[General Questions and Answers] Nietzschean:
Hi guys.

I got my first smartphone a few days ago (Motorola Defy, put CM7 on it).

I've been playing around with everything and am generally satisfied, but I'm gutted about the calendar - it's flat out terrible :mad: I hate the input method and the lack of differentiation in event types (only "appointment")

I've been trying different apps and widgets but they either look like they're remnants of 80's websites or have zero functionality/user friendliness it seems (but perhaps I'm looking in the wrong places, hence this thread).

I'm not an IT guy, but I can't believe that given the other stuff that's out there, calendar apps are an impossible thing to program?

What calendar apps/widgets do you guys use?

I have it set up like this now (colors distorted for some reason):

- launcherpro plus calendar widget on top

- colornote checklist as a make-shift task list

- calwidget to show upcoming events.

I like the launcher pro calendar widget, but I miss

- color coded dots to easily see what type of event(s) are attached to a day instead of only seeing that there is "something" there

- different types of entries (memo, appointment, birthday, etc instead of just "appointment")

- easy entry of just memo's for a day without having to set the time (which is a real cumbersome procedure by the way, given the way you have to either input those hours by pressing those arrows up or down or by x amount of extra clicks in order to select, delete and type them in - why not just make them typeable from the start or use sliders to set the time intervals - it's a touch screen, how hard can that be?).

- if no particular day is selected, a box underneath the overview of the month shows the events that are coming up next

- clicking on a day to open up the details for that day in the box underneath the monthly calendar, without removing the monthly oversight

- when entering a new entry -> first a simple choice screen asking whether you want to put in a birthday, a memo (which leads to not having to input any time, location etc and hence an uncluttered entry screen used for quick entries) or an appointment (which has the options to enter start/ending hour, location, title, description, etc)

I just want to click on a day and see all the events on it without losing sight of the rest of the month. Click it again -> switches back to the upcoming list instead of day detail. Adding a memo -> holdclick on a day -> pick "add memo" -> enter some text like "has Joe mailed back yet?" -> save, and bam, you're done - this as opposed to having to cycle all over the entry form to select "all day event", enter a title, etc

Or for appointments: holdclick on a day -> pick "add appointment" -> get the current options but with sliders for the hours (just a line showing the 24 with 2 sliders like those you use to select text for defining the timeframe) -> save, done. I also don't get why after having entered an update you have to reload the app through which you entered it - I'm guessing this is because google is involved so perhaps a separate database would be more user friendly.

Nothing overly complicated with 100 options nobody uses anyway.

I wonder if there's anything out there like that.