bug #409805 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=409805
I filled this bug, but I can't help but wonder if it is a bug or a design decision. In MS Outlook 2003 and some earlier versions, when you get a reminder, you have the option to postpone it or to dismiss it. A reminder isn't really gone until its dismissed. So if you close Outlook and reboot your computer, next time you open the program, your reminders come back. I have come to rely on this feature over the years of using Outlook. I use my calendar as a todo list, in a sense, using reminders to keep me appraised of deadlines. For a while now I've been using Evolution as my PIM and I've noticed a distinction between its alarms and Outlook's reminders. It seems there is no concept of dismissing alarms. You can snooze them, but as the bug above explains, if you reboot your computer, the alarms never come back. You can close the alarm dialog, which in a sense, single-handedly dismisses all of the alarms. However you don't exactly get to operate on individual alarms. I frequently find myself in the situation of either: a: leaving the alarm dialog open, which is bothersome since it always stays on top b: repeatedly snoozing alarms, which is what did with Outlook, but hoping and praying that I don't have to reboot my computer (and, by the way, if I snooze an alarm for 1 hour, the next time it pops up, it's default snooze time is set back to 5 min, where as in Outlook, the default time would be 1 hour, so I can continually post-pone my reminders in Outlook 1 hour at a time with just one click) c: making many lists on a notepad next to my computer or setting alarms on my cell phone for events that I fear I'll forget The net result is that I've actually suffered a severe loss of productivity by switching to Evolution from Outlook. I try and file bugs for things like this, but I get frustrated when my bugs languish, marked as unconfirmed. I'm a web application developer and am passionate about usability. I feel powerless to do much more than file bugs, though, as gnome/evolution hacking is far beyond my coding skills. I thought that maybe if I discussed my reasoning here, someone would would either confirm or refute my logic and the status of this bug might quickly get changed. I'd love to hear other's thoughts on the matter. -- Matthew Nuzum newz2000 on freenode _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
