1. Apr 13th, 2006

    Sorry 30boxes, but it’s time to say goodbye

    It was a fun ride. I loved your simplicity, the swift event entry, your Mac-influenced theme. I loved how I could access my calendar from my cell phone. I loved how you came in time, just as I needed something to replace my Palm.But today, I switched to Google Calendar. That’s the way of the world.

    It has all the features I need, and none of the features I don’t. I love how I can drag events around, as all schedules are tentative. The weekly view that reminds me to scroll and see off-page events. The daily agenda e-mail reminder. The (almost working) iCal support, and the promise of SMS (I pay taxes to Verizon).

    Kodus to your team: your servers were always up and fairly responsive. But your microchunking content and multiplexing 30 AJAX calls per page is too slow for spotty WiFi and EV-DO. Your monthly calendar view trumps Google’s in simplicity and functionality, but I need to stay focused on the week ahead. You made it easy to share my calendar with others, but daily e-mails and reminder SMS make it easy to share my calendar with my forgetful self.

    I still love you, it’s just that I think it’s time to move on.

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    1. Apr 14th, 2006

      NorthSpace » Blog Archive » Google Calendar is Live

      [...] In conclusion, I’d have to say that Google’s product looks like a winner, and I’m switching from 30 Boxes to make it my online calendar. Similar sentiments are being heard all over. Sorry, 30 Boxes. [...]

    2. Apr 14th, 2006

      IT|Redux » Office 2.0 on Overdrive

      [...] Google just released Google Calendar, and as Jeff Nolan pointed out, the whole blogosphere is abuzz. The excellent 30 Boxes, which very much defined the space for Web 2.0 calendaring, is less than two months old, yet it’s already being dumped by early adopters in favor of Google’s implementation. Brian Benzinger provides is usual thorough review, and I agree with him: Google Calendar rocks. I only wish that it worked with Safari — which is decidedly faster than Mozilla, even when using the universal binaries for Intel-powered mac laptops. I would also have liked to get JavaScript badges for easily publishing events on HTML pages. I guess I’ll have to find a good feed processing tool that can handle any XML feed, instead of just Atom or RSS ones. [...]

    3. Apr 14th, 2006

      mynx matters » Web-based Calendars

      [...] Assaf’s quick comparison of 30 Boxes and Google Calendar: [Google Calendar] has all the features I need, and none of the features I don’t. I love how I can drag events around, as all schedules are tentative. The weekly view that reminds me to scroll and see off-page events. The daily agenda e-mail reminder. The (almost working) iCal support, and the promise of SMS (I pay taxes to Verizon). [...]

    4. Apr 18th, 2006

      A million cool things at FactoryCity

      [...] Sign of the times app of the day and must-mention Google app, Calendar. With switching costs so low, it does seem like taking on anything Googlifiable is a dangerous proposition unless you’ve got a nuke (to quote Munjal). [...]

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