[Discuss] Calendar application advice

[Sean Hawthorne]

Hello,

If you are using Google chrome at least, then google calendar does have a
offline mode so you can use the calendar in disconnected mode, on any PC,
and the google calendar app (in the play store) does the same for any
android device.

Sean Hawthorne

On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 8:56 AM, John Blomfield <jabfield at shaw.ca> wrote:

>  I use Google calendar on all my devices ie computer, phone and tablet.
> It has a sharing option so other people can view it and or various levels
> of modifying. You can export your calendar to save it. I guess the data may
> be stored on the Google cloud somewhere but if you want to sync your data
> with all your devices what choice do you have unless you have your own
> cloud server?
>
> John
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> On 03/27/2015 08:08 AM, Murray Strome wrote:
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>  I would like some suggestions for a calendar application that I could
> access from all of our computers and mobile devices, make modifications
> from any of them, and can be viewed and modified when there is no internet
> connection.
> We have LINUX, MS Windows, Android (tablet & phone), Mac OS (iMac and iPad
> mini).
> I think that what I want is something which would use a common file which
> could be in something like Dropbox so it would be available when not
> connected, but then automatically synchronized with all the devices
> whenever they were connected.
> I think that Dropbox is the best place to store the file (perhaps an iCal
> file would be a good candidate for the format), but what application could
> make use of it from all the devices/operating systems?
> Any suggestions?
> Thanks.
> Murray
> PS I have looked at Google Calendar and Yahoo! Calendar. They are OK as
> web based applications but as far as I can tell, they don't keep copies
> locally. Also, they require login, and it gets complicated when you want a
> single calendar for multiple users with different passwords. I cannot
> remember if the LINUX jPilot uses exactly the same format for its storage
> as the Palm Desktop on Windows and MacOS, of if there is a version for
> Android tablets/phones and Mac products. That would be a possible candidate
> but the files structure is pretty complicated and tends to be quite bloated.
> From the presentation at the last BB&C General Meeting, it would appear
> that Outlook might be a candidate, except that I have not figured out how
> to make it work in LINUX. Furthermore, I would much prefer an Open Source
> application.
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