In my opinion, there is a design "annoyance" inherent in building an
application that requires access to extended event properties. That
being that, in order to build an application that allows a user to
add, update, or delete application-specific information that's stored
as an extended property, I have to build a UI that replicates 100% of
the functionality already provided by Google's UI and then adds a
couple of extra data fields. This is not optimal, and makes me think
that I should try to avoid using the extended properties.

This problem was touched upon briefly here:
http://groups.google.com/group/google-calendar-help-dataapi/browse_frm/thread/ad78d66e9db36d78?tvc=1&q=extended+properties

Has anyone found a reasonable strategy for navigating this dilemma?

A digression: I think that a HUGE part of the value that Google
provides comes in the form of a concise, effective UI that developers
would love to take advantage of. It would be nice if we could do more
than just embed calendars in web pages and make little widgets. I am
thinking, here, that the best way to solve the "extended properties UI
dilemma" is to allow developers a way to modify the existing UI of
particular calendar feeds, and provide a callback-based API for
computing on those fields. Maybe this has been done; I'm not sure.

Barring something like this, though, I am most interested to know how
people have solved the EP/UI dilemma for themselves. A fast-and-dirty
solution is particularly appealing for my current purposes. Any advice
is much appreciated.

Thanks,
Brian

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