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Linux is completely unusable for me. For instance, I've never found a good replacement for Calendar on OS X. The nicest calendar program I used on Linux had no

by ancarda 12y ago

Linux is completely unusable for me. For instance, I've never found a good replacement for Calendar on OS X. The nicest calendar program I used on Linux had no CalDAV support (WTF?) and required me to use increment/decrement buttons to input the start/end times of my events. On top of that, it lacked any organisational features such as colour coding or a 5/7 day week view. It felt like a toy. On OS X, I spend a significant amount of time in the command line but the occasional times I need a GUI, Linux just isn't usable. Most graphical programs lack even the most basic functionality or consideration for user experience. Linux is great for headless environments but it's awful when I occasionally need a GUI.

dbg31415 12y ago
> I've never found a good replacement for Calendar on OS X It's funny because iCal is like the shittiest calendar out there. Use Outlook or even Google Calendar. Let's say you want to do something simple like... find out if your team members are busy before sending a meeting. Oh, in Outlook I just click the Invite tab and find a time, but in iCal they've simplified it so all I have to do is email the entire team to ask if the time is acceptable and then hope nobody re-books during the time it takes to pick a time. "Insanely inefficient!" Or let's say I want to manage multiple calendars, one with read, one with write access... wait, Mac users (and I'm one of them) don't do businessy things... hipsters don't have jobs! Want a bonus? If your Mac crashes repeatedly due to kernel panic and you take it in to the "geniuses" at the istore... they tell you to uninstall all 3rd party software. Seriously that's their solution here. "Oh I see you're running 3rd party software, you need to uninstall this." I was at a loss for words. It wasn't, "Hey Office causes some issues..." it was, "You're running 3rd party software," said with a serious sneer. That guy needs to join the ranks of the unemployed. Mac used to be really great, now they just have good hardware. But no, Outlook has hands down the best calendar tools out there. No question. Everything else is a poor copy.
- ancarda 12y ago
  I agree Outlook is the best for business use cases but for a college student, iCal is great. I have a colour for each subject, an "events" calendar (non-academic, recurring) and a "significant" calendar for important events such as exams. The setup works great for me but I can see why it wouldn't scale. >That guy needs to join the ranks of the unemployed. I've never dealt with the Apple "Geniuses" but I know a lot of people have and didn't like it at all. To be honest, the only time I've had kernel panics were caused by Little Snitch (now fixed). After an update about a year ago, I've never had one since. For me, OS X is extremely reliable.
  - Consultant32452 12y ago
    Rather than have a different color code for each type of event, I have 3 different calendars on Google Calendars. One is my personal stuff. One is my ex-wife's work schedule, which is relevant because the third one is our daughter's schedule as she goes back and forth between us. I also have some calendars added that are managed externally such as a hockey team's game schedule, etc. Each calendar displays as a different color in the UI. Google Calendar may very well be a great solution for you.
- shinratdr 12y ago
  > Let's say you want to do something simple like... find out if your team members are busy before sending a meeting. That's a standard task for business calendering, not personal calendering. It also has little to do with the front-end software and much more to do with back-end support. Calender.app supports Free/Busy and business scheduling if you're on a server that supports it like Exchange. > Or let's say I want to manage multiple calendars, one with read, one with write access... You can use Calender.app just fine? You should at least have up-to-date information if you're going to shit on others choices. It hasn't been "iCal" in 2-3 years, which is a good indicator that your information is very out of date. > Seriously that's their solution here. "Oh I see you're running 3rd party software, you need to uninstall this." Dell will tell you the same thing. OEMs support their initial configuration. If it KPs in that configuration, they will support it. Likewise, if your Dell bluescreens with the OEM image, they will support that too. If it's caused by a 3rd party kernel extension in OS X or a bad driver in Windows, they won't support that. No OEM would.
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by ancarda 12y ago

dbg31415 12y ago

> I've never found a good replacement for Calendar on OS X It's funny because iCal is like the shittiest calendar out there. Use Outlook or even Google Calendar. Let's say you want to do something simple like... find out if your team members are busy before sending a meeting. Oh, in Outlook I just click the Invite tab and find a time, but in iCal they've simplified it so all I have to do is email the entire team to ask if the time is acceptable and then hope nobody re-books during the time it takes to pick a time. "Insanely inefficient!" Or let's say I want to manage multiple calendars, one with read, one with write access... wait, Mac users (and I'm one of them) don't do businessy things... hipsters don't have jobs! Want a bonus? If your Mac crashes repeatedly due to kernel panic and you take it in to the "geniuses" at the istore... they tell you to uninstall all 3rd party software. Seriously that's their solution here. "Oh I see you're running 3rd party software, you need to uninstall this." I was at a loss for words. It wasn't, "Hey Office causes some issues..." it was, "You're running 3rd party software," said with a serious sneer. That guy needs to join the ranks of the unemployed. Mac used to be really great, now they just have good hardware. But no, Outlook has hands down the best calendar tools out there. No question. Everything else is a poor copy.

ancarda 12y ago
I agree Outlook is the best for business use cases but for a college student, iCal is great. I have a colour for each subject, an "events" calendar (non-academic, recurring) and a "significant" calendar for important events such as exams. The setup works great for me but I can see why it wouldn't scale. >That guy needs to join the ranks of the unemployed. I've never dealt with the Apple "Geniuses" but I know a lot of people have and didn't like it at all. To be honest, the only time I've had kernel panics were caused by Little Snitch (now fixed). After an update about a year ago, I've never had one since. For me, OS X is extremely reliable.
- Consultant32452 12y ago
  Rather than have a different color code for each type of event, I have 3 different calendars on Google Calendars. One is my personal stuff. One is my ex-wife's work schedule, which is relevant because the third one is our daughter's schedule as she goes back and forth between us. I also have some calendars added that are managed externally such as a hockey team's game schedule, etc. Each calendar displays as a different color in the UI. Google Calendar may very well be a great solution for you.
shinratdr 12y ago
> Let's say you want to do something simple like... find out if your team members are busy before sending a meeting. That's a standard task for business calendering, not personal calendering. It also has little to do with the front-end software and much more to do with back-end support. Calender.app supports Free/Busy and business scheduling if you're on a server that supports it like Exchange. > Or let's say I want to manage multiple calendars, one with read, one with write access... You can use Calender.app just fine? You should at least have up-to-date information if you're going to shit on others choices. It hasn't been "iCal" in 2-3 years, which is a good indicator that your information is very out of date. > Seriously that's their solution here. "Oh I see you're running 3rd party software, you need to uninstall this." Dell will tell you the same thing. OEMs support their initial configuration. If it KPs in that configuration, they will support it. Likewise, if your Dell bluescreens with the OEM image, they will support that too. If it's caused by a 3rd party kernel extension in OS X or a bad driver in Windows, they won't support that. No OEM would.
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