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[Warren Jacques <warren@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

After a few months of Ubuntu Phone use on the MX4, a few thoughts about 
the calendar.

1. Views: I think the default number of hours shown in day and week view 
is too few.  Ideally I like to see around 10 - 12 hours of the day at 
one time.  At the moment I find I can scroll past a day and miss events 
as they are out of the view, and there is too much scrolling up and down 
in those views.  Ideally it would be customisable - both the number of 
hours shown and the start time of day.

2. Deleting calendars: there doesn't seem to be a way to delete 
calendars in the list.  I created multiple calendars while trying out 
sync options and had to go looking in the evolution back end to delete 
them from the command line (still can't find a way to get rid of the 
default "Personal" one).

3. Unchecked calendars show up in create event dialog:  I think if a 
calendar has been unchecked in the calendar list and so is not being 
used it shouldn't show up in the create event dialog.  Alternatively it 
should be possible to select a default calendar for new events to be 
created in.

4. Sync:  very disappointing that the only officially supported sync 
option is Google.  I think there should be a generic CalDAV option to 
support ownCloud and similar (which ideally would be an account login 
that enabled all data on the ownCoud server to be synced with the 
phone).  I've tried setting up sync to an ownCloud server, but only got 
it working one-way (from the phone to ownCloud), and only via a manual 
sync from the command line.  Tried a few crontab solutions that are 
online for auto-syncing, but haven't got that working yet, so have 
reluctantly gone back to Google Calendar for now, as the DIY option has 
been too unreliable.

Having moved to Ubuntu Phone from iPhone and from Android before that, 
one of the attractions of Ubuntu Phone is the possibility if ditching 
Apple & Google for cloud services.

Hope at least some of this is useful feedback.

Thanks

Warren

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Warren Jacques (warren@xxxxxxxxx)