I don't think what I'm suggesting is that far off from Export
calendar as .ics...
I'm wondering if instead of Download .ics to desktop or Export
calendar as .ics...
Could we try Download calendar to desktop or 1 step further: Add to
my calendar app... (with instructions to import the .ics file). It
seems like users will be more interested in the end goal (getting the
task and calendar data to their calendar app) then the intermediate
step of downloading or exporting the calendar as an .ics file.
It sounds like given the ubiquity of support for .ics import, users
who are unable to import .ics files will be relatively rare.
Question: Can we rely on the right behavior happening when users d-
click on the .ics file? On Mac OS d-clicking on an .ics file launches
Apple iCal and starts the import workflow.
This is the same logic behind saying Subscribe with Chandler and
Apple iCal as opposed to Subscribe via CalDAV and WebCal.
Mimi
On Dec 8, 2006, at 10:40 AM, Brian Moseley wrote:
On 12/8/06, Mimi Yin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I was wondering if in keeping with the logic that users will have
an easier
time identifying which calendar client they use than figuring out
about
calendar file formats and sharing protocols, should we rename the
Download
.ics file to Desktop option: Download to Outlook or Add to my
calendar (with
instructions as to how to do that.)
Are there other mainstream calendar clients where this would work?
Palm? I
don't think Entourage supports .ics although my version may be out
of date.
pretty much every calendar application on the desktop and the web
supports importing and exporting icalendar. i bet entourage does too.
if you take a look around at the many web calendars, most if not all
say "export your calendar as ics" or something to that effect.
Are there compelling use cases for downloading .ics file into
Apple iCal and
Chandler instead of simply subscribing to the share?
i can't think of any.
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