Make a Date with an Online Calendar in 2008 : Make a Date with an Online Calendar in 2008

By Sean Kerner, published on January 24, 2008
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: , | Themes: Business, Software
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1. Make a Date with an Online Calendar in 2008

Tom’s Guide To Online Calendars

Introduction

The beginning of the year is always a great time to start a new calendar. But with a traditional print version, you’re usually stuck with having to buy a new one in January. However, February (or any other month) works just as well with the online variety.

Beyond the benefit of being able to start a new calendar whenever you want, an online calendar can offer things that one made of dead trees simply cannot. Online versions are easily shared enabling others to see your agenda information and letting you see event information from other sources. They can be setup to remind you of events with various types of alerts by email, instant message or SMS. Of course, unlike wall calendars, an online calendar can exist wherever you might be.

Not all online calendars are equal, though they are similar in many respects.

In this review, we take the big three for a spin with the latest Yahoo, Google and Microsoft online calendars to see where they differ, where they succeed and where they fail.

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deskjockey49 01/24/2008 9:33 AM
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One big feature that appears to be missing from the article is Googles ability to recognise events from emails and add them directly from gmail, even if the event was just a regular email with times and places.
Also, depending on the view, creating an event at a certain time and for a certain duration is also easy - just click the time and drag for how long you want it to be. There is also some tricky logic that allows you to click on 8:30am, add a description of "Metting at Head Office at 1325" and have google figure out that the meeting location is head office and the time is actually 1:25pm.
Deleted profile 01/24/2008 11:48 AM
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if you are using Blackberry, maybe other mobile devices... Only Google calendar, can you sync over the air. and the sync is automatic. You put some stuff on your mobile device or on the web, they sync!

However, yahoo go! can sync your contacts. I hope Google will allow you to sync.

also, Google has other mobile apps and they upgrade automatically.
Google is just cool....
michel1234 01/25/2008 3:05 AM
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I use www.plaxo.com to sync automatically both ways my Google and Outlook calendars. It was easy to setup and it really works well.
Deleted profile 01/25/2008 4:28 AM
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Take a look at Cozi. works well for busy families. It is both web based and has a program that you can download to your PC. I also has a free toolbar that syncs great with Outlook.

Deleted profile 01/25/2008 10:28 AM
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I´m using my Google Calendar with Mozilla Thunderbird.
Check "Lightning" and "Provider for Goggle Calendar" extensions. It´ll be a good surprise
Deleted profile 01/25/2008 3:20 AM
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One important point is Yahoo's lack of support for iCal/ICS.
Deleted profile 01/25/2008 7:46 AM
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They should have reviewed Airset.com's offering, which is far and away the best online solution for calendaring out there, especially if you want to sync with multiple desktops.
Deleted profile 01/27/2008 1:33 AM
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"What?s interesting though is that you can just click to add an event but the quick view doesn?t offer the choice of selecting a time"
This isn't true... when you single-click on a calendar date, you can enter a time in the same box as the event title, and the page recognizes the time when you save it.
Deleted profile 01/27/2008 1:34 AM
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Sorry, the last comment was in reference to Google Calendar.
Deleted profile 01/31/2008 3:46 AM
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You said:

>What?s interesting though is that you can just click to add an event but the quick view doesn?t offer the choice of selecting a time-which in effect makes the event a day event (or maybe even just a task).

This is not true though. Just type in the time and/or location: 6pm dinner at restaurant

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