Since CDE is going away, that means that Sun's wonderful Calendar Tool is also going away. Has Sun re-written this program for GNOME or selected a suitable stand-alone (i.e. not tied to a huge web browser or email program) alternative yet? This Calendar Tool has long been a favorite of SunOS users (starting in the Open Windows days), and I have seen thousands of people using it. The Calendar Tool was one of Sun's contributions to CDE so Sun must have some original rights to the code.
I spent a day or two looking at various open source calendar programs, but it seemed like they were all designed by the same committee and lacked basic common-sense features found in the existing relatively simple Calender Tool. I did not find a program which was capable of accomplishing all the basic tasks. Some programs looked pretty and pretended to work, but did not actually work. It is like purchasing an alarm clock which does not actually alarm, or goes off at the wrong times. By basic common-sense features I mean things like AM/PM support and the ability to create a new item in the calendar by cloning an existing item. It is also important for the program to be able to notify of appointments by sending an email, popping up a reminder window (yes, a real window!), or making a noise (or a combination of these) with a schedule dictated by the user. For example, I often have a reminder email sent to me a day in advance, but want the noise and pop-up 15 minutes before the scheduled event. Thanks, Bob ====================================== Bob Friesenhahn bfriesen at simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/
