1497434 - soft reminder notifications for all events

Status: ASSIGNED

(Calendar :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

[Thought I'd filed this in the past, but apparently not.]

I would like to get a (native) notification for each event in my calendar. When I have a meeting, notify me 5 min in advance, and then again 1 min before. If the meeting has a link, let me just click it open right from there. Times ideally  configurable, per event category.

This is different from the reminder feature because that is far too aggressive. I just want a soft reminder that I'll see while I'm at the computer - to be handled at discretion.

Comment 1

[[:MakeMyDay]]

Can you specify what a (native) notification would look like for you? Using an OS notification?

What link are you referring to (an URL property, an ATTACH property, an uri in the event description or summary)?

Comment 2

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Well, native depends on the platform, what I was more thinking of was using the Notifications API (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/notification) and then let that handle out how to integrate with platform.

I'm not sure exactly which properties e.g. video calls should be in and which they are in for real. I suppose the URL is correct yes. But, that's for the details. The most important thing for me personally would be to get the gentle nudge in the first place.

Comment 3

[Philipp Kewisch [:Fallen] [:📆][:🧩]]

Pretty sure we had a bug on this back some time ago with a patch but for some reason we decided against it. May be time to revisit it. I'm pretty sure ssitter was involved, maybe he remembers?

Comment 4

[Stefan Sitter [:ssitter]]

Maybe you thought of Bug 329676 that I created 12 years ago?

Comment 5

[Philipp Kewisch [:Fallen] [:📆][:🧩]]

Yes, that's the one! Thanks for the link.

Comment 6

[Ping Chen (:rnons)]

Attachment: Bug 1497434 - Initial step to support soft reminder in CalAlarmService. r=darktrojan

Add calendar.alarms.shownotification pref, the idea is to allow user choose to use reminder dialog or notification, or both.

Comment 7

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/bdbff1173b00
Initial step to support soft reminder in CalAlarmService. r=darktrojan

Comment 8

[Ping Chen (:rnons)]

Attachment: Bug 1497434 - Support calendar level notification settings. r=darktrojan

Comment 9

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/d6b4520234c1
Support calendar level notification settings. r=darktrojan

Comment 10

[Ping Chen (:rnons)]

Attachment: Bug 1497434 - Add config UI for global and calendar level notifications. r=darktrojan,aleca

This patch introduces a <calendar-notifications-setting> element, then use it in prefs page for global setting, and in calendar-properties-dialog for calendar level setting.

Comment 11

[Alessandro Castellani [:aleca]]

Comment on attachment 9217943 [details]
Bug 1497434 - Add config UI for global and calendar level notifications. r=darktrojan,aleca

Thanks for the request, I'm adding some comments in phab.