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Calendar on iOS 7 TOO minimal

My biggest complaint about the new calendar is that it no longer shows different calenders as different colored dots in the monthly view. I work a job where my different calenders help me determine my monthly pay at a glance. Removing this differentiation totally screws that up for me. At least (for now) I can still estimate at a glance based on my Mac.
 
Useless, just utterly useless. Losing views of appointments, you have to hunt and search all the grey dots on the calendar, and then scroll up and down, terrible. The loss of colored calendar entries is terrible as well, some of us have multiple calendars that we share with different groups. Don't even get me started on the horrendous white theme.

Ive seemed to have done MUCH more damage to iOS that the previous guy ever did. I never cared either way about skeumorphism, seriously did any business user give a crap? I just wanted functionality, but it seems in their haste to make things look pretty they forget about functionality. You can shine a turd for hours and days to make it shiny, but it's still a turd. It's interesting how all these completely obvious mistakes remind me of crap Microsoft does.
 
Contacts & calendar are my two favorite "looks".

The rest will take of themselves.
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scariker said:
I am agreeing with everyone, I hate the new Calendar. I used it all the time. My question is if I go with something else like Fantastical - what about on my macbook pro and ipad....will they still sync and where will my old info be? I can not believe they have changed it, I have been using it since 2008!:(
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I have the same type of question, if I use the non apple calendar will it somehow keep the apple calender up to date. Sync with the cal on my iMac or iPad.
 
From A Buick 8 said:
I have the same type of question, if I use the non apple calendar will it somehow keep the apple calender up to date. Sync with the cal on my iMac or iPad.
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Every single one of the calendar apps I've used (I've found Week Cal to be the perfect fit for my specific needs) access the same calendars as the stock app, meaning the switch was incredibly painless. Installing a new calendar app is pretty much nothing more than changing the UI on the phone, the rest (syncing etc) is as it was before.

This also means that there's no problem using several calendar apps on the iPhone side by side, for instance if you want to try a bunch to see which one fits you best. It also means that if you get an e-mail saying something like "BBQ at my house tomorrow at 8pm", it will be a link that will add an event into the stock calendar app - but that doesn't matter, because adding it there will make it show up in the other app you're using as well.

Just make sure you go to settings in the new calendar app to double check things like which calendars are visible, which is the standard calendar for new events and so on.
 
There is a decent calendar app called SUPERcal which is currently free. I like the look, reminds me of the old stock calendar app
 
I love the new look of the day view, and swiping left and right through days.

But thats as far as it goes. It looks nice, but it is TOO minimal as this thread says. Sad really.
 
From A Buick 8 said:
I have the same type of question, if I use the non apple calendar will it somehow keep the apple calender up to date. Sync with the cal on my iMac or iPad.
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as above, all 3rd party alternatives I've tried in both operating systems sync'd fine with everything else.
 
AlexJaye said:
I agree. Too minimal. I miss being able to see from the month view events on each days, instead of just a vague dot with no information whatsoever. Agenda view is just another tap to have to do.

The calendar was the first thing I noticed I hated about iOS 7. Love everything else so far... but this calendar business needs to be reworked.
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I miss the month view too. Since I'm looking for 3rd party calendar apps now does anyone know of an app that shows a month view with the event names visible on all the dates at a glance? I.e. like the month view on the ipad. Thanks!
 
minimo3 said:
I miss the month view too. Since I'm looking for 3rd party calendar apps now does anyone know of an app that shows a month view with the event names visible on all the dates at a glance? I.e. like the month view on the ipad. Thanks!
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Try one of these
 
Usually I with Apple I take the time and learn their mindset behind changes, and most of the time it is for the better.

The Calendar on the iPhone is unusable for serious work.

Just downloaded Fantastical, much better.
 
Yup i hate it too, i have to go in search to see all my appointments...
 
zedsdead said:
Usually I with Apple I take the time and learn their mindset behind changes, and most of the time it is for the better.

The Calendar on the iPhone is unusable for serious work.

Just downloaded Fantastical, much better.
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Does anyone know a calendar app that can set time zone on events? I know fantastical doesn't.
 
zedsdead said:
Usually I with Apple I take the time and learn their mindset behind changes, and most of the time it is for the better.

The Calendar on the iPhone is unusable for serious work.

Just downloaded Fantastical, much better.
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This is what happens when an OS is designed with teenagers as the primary demographic.
 
musio said:
Try one of these
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Thanks.

For those interested, calendars 5, pocketinformant, and week calendar are the three (that I could find) that provide a month view with event names visible across all the days of the month. The rest require you to tap on a day to see the events.
 
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WhackyNinja said:
I'm probably gonna get my ass lit up but the iOS 7 calendar...I like it

I have no problems with it thus far. The UI is pretty good imo
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Me too. I like the clean look. Works great. Lists events just fine under Search. Syncs great with my Mac. No issues.
 
I totally agree that the Calendar app's changes have destroyed it's usefulness. The calendar, especially the one with the month view and day's activities below it, were incredibly useful - one of the reasons I shifted to iPhone after being on Android for a while.

This new calendar is awful. On top of the loss of function and convenience, try reading the month view of Calendar on an iPad Mini!! Impossible unless you have a magnifying glass.

What were they thinking??? :(
 
Every day. I sync a calendar, contacts and Reminders with Outlook from my work PC, another one with TripIt and also manage 5 personal calendars ( mine and 4 family members). I travel extensively and use an iPad and iPhone as my sole devices (leave the PC and MBA at home). I constantly set up meetings, have web meetings with AT&T, change meetings, etc. Works flawlessly. Been using an iOS device since 2008 and this is my favorite OS yet. Every change brings something new - those too set in their ways are destined to whine, complain and pine for the good old days. They probably prefer typewriters too...
 
Mike in Kansas said:
.............Every change brings something new - those too set in their ways are destined to whine, complain and pine for the good old days. They probably prefer typewriters too...
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Because people want to quickly be able to view all events on a day means they prefer typewriters?

Resistance to oversimplification does not equal resistance to change. Going along with any change is no better.

I'm lucky in that I don't use the calender app on an every-day basis. I used to use it for events on days that didn't have a specific time, so they were just set as whatever time it showed by default. Of course, now I have to find those...

No reason to not just show all the events on a given day. That view option would surely not be too much to ask for.
 
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