Dear Google Calendar Web Client,

I really like that you provide notifications to remind me when I've got a meeting in 10 minutes. I really don't like when you seize control of my browser and switch what tab I'm on to give me this reminder, specially when I'm in the middle of typing something and suddenly I've got a half formed sentence on some other window somewhere and I need to spend the next 5 minutes getting back to it and finishing my thought...

Why can't you offer up a browser notification instead?! Or is there a way to have you do that now that I just don't know about?
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by:Enrique Rodriguez
That feature always startles me too.
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by:Craig Kehler
Under General Calendar Settings "Use browser notifications instead of interruptive alerts".

And yes modal dialogs are evil.
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by:Craig Kehler
Should have been a question though... where's my points!
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by:Brian Matis
OMG! Yes! Thank you Craig! I remember some time long ago looking for something like that and it must not have existed yet... So I've just sort of lived with it being that way. Glad I decided to rant about this ;-)
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by:Brian Matis
Oh, and if you put together an article with a tip about that, I'd totally endorse it to help you get points ;-)
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