On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 11:06:51AM -0800, walt wrote: > On 12/31/2010 08:35 AM, Zeerak Mustafa Waseem wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 03:55:29AM +0000, Stroller wrote: > >> > >> On 30/12/2010, at 11:22pm, Zeerak Mustafa Waseem wrote: > >>> ... > >>> I'm looking for a lightweight calendar application that can do the > >>> following things: > >>> > >>> Event handling (preferrably also a support for recurring events) > >>> Notification of events > >>> Handle several calendars at once (as in showing all calendars in one view > >>> and preferrably colour coded) > >>> Import of other calendars (iCal) > >>> > >>> I've been looking for an application that matches this but I can't seem > >>> to find any. > >> > >> Hi there, > >> > >> I'm not being argumentative here, just curious: in what way doesn't > >> Sunbird meet these requirements? > >> > >> I'm more interested in calendaring servers (and unfortunately the choice > >> of those is pretty dire) and using Apple iCal on MacOS as a front-end, but > >> those sound like really basic requirements, and I'm surprised that any > >> calendar doesn't meet them. iCal certainly meets them all (even with basic > >> local storage), although I appreciate that's not much help to you. > >> > > > > Primarily because I tend to steer away from Mozilla products if I can (they > > just don't seem to feel right, somehow. (I know, great argument)). I > > absolutely wouldn't mind setting up a server and using some frontend, the > > question is just which front end. And when I set out to find calendar I > > really thought they were very basic requirements. My google-fu told me I > > was wrong. > > But yeah, Sunbird meets the requirements, I'd just prefer to go down > > another road (if there is one). > > Have you tried Evolution? It's intended to be an open-source replacement for > M$ Outlook. > It's a lot more than just a calendar client, though, so it's not lightweight.. > I was considering it, but the problem with evolution is that it does far more than I need it to. If I could strip away everything but the calendar I'd definately go for it.
-- Best Regards Zeerak Waseem
