Open Source Software - Wanted: Web calendar application

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Wanted: Web calendar application

Victor Engmark

2004-06-24, 1:01 am

I've been using Outlook for some time now, but I'm beginning to get a
nagging feeling that it really doesn't do what I want from a good
calendar system.

I've Googled for open source calendars, but it seems that all of them
are big systems tilting towards groupware. I've _never_ used the
groupware capabilities of Outlook, and I don't plan on starting with it.
Also, I think starting with a single-user, lightweight, web-based,
usable, open standard compliant client is the way to get a good
groupware system started. First build flexible clients handling a
sensible data format, and then make them interoperate.

So: Does anyone know of a calendar system which:
- is open source
- can export data to XML or something equally sensible (i.e. structured
and self-documenting)
- is lightweight
- can be used stand-alone on a non-networked computer
- can be used on the web
- has exactly the same functionality on the web and the client
- is platform independent
- is easy to install
- is easy to use
- uses open standards
- separates data, functions on the data, and presentation of the data
?

If this already exists, then Outlook is dead. If not, then Outlook is on
death row, and brain-storming starts RSN. Anybody care to join?

--
Victor Engmark

Wim Cossement

2004-06-24, 1:01 am

> So: Does anyone know of a calendar system which:
> - is open source
> - can export data to XML or something equally sensible (i.e. structured
> and self-documenting)
> - is lightweight
> - can be used stand-alone on a non-networked computer
> - can be used on the web
> - has exactly the same functionality on the web and the client
> - is platform independent
> - is easy to install
> - is easy to use
> - uses open standards
> - separates data, functions on the data, and presentation of the data

Eeeuh, not all of those requirements can be fullfilled, but here are a
few apps (most of them use AMP):

http://www.k5n.us/webcalendar.php, also check the competetors page!, is
quite OK IMO
http://www.php.brickhost.com/ IMO the best (rather simpelest app)
http://myphpcalendar.sourceforge.net/, have tried it but was not to keen
on it

These 3 are linked:
http://open.appideas.com/Calendar/ => Original
http://www.xenos.net/software/phpCommunityCalendar/ => Extended version
http://open.starsofthought.net/phpCommunityCalendar/ => Even more extended

The last one is quite OK, multiple users and schedules but I don't like
those reocurring events and also the fact that its adjustable by the
minute (but that can be changed easily by editing the PHP scrips)

G'day,

Wimmy

Tech Support Guy

2004-07-14, 4:01 pm

Simple but useful. Try the asp calendar from Ocean12 technology.

http://scripts.ocean12tech.com/

Hope this helps.
The Tech Support Guy

www.ComputerRelative.com

"Victor Engmark" <engmark-usenet@orakel.ntnu.no> wrote in message
news:cb707u$dut$1@sunnews.cern.ch...
> I've been using Outlook for some time now, but I'm beginning to get a
> nagging feeling that it really doesn't do what I want from a good
> calendar system.
>
> I've Googled for open source calendars, but it seems that all of them
> are big systems tilting towards groupware. I've _never_ used the
> groupware capabilities of Outlook, and I don't plan on starting with it.
> Also, I think starting with a single-user, lightweight, web-based,
> usable, open standard compliant client is the way to get a good
> groupware system started. First build flexible clients handling a
> sensible data format, and then make them interoperate.
>
> So: Does anyone know of a calendar system which:
> - is open source
> - can export data to XML or something equally sensible (i.e. structured
> and self-documenting)
> - is lightweight
> - can be used stand-alone on a non-networked computer
> - can be used on the web
> - has exactly the same functionality on the web and the client
> - is platform independent
> - is easy to install
> - is easy to use
> - uses open standards
> - separates data, functions on the data, and presentation of the data
> ?
>
> If this already exists, then Outlook is dead. If not, then Outlook is on
> death row, and brain-storming starts RSN. Anybody care to join?
>
> --
> Victor Engmark

th1nktank

2005-11-09, 9:08 am

You might be interested in a company called "iRyder" too!

http://www.iryder.com

This is not open source, but it is worth taking a look at even though it doesn't meet all your requirements. Tons of functionality, and Huge plans for the future! Including, version for PocketPC, coming soon!!

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