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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. IE and Firefox only for now by snoozebutton · · Score: 0, Troll

    John Gruber over at Daring Fireball made me laugh with this.

    "Scheduled to be in beta for the next four years.

    Also, it doesn't (yet?) support Safari, and informs you of this with a JavaScript alert that reads:

    'Sorry, Google Calendar does not support your browser yet, so things may break in unexpected ways. Press OK to see a list of browsers that we support. Or cancel to try to use it anyways.'

    $121 billion market cap and they have someone writing error messages who thinks "anyways" is acceptable English."

  2. Re:Annoyance by Corbets · · Score: 0, Troll

    A slashdotter who doesn't want his search history remembered... hmm, what could you POSSIBLY be searching for?

  3. Re:Not quite "live" by BoldAC · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, everything kinda works.

    For example, you can import your Outlook or iCal files to gooCalendar but you can't export them back again! How is that helpful? So you can switch completely over, but you can't use both in concert together?

    Also, you can kinda get in... sometimes. At least this time, they put the bottleneck at the door (login page). If you get in, it works fine. It's just tough to get in.

    If it synced both ways, then I think it would get adapted much more quickly. Many office types (or their secretaries) need to keep schedules on outlook. Exporting/importing to gooCalendar would be awesome... but one way just kills it.