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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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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...
Some Google Calendar hot keys:
a - Agenda view
c - Create event
d - Day view
j and k - forward and back on days/weeks/months
n and p - next and previous, same as j/k
m - month view
q - quick create event, can add date and time and info and it will be added accordingly. I particularly like how it doesn't force the calendar view to focus on the new event. (e.g. april 14 breakfast at tiffanys 03:00)
s - calendar settings
x - 'next four days' view
/ and ? - both highlight the search input field, but add a / or ? to the beginning
(on a side note, is there a hotkey for firefox that automatically highlights the input field on a viewed page?)
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.
It's a social calendar: You put some stuff up, make it viewable to your friends, then check their calendar to see when they get out of class so you can call them.
The internet isn't the place to be plotting your coup d'etat anyway.
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?
How do I export my Google Calendar data?
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http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer
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If you select "weekly", checkboxes for the days of the week come up so you can customize.
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