ubuntu-touch-coreapps team mailing list archive

[Pat McGowan <pat.mcgowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Peter Bittner <peter.bittner@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Can you open bug reports for each of the issues mentioned?
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-calendar-app
>
> Especially 4) should be a popular one. I'd certainly vote for it.
>
> I feel the calendar app (and its syncing mechanism) still has a long way
> to go.
>

As an FYI we recently moved to using the Buteo solution for contact syncing
and plan to do the same for calendar events, this will then allow us to
support some additional functionality.

Pat

>
> Peter
>
>
> 2016-01-23 21:39 GMT+01:00 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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