Aqua Taskforce

abitgone wrote on November 11, 2008, 11:46am

If you like the way Outlook 2007 does it, you might want to try Entourage 2008.

You'd find that Windows' default Calendar app (at least in Vista) doesn't do much more/less than iCal. And before you complain that Entourage 2008 isn't free, remember that Outlook 2007 doesn't come free with Windows either.

Hardly medium severity, and definitely not high impact. Low on both counts, I'd say.

mojo2012 wrote on November 11, 2008, 5:22pm

Entourage can't do that, at least I didn't find such a functionality.

ebaur wrote on November 11, 2008, 5:44pm

Although I agree that it would be nice to have, I think the main point of the first comment is that this isn't really something that should be default in the OS. Apple is not really out to create the killer app in all areas, they are trying to create apps that are useful to a large number of consumers. If you have some specific business need, then get an app that has more capabilities. (I can't make a suggestion, since i don't track time and TODOs that way, but I do read about various productivity apps from time to time, so it seems one of them should fit the bill for you.)

Look at other things, like Pages & Numbers. They are not nearly as powerful as Word & Excel, but they don't have to be. If my wife didn't need office for school, I would have gotten Apple's offering because I like the design better and I don't need all the extra features.

So, while it might be nice to have... and this site is all about requests, it'd be a nice thing to have (I voted for it). But, I think this should be low impact/severity. I doubt this affects many users - and those that it does affect would be better served by a package that is intended for heavy use.

polycat33 wrote on November 12, 2008, 8:19am

I absolutely agree with ebaur, the included applications are basic, and if you have the need for more functionality or options, a purchased program may be more right for you. There are a LOT of productivity programs out there, and I'll bet a bunch of them offer what you're looking for in terms of categorizing to do's. There might even be a free one out there that does what you want.

mojo2012 wrote on November 14, 2008, 12:51pm

I tried lots of other apps. Either they start slow (entourage), don't have good sync cababilities or they simply lack features.
Most of these apps don't work properly with the apple sync system.

ical is one of the best in its domain. It's simply, fast and has a nice look and feel. If apple would extend it just a little bit it would be a real killer app.

Yes, one can say, that it is not supposed to be used in a professional way. But as apple implements the ms exchange protocol, it seems to me, that they want to go into a that domain as well. But the implementation of the exchange protocol is not enough, they have to add additional features as well.

hem.acharya wrote on November 26, 2008, 4:51pm

I also agree that Mac apps are very basic. if you go deeper and deeper using any app you will ultimately find that Windows was better and regret why you switched... ;-)

ebaur wrote on November 26, 2008, 6:35pm

Wow... That was flame bait. Still, I'll bite. YMMV, but many of us switched - or continue to prefer - Mac OS X because of the relative simplicity as compared to Windows and other Microsoft software. Don't like that? Well, each to their own.

carlosefonseca wrote on January 3, 2009, 2:34am

The screenshot? Crowded... Awful... Maybe the days separation as an option, but only that...

mojo2012 wrote on February 15, 2009, 9:45pm

Forget about the look and feel of the screenshot. It's just to visualize, how the separation was meant. I don't want ical to look like outlook.
But imho, the separation in days and weeks is quite nice. Especially, if you've more then 5 todos.