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Re: The new Google Calendar for web

#31
Like the new look quite a bit. I wish they would add a way to jump to dates though. I've been using Google calendar for several years now, and sometimes i want to look back a few years. Right now I have to click 20-30-40 times on the month arrow.

ETA: Looks like google labs is totally gone from the new setup?

Re: The new Google Calendar for web

#32

I wish calendars would come with booking ability. If I want to schedule a conference room, a laptop, the company car, and the spare parking permit (for example), I have to go to four separate calendars. I'd rather be able to schedule an event and assign resources to it. I've used Rapla ( http://rapla.org/ ) for this in my lab, and it worked nicely. You schedule an event, it lets you know what resources are available…

Does the "Rooms" feature not fit what you're looking for? https://imgur.com/oiiSdWL

Re: The new Google Calendar for web

#33
post #26

I wish calendars would come with booking ability. If I want to schedule a conference room, a laptop, the company car, and the spare parking permit (for example), I have to go to four separate calendars. I'd rather be able to schedule an event and assign resources to it. I've used Rapla ( http://rapla.org/ ) for this in my lab, and it worked nicely. You schedule an event, it lets you know what resources are available…

I don't know how this was set up at my work, but there is a separate section to add rooms, and it only lists the rooms that are open during that time. (Unfortunately the list includes every building owned by the company, so I scroll through 10 other buildings to find mine..)

You're probably using a Calendar Resource.

Here's a how-to guide for the curious: https://robinpowered.com/blog/how-to-set-up-room-resource-ca...

And the official support page: https://support.google.com/a/answer/1686462?hl=en

Re: The new Google Calendar for web

#35

I just want to be able to easily schedule a 15 or 45 minute long meeting :P

I just want to easily create a repeating schedule for an odd number pattern e.g. every second Wednesday or every third Wednesday.

Microsoft Outlook is easier although the Outlook application is easier than the Office.com calendar.

Re: The new Google Calendar for web

#36
post #31

Like the new look quite a bit. I wish they would add a way to jump to dates though. I've been using Google calendar for several years now, and sometimes i want to look back a few years. Right now I have to click 20-30-40 times on the month arrow. ETA: Looks like google labs is totally gone from the new setup?

If you change the view to Year in the top right you can go back years at a time and then switch back to a more granular view

Re: The new Google Calendar for web

#38
Can the Google Calendar Android App get notifications that are independent of the Google Launcher App? Launcher isn't allowed to send notifications because it sends too many irrelevant notifications, but this also means no calendar reminders anymore.

Re: The new Google Calendar for web

#39
post #36
post #31

Like the new look quite a bit. I wish they would add a way to jump to dates though. I've been using Google calendar for several years now, and sometimes i want to look back a few years. Right now I have to click 20-30-40 times on the month arrow. ETA: Looks like google labs is totally gone from the new setup?

If you change the view to Year in the top right you can go back years at a time and then switch back to a more granular view

That's huge, thank you!

Re: The new Google Calendar for web

#40

Can the Google Calendar Android App get notifications that are independent of the Google Launcher App? Launcher isn't allowed to send notifications because it sends too many irrelevant notifications, but this also means no calendar reminders anymore.

Launcher is sending you irrelevant notifications about what? Launcher isn't sending you anything it's something else(so turn that off) and you dont need Google's launcher to get calendar notifications and the mere fact that you are asking this says you are confused.
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