tw] Re: Why Can't TW do Alarms?

Jed Carty wrote: Doing time-based things isn't hard to do in javascript, the part that is > lacking and that a lot of people assume is trivial is the user interface. > UI design isn't easy, in fact it is magically difficult. A few people have > made demos of time-based events in tiddlywiki but

[tw] Re: Why Can't TW do Alarms?

> > * Why Can't TW do Alarms?* > Not to mention coffee!!! Joking aside, I'd like that and it should be possible. Back in the GTD heydays, e.g mGSD featured it (still does, of course), there called "ticklers". If I recall, it needs for the browser to

[tw] Re: Why Can't TW do Alarms?

On Friday, June 23, 2017 at 3:30:56 AM UTC+2, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > > A few times in the last few months this has come up > > > * Why Can't TW do Alarms?* > Probably, because nobody did them? > > Is this intrinsic to its nature? > If the browser doesn't run, how should TW produce an

[tw] Re: Why Can't TW do Alarms?

What sort of alarms do you want? The browser is limited in what it can do. If you always have the wiki open in a browser and if that tab is always loaded than you may be able to have the wiki do system notifications. Doing time-based things isn't hard to do in javascript, the part that is