Calendars are difficult, very difficult. For ten years or more, I've been struggling with finding the perfect calendar and have probably seen them all by this time. My ideal calendar is very similar to a desk calendar. But there are no slots in my laptop where I can insert a desk calendar.
Despite this lack of foresight by IBM (the manufacturer of my laptop), the desk calendar has been my most precious tool so far, even if it has meant that I could only plan my time while at the office.
But it's time again to make the switch from a paper-based to computer-based calendar, a switch I have made many times before. Emacs calendar apparently didn't work for me last time, though I really like the simplicity of it all. But maybe simplicity is overrated? Let's see where Mozilla Calendar leads me!
Let's start with the good things: I almost always have Mozilla running, so it starts quickly; it can export my calendar with WebDAV; it is reasonably easy to add and change events.
And then the bad things: It's too complicated to add TODO-items; the presentation leaves a lot to be desired; the WebDAV publication doesn't seem too stable at times.
All in all, however, I'm somewhat positively surprised by it. Except for the TODO lists, it might meet all my expectations. Let's see if it survives a weeks use, or if I return to my paper based calendar where it only takes a few seconds with a pencil or eraser to get rid of an event.
