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Comment	>> 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.
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