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Better syncing online.  I want to use multiple computers to edit the same calanders, and have them update automatically.  Right now, I can only 'Subscribe' to calanders, but I cannot edit them.

yeah, I second that

Also the ability to view 'schedules' online.  Like I could publish certain calanders that display my work / school schedules so other people can see when I'm occupied.  It would need an interface that can be viewed but not necessarily subscribed to.

you mean something like PHP iCalendar?

Also, I hate that fold out window.  I'm forced to have my monthly view smaller because a huge honking pull out window wants attention.  It could fit much nicer along the top or bottom ala Photoshop's tool pallatte options..

yep, a nice inspector window or something would be cool..

- Also, the to do items should probably go in a separate window or view (selectable in a table under the calendars or something) for the same reason

- A "list" view would be a nice overview for months or even years (especially when printing)

heh, on that note... you can have the info window as an inspector instead of a side tab.  this was one instance where the screaming hoards convinced apple that the inspector window was needed.  look in the prefs i think.

I just want better organizing of all day events.  items spanning more than one day really screw up the layout with wasted space.

FTP syncing. Of course, this would make .Mac just a little less of a good buy, but if you could have the remote calendar editing on .Mac or WebDAV and FTP upload, that would be cool, too.

use the command line ftp client:

ftp -u ftp://user:pass@host/path /User/username/Library/Calendars/*.ics

(see man ftp)

you can put this in your /etc/crontab file to schedule it..
(see man 5 crontab)

if you care about putting your ftp password in a config file, then you shouldn't be using ftp anyway.. use scp with public key encryption

Compatability with my phone!

That's an iSync thing isn't it? When are they gonna update that, the way people get through phones almost everyone must be waiting for that to happen. Or is it just me?

heh, on that note... you can have the info window as an inspector instead of a side tab.  this was one instance where the screaming hoards convinced apple that the inspector window was needed.  look in the prefs i think.

Thank you! 

Go to the Window menu and select, 'Detatch Info' and it becomes an inspector.

FTP syncing. Of course, this would make .Mac just a little less of a good buy, but if you could have the remote calendar editing on .Mac or WebDAV and FTP upload, that would be cool, too.

use the command line ftp client:

Code:

ftp -u ftp://user:pass@host/path /User/username/Library/Calendars/*.ics

(see man ftp)

you can put this in your /etc/crontab file to schedule it..
(see man 5 crontab)

if you care about putting your ftp password in a config file, then you shouldn't be using ftp anyway.. use scp with public key encryption

Or set up an FTP user with only write access to the directory on the server where it's stored.

But I'd still prefer it be done inside iCal whenever a calendar is updated, like it is with webDAV

heh, on that note... you can have the info window as an inspector instead of a side tab. this was one instance where the screaming hoards convinced apple that the inspector window was needed. look in the prefs i think.

Thanks for the tip, but that wastes just as much space, and is an annoying floating window.  I really think a bar across the top or bottom would be elegant and ergonomic.  But a nice tip, though.

How about some font options and more layout options when printing? My wife insists on a copy hanging on the fridge, but when I print the monthly calendar everything is so big it is cut off.  There's a lot of wasted space around the margins too. Like turning off the before and after months; it doesn't make the main calendar any bigger, it just leaves a lot of white space where they used to be.

Seconded on all counts.

Font options, especially smaller ones. I'd like to fit all of the text in the box.

Pop-up alarms. I'd like to wake up may Mac and find a window on top to remind me of the day's event(s).

Yeah, having smaller text in month view would be sweet. I want to be able to read the items without having the window huge. Would be good in week view, too, everything's always cut off.

The main actual feature I'd want to add is having a way to link to-do items and calendar items. I'd like there to be a mark on the calendar of when a to-do item is due. That way when I look at what's ahead for the week or something, I see my to-do items, too. (I tend to ignore my to-do items since they aren't scheduled, they're just there... bad habit  )

Agreed completely.

Pop-up alarms. I'd like to wake up may Mac and find a window on top to remind me of the day's event(s).

There's a program called Pester that's nice for things like waiting for laundry, but something like that needs to be implemented in iCal.

This thread really does point out how little iCal offers...

So, even though this is a thread about what features we think iCal should get, any speculation on when this app will be released? My guess: a random day with no special event or fanfare, once they finish updating it. 

I really hope so.  I'll continue to use it because of its simplicity, and well, I'm already using it.  To be surprised one day by a major update would be great.

iCal is seperate from iLife, right?

Here's one: Smart Calendars

It would be awesome if you could take a specific event from a calendar on the Internet and add it to a calendar on your local machine, and refresh them all at the same time.

For example: If you like to watch Iron Chef and Lost, you can find the FoodTV calendar on the 'net and select the Iron Chef event to add to your TV calendar and find the ABC schedule and get the Lost event and ad that to your TV calendar, and they both dynamically update at a set interval.

more colors in one calendar. So that every item has a code but appears on the same calendar rather than syncs as different ones so that I can go online and just by the colors in the day, I know wether I'm in meetings, classes, office doing nothing, etc.

I'm looking forward to see where Sunbird is going because I'm getting a bit bored of iCal.

Calendars with sub-calendars would solve that problem.  Imagine a folder of "Work," broken apart into different sub-calendars for meetings, classes, office, etc.  That'd be kind of cool.