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Google Calendar

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the google-everyday dept.

rickyb writes "After months of rumors and speculation, Google Calendar is now live. It features integration with Gmail, full iCal support, and a bunch of other goodies I'm just starting to discover. The wait is over!"

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  1. Quick report so far by lennart78 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I have been nosing around in it for a few hours now. The main thing that I still miss is the ability to sync with a PDA, but I'm sure that will be hacked into the app. at some point. Furthermore:
    * The user interface is pleasant, at least far more pleasant than any other web-based calendar I worked with before.
    * The abilty to search for and import iCal calendars is very nice.
    * You can manage multiple calendars from you account
    * Sharing calendars with other users seems to work nicely

    All in all, a decent start...

  2. Re:Submitter waited for this? by KrugalSausage · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Are you serious?

    The yahoo interface doesn't even compete with google's.

    First there are no hotkeys, and to add an event, you specificially have to click on the number/date (waste of time).

    e.g. In the month view, do you like having to click the number 13 to add an event (mind you that a new page loads) or do you like clicking anywhere inside the box, and having an instant prompt, as in google's?

    I could go on and on...

    Now, I do agree that there has been a lot of 'fanboyisms' with google here on slashdot, but you really picked a bad example by bringing up yahoo calendar.

  3. Missing features wishlist by retrosteve · · Score: 5, Interesting

    First thing I missed, which will make it impossible to import existing calendars:

    * No to-do's. All events must have a start and end time.

    Anyone else want to add a wish?