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Google Calendar is accessible from any web browser and is a good alternative to native calendar apps.
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Pros
Pro Straightforward event creation with autocomplete
All views have an option of adding a new event by tapping the plus sign at the lower right corner of the screen. This opens up a form and allows the user to add a location, start/end times, guests, description, color-code as well as choosing if it's an all day event, how often it repeats, how many and what kind of reminders are needed and setting the users availability and privacy settings.
Pro Clean design with 5 different views including an excellent schedule view
Google Calendar has a monochrome base design that's accented with colored-coded events and image banners that separate months in schedule view.
The app has 5 different views - schedule, day, 3-day, week and month.
Day, 3-day and week views split up the days horizontally and hours vertically. Month view lays out all days in a grid and displays up to 3 events in a day.
Schedule view displays an agenda view that allows browsing all events by swiping vertically. Additionally, the way events are displayed in the agenda view is context-aware. For example, adding an event called "gym" will display the event on a background with a dumbbell.
All views except for month view can be split horizontally to display a condensed month view at the top that can be navigated by swiping horizontally.
Events can be added from any view by clicking the red plus button that's available at the bottom-right corner of the screen.
Pro Has events reminders and tasks
Reminders are brilliant because if the do not get done, they automatically get moved to the next day. Viewing them is a bit problematic because GC rolls them up if you have more than one. Tasks are excellent as well, BUT the caveat is that you can have Reminders or Tasks, but not both. This is a rather stupid limitation, but because reminders actually roll over (and therefore do not get forgotten) I use them instead of tasks.
Cons
Con Once you create a event on a Calendar, you can't move to a different Calendar
Con New Look removes functionality and there is no way to revert to previous look
Con Time scheduling very limited
That's simply not true. The initial Dropdown list has 30 minute or 60 minute intervals, depending on default, but you can schedule to the minute. here's a test I just did (you simply enter the time start and it will add on the default interval which you can also edit):
Wednesday, 1 August
17:02 – 18:05
30 minutes before
17:02 - 18:13
Organiser: Kevin personal
Kevin personal
Time Scheduling is actually a pro of Google Calendar
Con Privacy concerns
Google integrate all their services to connect and mine information on an individual to better profile and target advertising.