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Re: The new Google Calendar for web

#101

Post by gtf21 »

stinky613 wrote: post #45

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?

My immediate reaction was: "oh god eyecandy + broken features". I felt the same way with Inbox (which, thankfully, was not pressed onto users). They seem to make cosmetic changes (IMO material-UI is clunky) which in turn make things harder to use, or they just straight-up remove stuff on which one relied previously.

Re: The new Google Calendar for web

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Post by kingnothing »

gtf21 wrote: post #101
stinky613 wrote: post #45

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?

My immediate reaction was: "oh god eyecandy + broken features". I felt the same way with Inbox (which, thankfully, was not pressed onto users). They seem to make cosmetic changes (IMO material-UI is clunky) which in turn make things harder to use, or they just straight-up remove stuff on which one relied previously.

I actually thought Inbox was a refreshing change for email management, particularly snoozing, but I wish they would port the rest of gmail to it. It's a horrible UX to have to switch from Inbox to gmail to manage filters and anything else that even remotely caters to a "power user".

Re: The new Google Calendar for web

#104

Post by KGIII »

stinky613 wrote: post #45

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?

There's no need to be a cynical jerk...

...they are just going to cancel it a few years from now.

Re: The new Google Calendar for web

#105

Post by escherize »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #79
stinky613 wrote: post #45

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".

While siphoning up more user data.

Re: The new Google Calendar for web

#106

Post by hayleox »

theossuary wrote: post #99

Completely off topic, but am I the only won who things it's really wrong for google to have their own TLD?

I don't mind it. Be glad that ICANN didn't allow their proposal to own the name "search", with no second-level domain (i.e. https://search/): https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/10/google-wants-to-operate-se...

Re: The new Google Calendar for web

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Post by sidcool »

stinky613 wrote: post #45

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 have been using this new calendar as a beta tester and honestly I loved it. It's not world changing, but makes some routine tasks simpler.

Re: The new Google Calendar for web

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Post by yegle »

stinky613 wrote: post #45

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 think Calendar web is the first major product update from Google that gets nothing broken/left out compare to the old version. I happily accepted the new version without trying to find the "switch back to old version" link. Mind you, we heavily rely on calendar's web UI internally. The calendar team did a great job to make sure you won't miss any feature from the old web UI.

Disclaimer I work for Google on unrelated project.

Re: The new Google Calendar for web

#110

Post by on_and_off »

stephengillie wrote: post #100
stephengillie wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oreo is available. I will upgrade after work. Thanks for the reminder.

Oreo can't download, and there is no error message to troubleshoot. https://i.imgur.com/Uw0uIPU.png

haha

yeah an error message (or at least a code) might be useful here

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