Online version of MobileMe

kornyboy · Sep 30, 2008, 07:02 AM

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I really don't like the fact that the online version of MobileMe calendar will not let you create an alert when creating an event. Does this bother anyone else or is there a way to to it that I'm just not seeing? I wonder if it is something that just got missed in development or if it is intentionally not there for some reason. Anywho, what are your thoughts?

ballen420 · Sep 30, 2008, 08:47 AM

It's a disappointment to me as well. I haven't been able to figure it out, and from what I have read, it's not an option.

I also wish there was an ability to snooze a calendar alarm, like the way it works in Outlook.

I'm still in my trial phase, which luckily was extended a few months, and still on the cusp of whether or not to purchase. Hopefully they update the calendar alarms prior to my trial ending.

ggersch · Oct 1, 2008, 10:39 PM

I'll add my voice to the chorus here.

It's really annoying to add a bunch of calendar entries, which is clunky enough, and then have to go back through all the same entries on my phone to just add a 5 minute alert to each of them.

I'd never get to a meeting on time if it weren't for the alerts.

bogy · Oct 2, 2008, 07:19 AM

It makes no sense to me either, you can set alarms on the iPhone but not mobile calendar. I would hope such a basic function like this would be implemented easily and quickly.

bogy

rdowns · Oct 2, 2008, 07:40 AM

This is a glaring omission that is just inexcusable. What's the point of a calendar if you can't set a reminder? At a minimum, there should be a default reminder for any entry done online. I can't imagine this won't be fixed soon.

kornyboy · Oct 2, 2008, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by rdowns

This is a glaring omission that is just inexcusable. What's the point of a calendar if you can't set a reminder? At a minimum, there should be a default reminder for any entry done online. I can't imagine this won't be fixed soon.

Do you think Apple intentionally left it out due to some bug with the implementation or do you think that it was left out for some other reason? Maybe they thought "Why would anyone need to set a reminder online?" I'm completely agree that the capability should be there but I wonder what the reason behind the omission is.

rdowns · Oct 2, 2008, 07:49 AM

I would surmise that it was left out because of some technical issues although I'm not a programmer and can't imagine why.

Macsterguy · Oct 2, 2008, 07:57 AM

Based on promises made by Apple, this and other functionality should work at or around the 1st of the year. Then they gave us some free months of service... Merry Christmas

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kornyboy macrumors 68000 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Knoxville, TN (USA)	Wirelessly posted (iPhone: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/525.18.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.1 Mobile/5F136 Safari/525.20) I really don't like the fact that the online version of MobileMe calendar will not let you create an alert when creating an event. Does this bother anyone else or is there a way to to it that I'm just not seeing? I wonder if it is something that just got missed in development or if it is intentionally not there for some reason. Anywho, what are your thoughts? __________________ Stuff
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rdowns macrumors Penryn Join Date: Jul 2003	This is a glaring omission that is just inexcusable. What's the point of a calendar if you can't set a reminder? At a minimum, there should be a default reminder for any entry done online. I can't imagine this won't be fixed soon. __________________ 44% of Republicans think an ARMED REBELLION might be necessary in the next few years. So if you say most Reps are nuts, you'd be off by 7%. - Bill Maher
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rdowns macrumors Penryn Join Date: Jul 2003	I would surmise that it was left out because of some technical issues although I'm not a programmer and can't imagine why. __________________ 44% of Republicans think an ARMED REBELLION might be necessary in the next few years. So if you say most Reps are nuts, you'd be off by 7%. - Bill Maher
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Sep 30, 2008, 08:47 AM	#2
ballen420 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: South of Boston	It's a disappointment to me as well. I haven't been able to figure it out, and from what I have read, it's not an option. I also wish there was an ability to snooze a calendar alarm, like the way it works in Outlook. I'm still in my trial phase, which luckily was extended a few months, and still on the cusp of whether or not to purchase. Hopefully they update the calendar alarms prior to my trial ending.
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Oct 1, 2008, 10:39 PM	#3
ggersch macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2008	I'll add my voice to the chorus here. It's really annoying to add a bunch of calendar entries, which is clunky enough, and then have to go back through all the same entries on my phone to just add a 5 minute alert to each of them. I'd never get to a meeting on time if it weren't for the alerts.
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Oct 2, 2008, 07:19 AM	#4
bogy macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: NOVA	It makes no sense to me either, you can set alarms on the iPhone but not mobile calendar. I would hope such a basic function like this would be implemented easily and quickly. bogy
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