Don't worry--we hear you, and we're working on it. We don't ever predict time frames for new features, or even guarantee that they'll be added for that matter, but stay tuned. :-)
Thanks, Charlie On Dec 16, 12:41 pm, Daniel <[email protected]> wrote: > Charlie, > > I think everybody appreciates the work you do and I don't think anyone does > not value it. Furthermore, I think the reviews you get for SpanningSync are > a good proof for the great work you do. > > However, I can see that this missing feature is the missing dot on the i to > make SpanningSync *the* solution for Mac users to sync their Address Book > and iCal to Google and from there on to other devices or whatsoever. > > I do understand your concern about simplicity versus settings/preferences. > Hence my previous suggestion to have a default setting, which I believe will > meet 80% user's requirements if not even more. And for the one or other more > 'sophisticated' user you can offer an 'Advanced Reminder Settings' dialog. > That one doesn't even have to come in a first version of SpanningSync > supporting reminder synchronization. Just clearly state what the > 'limitations' of the reminder syncing will be and user's can then decide > themselves whether to go for it or not. > > Do you have any expected time frame in which you think you will have > reminder syncing back in SpanningSync? > > Thanks... > > Daniel > > 2008/12/16 cwood <[email protected]> > > > > > Daniel- > > > Thanks for your thoughts. We might be holding our design to too high a > > standard here, but we take great pride in what we do and we want to > > make sure we do it right. For me as a software developer, it's easy to > > fall back on "make it a preference", but every user-settable option we > > add to the UI is something else all of our users have to think about. > > We really want the software to work the way you would expect it to. > > But with such a diverse user population, it's not always easy to > > design a single solution that acts in the expected way for everyone. > > > I appreciate all the feedback from everyone on this issue. I look > > forward to introducing the resulting design and getting your feedback. > > > Thanks, > > Charlie > > > On Dec 16, 12:00 pm, Daniel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello Charlie, > > > > I have read your post mentioned above and I have to say that you guys > > > make things more complicated that they need to be. I think you are > > > trying to find the golden solution to a problem that doesn't have such > > > one and having the reminder syncing disabled in current versions of > > > SpanningSync most likely limits your market. > > > > I would buy SpanningSync if it had the reminder syncing. There is no > > > point for me having my calendars synced between Google and iCal if the > > > reminders are being 'lost' in translation, the whole point of having > > > calendars synced in the first place. > > > > I think some users have suggested some decent and workable solutions > > > how you can solve this problem. Just allow users to specify what iCal > > > event type they want to map to what Google event type for what > > > calendar. A note on this preference page that only the first two > > > reminders will be synced will address the 'problem' of 2 != 5, ie iCal > > > supporting 'only' two reminders whereas Google supports five. I hardly > > > can think of any decent use for more than two reminders. I guess most > > > users are using one, maybe two. The excessive option of having up to > > > five reminders in Google should not be a reason for SpanningSync not > > > to handle any of the reminders at all! > > > > In order to address the 'easy of use' concern, which is raised in the > > > other post, you could provide a default mapping in the preferences, ie > > > by default for all synced calendars, iCal message with sound/message > > > will map to Google pop-up (and vice versa) and an iCal email event > > > type will map to a Google email event. Full stop. If users wish to to > > > change that, it's their choice to pick the right mapping. > > > > So far I believed Google Calendar does not allow to sync reminders but > > > after coming across BusySync I realised that the limitations does not > > > lie with Google but within SpanningSync. > > > > I'd like to use SpanningSync because I think it's more suited for the > > > job than BusySync and it also does sync contact photos which no other > > > sync tool does at the moment, even the built in sync support by Mac OS > > > X's Address Book does not do that. > > > > From my professional software development career I can say that it's > > > not always possible to come up with *the* golden solution but that you > > > will be required to come up with a workable compromise that will fit > > > most user's needs. Reaching 100% user's satisfaction would be an > > > illusion but certainly should be the aim, though. :-) > > > > Looking forward to hear your thoughts. > > > > Thanks... > > > > Daniel > > > > On Dec 16, 2:05 pm, cwood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > We're not convinced their solution is the best one, so we're trying to > > > > give it some more thought. (In fact, we had alarm syncing in early > > > > versions of Spanning Sync but took it out due to the design problems > > > > mentioned here: > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/spanningsync/browse_thread/thread/b99b. > > .. > > > > > We hope to have an elegant solution implemented in a future version. > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Charlie > > > > > On Dec 16, 7:51 am, Daniel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Could you implement something similar to what BusySync from BusyMac > > is > > > > > doing:http://www.busymac.com/ > > > > > > On Dec 14, 12:51 pm, cwood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Timsk- > > > > > > > No, you're not doing anything wrong. Spanning Sync doesn't sync > > > > > > reminders/alarms, and instead respects the default settings of the > > > > > > target calendar. > > > > > > > We're collecting feedback from users about how they'd like to see > > > > > > reminder/alarm syncing work here: > > >http://groups.google.com/group/spanningsync/browse_thread/thread/b99b... > > > > > > > We'd appreciate your input. > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Charlie > > > > > > > On Dec 13, 6:46 pm, Timsk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I've just acquired a Google G1 phone and Spanning Sync seems to > > be the > > > > > > > ideal way to get my info onto it. As it's a Google product, it's > > very > > > > > > > nicely integrated with all the Google services, and Spanning Sync > > > > > > > bridges the gap between Google and my MacBook Pro apps. (I'm also > > > > > > > really pleased that I get 15 days for free to find out whether it > > all > > > > > > > works before parting with cash -- cheers!) > > > > > > > > However, I've just realised that when I create an appointment in > > Apple > > > > > > > iCal and set a reminder/alarm, the appointment appears in Google > > > > > > > Calendar *without* the reminder, and this is then copied over to > > my G1 > > > > > > > phone. That's not very useful, as I need the phone to buzz to > > remind > > > > > > > me where I'm supposed to be! > > > > > > > > Hmm... I've just tried to see what happens if I create the > > appointment > > > > > > > + alarm in Google Calendar, and it appears on the phone OK... but > > > > > > > *doesn't appear at all* in iCal, even after choosing "Sync Now" > > from > > > > > > > the SS menu. > > > > > > > > Am I doing something wrong? > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Spanning Sync" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/spanningsync?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
