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Re: The new Google Calendar for web

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To force this update to Calendar without it being rolled out to you yet, you can use this query string parameter: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/render?new_calendar_opt... EDIT: Apparently it might not save the preference, so you'd need to use this link every time.

Doesn't seem to work on GSuite

In GSuite your admin can control the timing of the update. If you're the admin, see the setting here: https://admin.google.com/AdminHome#AppDetails:service=Calend...

Re: The new Google Calendar for web

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It's amazing how my gut reactions to Google announcements have changed over the years. Ten years ago: "Google released a new upgrade to X? Sweet! I wonder what cool stuff they added!" Today: "Google released a new upgrade to X? Ugh. I wonder what features/workflows they broke or removed." Am I just a cynical jerk, or do other people feel this way too?

No. The biggest case in point is just Google Groups. It feels like they just let the interns go "fuck my shit up" over there.

Re: The new Google Calendar for web

#74

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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.

Maps nagging me to confirm I was at specific locations at specific times, news articles I don't want to read, etc. Just now I re-enabled Launcher notifications, and it's notifying me that I can unlock my phone by saying "OK Google". This is common knowledge and not a notification I want or can use, but have no way to disable this irrelevance. Google calendar funnels notifications through the Google App, just like all…

You could turn off those things and you dont need the default Google launcher to get notification(from Google app or whatever). I am here looking at a calendar reminder on my phone and I dont use the Google launcher.

To turn of those location questions open Google Maps->Settings->Notification->Your contributions. Toggle what you want and dont want to be notified about.

People seem to complain about this and not realise for some reason that it could be turned off without having to resort to something as crude as blocking the notification.

Re: The new Google Calendar for web

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post #54

It's amazing how my gut reactions to Google announcements have changed over the years. Ten years ago: "Google released a new upgrade to X? Sweet! I wonder what cool stuff they added!" Today: "Google released a new upgrade to X? Ugh. I wonder what features/workflows they broke or removed." Am I just a cynical jerk, or do other people feel this way too?

I'm biased here, but after Inbox, and after the mobile Calendar apps being upgraded, I was super excited about the web Calendar upgrade. I love it.

I like Inbox, and I use it...but have you noticed that, stunningly, you can search for things in Inbox and get zero results and then take that same search into _gmail_ and get results??

(Unfortunately, no, I don't have an example I can demonstrate extemporaneously)

Re: The new Google Calendar for web

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post #54

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I'm biased here, but after Inbox, and after the mobile Calendar apps being upgraded, I was super excited about the web Calendar upgrade. I love it.

I like Inbox, and I use it...but have you noticed that, stunningly, you can search for things in Inbox and get zero results and then take that same search into _gmail_ and get results?? (Unfortunately, no, I don't have an example I can demonstrate extemporaneously)

Search for emails should be the same between the 2. But I believe Gmail will search other things (like Hangouts chats and maybe other products), while Inbox's search just does email.

Re: The new Google Calendar for web

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Seems like they got rid of their intelligent time parsing. In the old Calendar I could type "Walk dog 7p" and it would create a "Walk dog" event at 7pm. Now it just creates an all-day event with the text "Walk dog 7p". Feedback sent.

Re: The new Google Calendar for web

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The problem with this (and Inbox) is that material design just doesn't translate to a big web browser canvas with a mouse etc. It just feels... bad.

I seconding you on that. The material design (MD) seems to be empty of my computer. I think Google right now is confusing the ability to read a website with a smartphone, and the ability to read a website with a computer. Sure, MD looks great on my phone, but I also love to use Google products on my computer (and I use them mostly on my computer).

Re: The new Google Calendar for web

#79

It's amazing how my gut reactions to Google announcements have changed over the years. Ten years ago: "Google released a new upgrade to X? Sweet! I wonder what cool stuff they added!" Today: "Google released a new upgrade to X? Ugh. I wonder what features/workflows they broke or removed." Am I just a cynical jerk, or do other people feel this way too?

If you're just a cynical jerk, then you're not alone. I feel similarly. Even worse, my reaction these days is "I wonder what new way they have to make even less useful information be displayed on the screen, while making the product even more bloated and unusable on anything but most trivial datasets".

Re: The new Google Calendar for web

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Maps nagging me to confirm I was at specific locations at specific times, news articles I don't want to read, etc. Just now I re-enabled Launcher notifications, and it's notifying me that I can unlock my phone by saying "OK Google". This is common knowledge and not a notification I want or can use, but have no way to disable this irrelevance. Google calendar funnels notifications through the Google App, just like all…

You could turn off those things and you dont need the default Google launcher to get notification(from Google app or whatever). I am here looking at a calendar reminder on my phone and I dont use the Google launcher. To turn of those location questions open Google Maps->Settings->Notification->Your contributions. Toggle what you want and dont want to be notified about. People seem to complain about this and not reali…

How do I get rid of the notifications telling me that I can unlock my phone by saying "OK Google"?

Do your calendar notifications come from Google Calendar? Mine don't, and I don't know why.

It's not readily apparent how to disable most of these, so the whole notification is disabled. It's a UI deficiency that could be argued to be a dark pattern.

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