I just noticed that I check my calendar frequently during the day. I am sick of double-clicking the time to bring up my calendar.
I would like a calendar that is embedded on my desktop. I know webshots does this, but every system I have ever seen with webshots on it was either bogged down or had system problems.
I don't trust the calendars I am finding on google because I am scared of the webshpots effect. Can anyone reccommend a desktop calendar you are using?
It doesn't need to be fancy--just free. Thanks!
Maybe I can use a widget?
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
Mac, PC, Linux or other?
Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :
Since he's talking about widgets, I would assume he has a Mac.
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
I always use my Outlook calendar because I can access it from my home computer as well, but that requires at least as much clicking around.
Posted by lem (Member # 6914) on :
Nope, it is a pc with XP professional on it. I was thinking of using Yahoo's widget engine, but I think I would rather use a small program that someone I trust has had luck with.
Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :
Oops. Sorry. I was under the impression that widgets were a Mac thing exclusively.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
I never even see my desktop -- I always have so many windows open -- so a desktop calendar I don't think would be helpful if you are working at your PC alot. Because choosing "show desktop" is almost as much trouble as double clicking the clock.
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Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
I was actually looking for the same thing not long ago, and there were several options available from www.download.com that would incorporate directly into your desktop. I tried almost all of them, and they all function very similarly, and I didn't notice a significant drop in system resources from having them run constantly, so it's mostly a matter of features and aesthetics.
What I discovered, though, is that it's just as much of a pain to minimize all your windows to see a calendar as it is to double click the windows time.
Posted by Baron Samedi (Member # 9175) on :
You know, if you unlock the taskbar and drag it up to 2 rows, it'll put the date in under the time automatically.
{does this mean I just taught lem something about Windows? }
Posted by peterh (Member # 5208) on :
Windows keyboard shortcut to minimize all windows/display desktop: Windows Key+D
Posted by lem (Member # 6914) on :
quote: You know, if you unlock the taskbar and drag it up to 2 rows, it'll put the date in under the time automatically.
Mine doesn't; it just creates a whole lotta gray! Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
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quote: You know, if you unlock the taskbar and drag it up to 2 rows, it'll put the date in under the time automatically.
Mine doesn't; it just creates a whole lotta gray! [Taunt]
That's also assuming you have a taskbar. ^_^
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Posted by lem (Member # 6914) on :
Ah Crap, the Baron was right! I tested it on my 2000 machine, but on the XP machine it shows the date.
Bah! I like as much visible screen as possible, so a double taskbar is not worth it to me. Plus I want to see a calender, not just the date.
I decided I like the yahoo widgets.
Posted by human_2.0 (Member # 6006) on :
Yahoo widgets comes from Konfabulator, which use to be on the Mac WAY before Apple photocopied it as "Dashboard".
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
quote:I like as much visible screen as possible, so a double taskbar is not worth it to me.
Autohide the taskbar. Make it two rows wide. Ta-da.
Posted by Princesska (Member # 8954) on :
quote:You know, if you unlock the taskbar and drag it up to 2 rows, it'll put the date in under the time automatically.
I just did that. And as I have Windows XP, it worked. Sweet!
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I tested it on my 2000 machine, but on the XP machine it shows the date.