Best calendar app?

Allie

Hi Folks,

I've been searching around on usenet, but haven't found a good place to
ask this question. So I'll ask it here, and if I should be posting this
somewhere else, I'd very much appreciate suggestions for other groups.
thanks in advance. so here goes:

I'm searching around for a good calendar app on XP. I currently use
Iambic Agendus for Windows Palm Desktop edition. I used to have a palm,
hence that choice. I like its flexibility, though it could be easier on
the eyes, and it does have some issues - for example, I can't restrict
the view to show just a few categories of events/tasks at a time.

I haven't used Outlook yet, as I use thunderbird for my email. I would
be open to trying outlook as a pure calendar app, but i'd rather not use
it as my email.

I tried Sunbird/Lightning recently, but was unimpressed.

In the end, I'm need to be able to highlight long-term deadlines via
restricting views to those tasks only. I need something that
integrates, tasks, contacts and a calendar. And something that will
sync to windows mobile. And, something that doesn't always need an
internet connection (read: google calendar won't do the trick, except as
a sync or tool to use when i'm not on my laptop).

Looking forward to hearing feedback on how folks solve this for
themselves. Thanks a bunch.

Allie

Terry R.

Allie wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I've been searching around on usenet, but haven't found a good place to
> ask this question. So I'll ask it here, and if I should be posting this
> somewhere else, I'd very much appreciate suggestions for other groups.
> thanks in advance. so here goes:
>
> I'm searching around for a good calendar app on XP. I currently use
> Iambic Agendus for Windows Palm Desktop edition. I used to have a palm,
> hence that choice. I like its flexibility, though it could be easier on
> the eyes, and it does have some issues - for example, I can't restrict
> the view to show just a few categories of events/tasks at a time.
>
> I haven't used Outlook yet, as I use thunderbird for my email. I would
> be open to trying outlook as a pure calendar app, but i'd rather not use
> it as my email.
>
> I tried Sunbird/Lightning recently, but was unimpressed.
>
> In the end, I'm need to be able to highlight long-term deadlines via
> restricting views to those tasks only. I need something that
> integrates, tasks, contacts and a calendar. And something that will
> sync to windows mobile. And, something that doesn't always need an
> internet connection (read: google calendar won't do the trick, except as
> a sync or tool to use when i'm not on my laptop).
>
> Looking forward to hearing feedback on how folks solve this for
> themselves. Thanks a bunch.
>
> Allie

Hi Allie,

How "recent" is recent for Sunbird/Lightning? Version 1 will be out
soon (it's still beta) with the launch of TB 3. I've heard great things
about it. I use 0.9 and it does everything I need.

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miskairal

Allie wrote:

>
> In the end, I'm need to be able to highlight long-term deadlines via
> restricting views to those tasks only. I need something that
> integrates, tasks, contacts and a calendar. And something that will
> sync to windows mobile. And, something that doesn't always need an
> internet connection (read: google calendar won't do the trick, except as
> a sync or tool to use when i'm not on my laptop).
>
> Looking forward to hearing feedback on how folks solve this for
> themselves. Thanks a bunch.
>
> Allie

You might like to take a look at EssentialPIM. You can certainly sort
tasks by the importance rating you assign it. It has tasks, contacts and
calendar, schedule and notes. There is a portable version as well
which is very handy and the one I use all the time. It's lightweight,
opens fast and can import contacts from OE or in CSV or vCard format.
The portable version I am using is just over 8MB. Oh, and it's free

Allie

miskairal wrote:
> Allie wrote:
>
>>
>> In the end, I'm need to be able to highlight long-term deadlines via
>> restricting views to those tasks only. I need something that
>> integrates, tasks, contacts and a calendar. And something that will
>> sync to windows mobile. And, something that doesn't always need an
>> internet connection (read: google calendar won't do the trick, except
>> as a sync or tool to use when i'm not on my laptop).
>>
>> Looking forward to hearing feedback on how folks solve this for
>> themselves. Thanks a bunch.
>>
>> Allie
>
> You might like to take a look at EssentialPIM. You can certainly sort
> tasks by the importance rating you assign it. It has tasks, contacts and
> calendar, schedule and notes. There is a portable version as well which
> is very handy and the one I use all the time. It's lightweight, opens
> fast and can import contacts from OE or in CSV or vCard format. The
> portable version I am using is just over 8MB. Oh, and it's free

thanks miskairal - i'll take a look.