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- SouthernDigger, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22I'd almost rather be left in the dark until the product is released instead of seeing all these "could be" or "from a good source" pics. Honestly, who really cares if you get a screnshot anyways. You still have to wait until its released!
- Ralphy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8I don't really see a calendar... All I see are some text boxes...
- anagoge, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Sorry, but am I missing something? It's...a calendar, no? In all seriousness, what am I missing here? I'm a bit confused why there's so much excitement over a calendar? Forgive me if there's something I'm not seeing. I'd genuinely like to know what makes this so special.
- sishgupta, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7It appears that dr who replied to the wrong parent.
@anagoge:
It is my assumption, correct or not, that those that do not see the value in a calandar like googles do not have a lifestyle that requires one.
Calandars are mostly useful to those in business, university students, and those that feel the need to be really organized (people with OCD perhaps).
The appeal of googles calandar is the hope that it will be done correctly. There are many calandars on and off line but none of them are spectacular. Outlook is popular, but it is hard to use online unless you have a webdav server. ical rocks but also struggles online w/o webdav or .mac.
Many online calanders that allready exist lack features. Things like 30 boxes do events but not tasks. A task list is huge for me because it is where i place homework. Classes and meetings go under events on the actual calander.
The hope in google is that it will have outlooks features but in a convienient online format. - DaffyDuck, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6"Interesting stuff."
No, not really. - bndocksnt, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8@roeboedog,
i assure you they do. a little viral marketing never hurt anybody. - brandonhines, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7If Google could deliver a dekstop Gmail client and calandar with Gmail Chat/Google Chat intergrated...GOD. Mmmm.
- brandonhines, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5I prefer to have a desktop client so I can access my data when I'm not online. In fact, I almost never log-in to https://mail.google.com/. I use Thunderbird right now, which is a great app. But I have a feeling that Google won't offer free POP3 access forever.
- roeboedog, on 10/12/2007, -5/+8I see your point, I miss the good ol days when you found out about something on the day of the launch. But you/they sure create a lot of hipe with this model of rumors. I wouldn't be surprized if apple and google both have people devoted to leaks.
- jonathanex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I'd really like to see it intergrated with Gmail - make it a link in the gmail menu with Chats and all. In fact, add Google Reader in there too! That's the intergration I'd like to see - log into gmail and I can check email, do contact wizardry, chat to people, check appointments and check RSS feeds.
- TimmyGUNZ, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5I just wish they'd release this thing already. Remember back in December when it was rumored to be "officially available?"
- nosnhojm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Tell me something I should be excited for?
- djdole, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7Why not just be happy and use FireFox/IE/Safari?
Then your email & other info isn't tethered to one PC. It frees up your HD space for other more important stuff. (P0rn?) - duncantuna, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3What I'd like to know is .. it's 2006, Google. You've got, what, 3,000 of the smartest programmers in the history of the world. And it's taken you THIS LONG to get a web calendar product online?
Does not compute. - EricAnderton, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3lame++
Okay, lets back the hype-wagon up a few feet, shall we?
Now I like it as much as the next guy when Google comes up with something new or neat, but this is neither. Its not a public beta, there are barely screenshots of it, and its certainly nothing new - its a *calendar*.
Given the capability of Gmail, I'd really expect more and more Outlook-like functionality in it as time goes on. I wouldn't even be suprised if they had all kinds of built-in collaboration and meeting capabilities built in there. I would almost expect some kind of press/buzz generated about the entire company (Google) switching over to use gmail exclusively for internal planning and meeting scheduling - at some point. So the idea of "OMG Google Calendar" is really just par for the course - its pretty obvious where all this is headed.
So there's nothing really new here, nor is there any reason (at this point) to expect anything earth-shattering about a gmail calendar of all things. Please, wait until they come up with something truely unique and then let the obligatory "OMG'eddon" ensue. - billygreen23, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Why do people always make this same comment? Stop repeating yourself
People will digg what they want to digg. Get over it. - mruocky, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Hopefully it'll be iCal compatible....i use the calendar on my 5G iPod.
- mruocky, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1ok....what's your point?
- tprzepiorka, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If it offers something new and creative and doesnt clutter my gmail page then im happy....yeah it has really been a while since it was first rumoured to come out...oh well...
- Portfolioso, on 10/12/2007, -7/+8This is a bad article. Its not screenshots... I only see one screenshot (which shows nothing).
- tprzepiorka, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Ya that wouldnt be too bad, but i really like the way my inbox is so clean and dont want it too cluttered. i do think it is a good idea for there to be some way to chat, check appointments, email, read RSS all in one place...
- greenagain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@SouthernDigger
You scurry downstairs in your befooted pajamas full of excitement. Because you waited and didn't look for your presents, you just know that this is going to be the BEST CHRISTMAS EVER! - jonathanex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1tprzepiorka - I'm thinking about seperate links on the menu, so the actual inbox is left as is.
ngliam - Yeah, webclips are pretty bad.... only use I've found is randomly seeing a digg story I haven't read on the digg feed. - Thezeppelin62, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1kinda lame. no digg
- munboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:tcOskJ97XNMJ:www.google.com/cl2+cl2&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3&lr=lang_en&client=firefox-a
- billygreen23, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Gmail is the best webmail solution out there. I'm sure it is used by the majority of digg users. If you use gmail, then an integrated calendar is an absolute necessity. It's not that hard to understand why everyone is so excited about it.
- zizzybaloobah, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I use Thunderbird as well - I like having my own copie of my messages, 'just in case'.
It would be way cool if Google's calendar integrated with Thunderbird's calendaring XPI. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yeah, maybe when its finished. Right now it doesn't have the features 90% of us need. Interoperability with enterprise organs is a big deal for corporate acceptance, and I'm not talking Exchange. Looking forward to that day, though.
- NGliam, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You can read RSS through GMail in a way. Settings > Web Clips, and then add all the RSS urls you want. Of course it's a bit crappy, it just shows clips of the feed at the top of your e-mails/inbox/etc.
- edmicman, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Does it sync with Palms?
- zizzybaloobah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0There are no ads in gmail downloaded via POP.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Kiko Calendar has an outlook style interface built in AJAX, with yahoo-mail like tabs. It also has RSS feeds, ical import, and will soon have RSS feed / webcal consumption.
- brickbat, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2How do I sync it with my pocketpc?
- stou, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This article is hella lame... I have the google calendar and its pretty much like the .MAC thing, its nice... I am sure they'll release it soon.
- jbrousseau, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@comradevik
30Boxes does look nice. too bad it doesn't do anything useful.
right now i'm using Sunbird (available from Mozilla as stand-alone or FF extension) and couldn't be more pleased. (although, there are a few features which i hope will make it to release). - 4U55l3NlNJ4, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0agreed - article is lame - cl2 is over spammed - due to overwhelming complaints, this article has been reported as spam..
- lord2800, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Mozilla Lightning is the next logical step up from sunbird. It gives tight integration into Thunderbird(see my screenshots above). Granted, it's not very good right now(in fact, I wouldn't recommend using it with remote calendars), but it's something to look forward to.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Agreed, definitely not digg worthy. The 'screenshots' aren't all that interesting.
Now, if google ever gets this thing working and integrated with gmail... then I'd be interested. But this 'article' is worthless. Look everybody, there's a reply box at the bottom of this page! Take a screenshot and post it for a digg! - sishgupta, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I use sunbird, but its alpha status and slow pace of development make it hard software to deal with. Its fine for everyday use though.
- diargasm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1when is this crap going to be released? i've become used to 30 boxes already.
- lateralus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Yeah but not hairy ones.
- llbbl, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2hover over the bottom of "(click to enlarge)" and it will make the midde part of the screen have spasms. its rather trippy. :)
- sheimend, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Why do we care so much? Google, one of the world's most powerful technology companies, has taken years to develop a webmail system. Now, they're adding what looks to be a very basic calendar with a couple of neat features. Wow, i'm really impressed. Can you believe that the strongest computer science minds in the universe could build a calendar in only 2 years?
Outlook Web Access was providing fat client-like feature richness long before AJAX became the buzzword of the day. I just don't know what all the fuss is about. - rtjac, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I'm keeping my fingers crossed that selling 10 billion in stock will give google the resources to complete this project. If not, then maybe they should just put the rest of the money in the bank.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1If you are using a mail client anyway, I don't really see what gmail gives you that your service provider doesn't likely already provide.
On another note, are do the emails have ads added when downloaded using POP3? I always thought gmail ads worked like google ads... ads on the side/top. - dperrin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Looks pretty boring to me. Is anyone else not impressed?
- geoweb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Might there be a hint of a market Google is going after - the events space, zevents, et al? After all, events by definition are social networking - the league organizer blasts out the schedule to a hundred moms, it says click here to add to add all the games to a calendar google creates for the mom. With links to all the maps to the different games. with directions to download to the phone with one click. I don't know - that seems to save a lot of time over looking up schools one by one, and then printing directions one shot at a time. get two or three kids going with a couple of activities, and this starts looking kind of convenient.
- mutant, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1"Exclusive"
Give me a ***** break.. - soogy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Sure as hell doesn't look half as useful as Rainlendar.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Cause it's gonna be in Beta for 5-6 years.
Therefore, if they delete your calendar, they can't be held responsible.
ie GMail (BETA) -
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