I'm sitting here playing with Yahoo Calendar (personal), my Yahoo Calendar for my SpinCycle Yahoo Group, and the Google calendars. Thinking this is all getting complicated and wasteful. When Google Cal first came out, I thought Chandler might be in trouble. Now I feel the opposite. Once we have critical mass behind open source, we won't be constrained by things like trying to get people to "opt in".
A few observations on all the calendars (I may be wrong on some of these details, if so, let me know): * Yahoo Group calendar can be made "public", i.e., you don't have to be a member of the group to see it, but if you are not a member, then you have to have Yahoo account. Haven't really tried this -- all I want is a TRULY PUBLIC calendar that I can post to, then send out a URL so that ANYBODY can look at it. * Google Calendar -- Calendars "shared" with the "public" must still be done using iCal, i.e., still can't achieve my goal listed above. (Wish they would, they could still stick AdSense all around it!). * Yahoo calendar has Tasks -- I like that. Google does not. * Google calendar has a nice "agenda" view which I like. Yahoo does not. Google's is buggier than summer marshland--really is alpha. * Yahoo's seems better about exporting data then Google. I really like Chandler's ability to export .ics files. Really wishing Chandler could import .CSV files from Outlook -- or better yet, .PST files with Calendar information, as a lot of stuff gets lost in the CSVs. [Jotspot.com does a good job of making data exportable from its wikis into XML files.] All this makes me really eager for Chandler/Scooby/Cosmo troika to lift off. Issues for me are: - Ability to import data - Ability to modify data offline or via web (hoping the Chandler client will get thinner) - Ability to export data (migration out if necessary) - Long term prospects -- I want to be betting one someone who will be around for a while. All the best, Jim Sowers _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Open Source Applications Foundation "Design" mailing list http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/design
