Choosing an Online Calendar
12:11 pm May 21st, 2007 by Sal Cangeloso
Web Workers Daily has an interesting comparison of two web calendars, Google Calendar and 30boxes. It’s worth checking out if you are undecided on the issue, though I would have preferred to see a comparison of Yahoo and Google or Airset and Google.
This is a topic that I have spent a lot of time looking into (way too much in fact) and one that I could spend hours writing about, so I will keep it brief. 30boxes is a solid calendar, but Gcal is much better. 30boxes seems very dated, is not integrated with my email, and does not have as good teamwork/sharing features as Google. I’d love to pull for the little guy or completely surprise everyone with some crazy choice for my calendar, but Gcal is just too good.
I was surprised with how much I liked Airset last time I used it and Yahoo’s is not bad either (neither is 30boxes when it comes down to it) but Google has the clear winner here. Maybe sometime when I am really bored I will get into my reasoning a bit more deeply, but there are a lot of things to factor in and after having done my homework, Gcal’s my pick.
I completely beg to differ. 30 Boxes offers a variety of themes and has many more features than gcal without the overwhelming heavy feel of gcal.
The share by tag feature in 30 Boxes lets you easily segment your calendar in very fluid fashion instead of multiple clunky calendars.
As far as “dated” — we update the code on 30 Boxes just about every single day.
We also have stellar email integration by letting you email your calendar directly to add events and attachments.
Our to do list is also arguably the best on the web.
i normally would disagree with you – 30boxes on its own is a superior product imo. that said i started using gcal in conjunction with calgoo – http://www.calgoo.com – and it all came together. id rather use 30boxes in order to support the underdog but gcal and calgoo together managed to get my life off of ms exchange and on the right track (right track being free track).
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I like the tagging, and I understand how it is much lighter weight than extra calendars, but I do prefer the calendar approach. I only need a few calendars- work, personal, fun, and holidays- so gcal’s system works well for me. Tagging is always cool, but I don’t think its necessary here.
The To Do list is slick, and it’s we have all been wanting Google to add in, but these are available all over. tadalist works very well if you are into lists…
By email integration I just meant that most people tie in email closely with their calendar, so as gmail user I lean towards gcal because of ease of access (among other reasons obviously) just as a Yahoo user might stick with their Calendar and overlook some of its shortcomings.