Google Calendar - The Good and the Bad
Published April 15th, 2006 in Web
Been messing about with the new google calendar, just to see what the fuss was about. The one thing that grabbed me almost immediately as one of those simple, but brilliant design ideas was the “Next 4 Days” view. Most calendar apps I’ve used have the option of single, working week, full week and month views and I’m always flicking back and forth between the five day and seven day views to get some detail on what I’m supposed to remember. Particularly on Thursdays and Fridays. This simple tweak does away with all of that view switching at a stroke. Great design.
And the downside – modal dialog boxes. Still! Even worse, they’ve tried hard to make it modal.
You seem to have come a LONG way since you left Mebus – I have’nt. I don’t know if you know, but Brian F has sold out to Miracle Software (who are a bunch of crooks). Good for Brian F, not so good for us. I cannot remember who was around when you were with Mebus, but John McGregor is still here. He is 65 now, but just as manic as he always was & just as far from retiral as he always was. If you are in Dundee look us up at the Prospect business centre – we are just along the corridor from where Mebus was – for the time being at least.
You have been looking at Google calendar. Have you done anything fancy with it? OR have you done anything fancy with Outlook calendar? I’m meant to be looking at doing something calendar-ish for keeping track of housing officer appointments. It would seem daft to invent a whole package when there is software that can be plugged in & interfaced to.
I liked the photos – you have a lovely family.
All the best
Ken