Re: [Task Scheduler] scheduling flexibility

> we need to clarify use cases in terms of less time sensitive case.

Non-time-sensitive background tasks could work well for syncing data in the
background for later viewing offline:
- Social network stream
- Feed reader
- Weather app fetching forecast for your location
- Maps caching nearby map tiles
- etc

Meanwhile, the only use cases I can come up with for time-sensitive tasks
are:
- Calendar event notifications
- Alarm clock
- Countdown timer (egg timer)
And in all 3 of these cases a user-visible notification will be shown,
which I why I suggested the split in:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-sysapps/2013Nov/0039.html

Do you have other use cases for time-sensitive tasks that wouldn't involve
showing a user-visible notification?


On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Wonsuk Lee <wonsuk11.lee@samsung.com> wrote:

> Hi. Michael.
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> Thanks for interesting feedback. As a first stage, it seems we need to
> clarify use cases in terms of less time sensitive case.
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> Kr, Wonsuk.
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> *From:* mvanouwerkerk@google.com [mailto:mvanouwerkerk@google.com] *On
> Behalf Of *Michael van Ouwerkerk
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 05, 2013 10:36 PM
> *To:* public-sysapps@w3.org
> *Subject:* [Task Scheduler] scheduling flexibility
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> How do people feel about allowing for scheduling flexibility in the Task
> Scheduler API? The goal of this feature would be to save battery power. If
> the system has flexibility about when to precisely run a task, it could
> batch multiple tasks together, or only run tasks when the device is awake.
> This way, we could avoid waking up devices too frequently.
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> Some use cases require precise scheduling e.g. an alarm in the morning, or
> a cooking timer. But there are many tasks that are much less time
> sensitive, these could be scheduled flexibly e.g. syncing a news feed or
> auto-updating to a new version.
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> Any comments? My apologies if this issue has been discussed previously.
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> Regards,
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> Michael van Ouwerkerk
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