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iCal 1.5.2 Released
cigaar writes "iCal 1.5.2 has been released by Apple. You can download it through Software Update. From iCal's Help page: 'iCal 1.5.2 gives you the option of viewing your calendar, event, or To Do information in a drawer or in a separate window (using the Detach Info command in the Window menu), and includes improved alarm performance and other reliability enhancements.'"
I've been playing with iCal and WEB-DAV servers recently for work, and I really like iCal. But one thing I discovered today is that the synchronization doesn't run both ways -- a subscribed can't updated a calendar that someone else has published.
Which is a shame, because it would be a lot better than the ad-hoc mechanisms I've got right now.
Apple should make detaching a drawer part of the OS! For those of you that like drawers, great, but some people like them to be floating. They are first class windows to the OS so it would be possible without re-writing the drawer code.
Well, maybe on second though they should rather create a sub-class of drawer that is detachable and thus all FUTURE drawers could be detachable.
Is there any way using iCal to show ONLY the to-do list? I'm currently using Stickies for a to-do list and I'd like something more useful.
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For those of us with small screens, having to leave "room" for a drawer to pop out visibly is a waste. If I make iCal the width of the screen without the drawer, the drawer will just pop out off the screen and I'll have to move the iCal window over just to see it, losing the left side in the process. This is annoying.
I want to maximize the width of iCal so I can read more on the calendar. I can't do that if I need to leave space for a drawer to pop out.
Now, you could make an argument that having the detachable window is better for screen 'real estate' as you can leave just a little piece of it visible, behind the iCal main window, and click it to bring it forward.
IMO, the popup window is much better because now I don't have to resize or move the iCal window whenI want to see the info. By the way, you can pop up and close it with Command-I, which is a lot easier than mousing over to a visible piece of it.
Unless you have the horizontal space to pop out the drawer without it going offscreen, I think detachable window is easier to use. But you're right, we're entitled to our own opinions.
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It's your perception.
Perception is integral to the use of any GUI.
I believe the key is an individual's dependence (or lack thereof) on various perceived elements, that is really at work.
How about: Apple fixed an interface problem ? A major software company responded to user feedback ? A *really* robust iCal might someday interoperate with Entourage...
No, none of that is news. Some of it is speculation.
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I completely agree with this statement. I only point out that one's impression of a certain UI implementation as wrong doesn't necessarily make it so. Sometimes a method is demonstrably inferior. In this case, there are strong points for both drawer and windoid methods, and a strong split amongst the userbase as to which is appropriate -- the correct thing for Apple to do is to offer a choice. Which is of course what they did.
I find that often a UI method is strongly preferred by a user if it is the first way they have been exposed to. Alt-tab switching is a good example, or the endless vi vs. emacs debates.
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No, a really robust Entourage might one day interoperate with iCal. iCal already uses an established iCalendaring standard and can already use Outlook's iCalendar files. I'm not sure what Entourage uses.
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