Please allow me to change event details for event invitations I've accepted

Peter Lairo

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Sep 21, 2012, 5:00:52 AM9/21/12

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Please allow me to change event details for event invitations I've accepted.

Is there a bug for this? Is nay developer interested in this?
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Peter Lairo

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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=436259
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=446444

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gNeandr

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Sep 21, 2012, 12:31:20 PM9/21/12

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On 21.09.2012 11:00, Peter Lairo wrote:
> Please allow me to change event details for event invitations I've
> accepted.
>
> Is there a bug for this? Is nay developer interested in this?

AFIU the RFC defines only the organizer is allowed to change the event
details.
Need to change the RFC first?

Peter Lairo

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Sep 22, 2012, 5:19:02 AM9/22/12

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As long as the local change doesn't affect the shared details, and as
long as the shared details are preserved (e.g., as a "View original
event details" tab), then there is no need to "change the RFC"[1], and
the very good reasons to give the user the control of his event details
prevail.

Note: Many event organizers are managers or secretaries who have little
knowledge or interest in providing adequate details for an event
invitation; they just want you to "be there" because they said so. The
interest and priorities between inviters and invitees are often very
different, and every invitee has different levels of details that they
want to have in "their" event.

[1] BTW: Referring only to the RFC and ignoring the users' needs is a
major reason OSS often fails to attract a majority of users; and e.g.,
*one* of the reasons why, unfortunately, Internet Explorer 4 + ActiveX
was successful and the "better" Netscape died).

gNeandr

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Sep 22, 2012, 9:36:35 AM9/22/12

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On 22.09.2012 11:19, Peter Lairo wrote:
> On Fr. 21.09.2012 18:31, gNeandr wrote:
>> On 21.09.2012 11:00, Peter Lairo wrote:
>>> Please allow me to change event details for event invitations I've
>>> accepted.
>>>
>>> Is there a bug for this? Is nay developer interested in this?
>>
>> AFIU the RFC defines only the organizer is allowed to change the event
>> details.
>> Need to change the RFC first?
>
> As long as the local change doesn't affect the shared details, and as
> long as the shared details are preserved (e.g., as a "View original
> event details" tab), then there is no need to "change the RFC"[1], and
> the very good reasons to give the user the control of his event details
> prevail.
>
> Note: Many event organizers are managers or secretaries who have little
> knowledge or interest in providing adequate details for an event
> invitation; they just want you to "be there" because they said so. The
> interest and priorities between inviters and invitees are often very
> different, and every invitee has different levels of details that they
> want to have in "their" event.
>
> [1] BTW: Referring only to the RFC and ignoring the users' needs is a
> major reason OSS often fails to attract a majority of users; and e.g.,
> *one* of the reasons why, unfortunately, Internet Explorer 4 + ActiveX
> was successful and the "better" Netscape died).
>

How about copying the event for your "local" use?

Peter Lairo

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Sep 22, 2012, 4:05:14 PM9/22/12

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Then my calendar would show the event *twice*. Anyhow, I just tested it
(via copy & paste), and the copied event is also not editable.