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Gemini Calendar - my vision of calendar software
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powell
Well-Known Member
Great! Thanks.
Ambassador Dave
Lurker
Not seeing this on my HTC Evo (Android 2.1, Sense). Created a new event in Gemini Calendar, saved it, returned to home screen, clicked on the day in the Sense calendar widget, opened the default calendar app, saw the new event. Was able to click on the new event, verify it was non-recurring, then delete it from the default calendar app.
BTW, I received a prompt to update to the new 0.9.30 version. Nice to see the 'please donate' show up. Thanks for your continued efforts, Powell!
Per a PM from powell, this problem is easily resolved by removing the widget and then reinserting it
kokiangel
Android Expert
This app just gets better and better. I am really looking forward to the widget actually being 4x4 or 4x3. Or even showing more than just the next 3 events as I use it to remind me of some rather mundane tasks. (I am a really absent minded person!) It does a great job of reminding me to give my dog her heart worm medicine and when to change my contacts as well as other not so frequent events such as when to schedule certain home and auto maintenance. Add that to birthdays and holidays and vacation days which I take in 1/2 days most of the time and my calendar fills up fast. And that is just the personal stuff. Oh this app ROCKS! I just need maybe 2 more lines for events on the widget and it would be perfect for me. Maybe you could set it up so people could choose how many events they want it to show from say 1 to 5 on the widget? Just a thought.
Powell,
Just re-installed the latest version of Gemini. As said by others, it keeps getting better & better. Went through the Eris 2.1 update & wanted to see how everything was working before I slowly re-added apps.
Really like the widget but noticed something. It is early evening here so today's appts are gone & my 1st three appts/events are displayed as they should be. Two are showing with a red numbered date and one with a blue numbered date. The red and one of the blue dates on the widget are events for tomorrow and are correct. Here's what I can't figure out. If I tap on the widget to bring up the day view both events are shown. But, if I bring up the full program and double tap on tomorrow's date for the day view, only one event is shown. The one with the red date on the widget.
Anyone else seeing this?
Just re-installed the latest version of Gemini. As said by others, it keeps getting better & better. Went through the Eris 2.1 update & wanted to see how everything was working before I slowly re-added apps.
Really like the widget but noticed something. It is early evening here so today's appts are gone & my 1st three appts/events are displayed as they should be. Two are showing with a red numbered date and one with a blue numbered date. The red and one of the blue dates on the widget are events for tomorrow and are correct. Here's what I can't figure out. If I tap on the widget to bring up the day view both events are shown. But, if I bring up the full program and double tap on tomorrow's date for the day view, only one event is shown. The one with the red date on the widget.
Anyone else seeing this?
Powell,
Two of the features I love with Gemini are add from log and add from book.
Each, for different reasons, lets me add a reminder to call or to return a call. The best thing is it automatically includes the phone number so I don't have to go and look it up in contacts.
One thing that would be helpful. When adding from book and it brings up the contacts listing there are duplicate contact name listings with a different number beside each. I know this is because I have multiple numbers for some contacts and it is displaying each one individually. Is it possible to also include the field tag for the number being displayed so I know if I am selecting mobile, work, home, etc.?
Oh, and before I forget, thank you very much for adding the confirm to delete pop-up. It has already saved me.
Two of the features I love with Gemini are add from log and add from book.
Each, for different reasons, lets me add a reminder to call or to return a call. The best thing is it automatically includes the phone number so I don't have to go and look it up in contacts.
One thing that would be helpful. When adding from book and it brings up the contacts listing there are duplicate contact name listings with a different number beside each. I know this is because I have multiple numbers for some contacts and it is displaying each one individually. Is it possible to also include the field tag for the number being displayed so I know if I am selecting mobile, work, home, etc.?
Oh, and before I forget, thank you very much for adding the confirm to delete pop-up. It has already saved me.
powell
Well-Known Member
@bob_54, colors of date on the widget are set according to the calendar color the event comes from. Apparently, some of the events on your widget belong to two different calendars. And now, take into account, that you are able to select calendars independently for the Gemini main application and for the widget. Maybe you just do not have the same calendars selected and that is why you cannot see some events in your main application ? Just guessing ....
It is nice to hear that add from log and add from book functions are useful. I know that some things can be improved, I will do that in the future.
New widgets are coming ... soon.
By the way, the issue @28064212 has reported is already fixed (Force close of stock calendar), it appeared only on Samsung devices before calendar data was synchronized with Google Site.
It is nice to hear that add from log and add from book functions are useful. I know that some things can be improved, I will do that in the future.
New widgets are coming ... soon.
By the way, the issue @28064212 has reported is already fixed (Force close of stock calendar), it appeared only on Samsung devices before calendar data was synchronized with Google Site.
RJB
Member
Just bought Android phone... Been using Palm for 13 years.
A few pages back, there was some discussion about changing time zones - this is critical for me, as I travel cross country weekly, and when I set appointments, I need to set them in "local" time without always having to do the math. (Particularly flight schedules, conference calls, etc. - also because I am frequently in a different time zone than my wife.)
Anyway, Palm DESKTOP didn't play nice with multiple time zones, but the HANDHELD did. And as long as the time zone on your computer matched the time zone on the handheld, when you synced, it didn't mess with the integrity of the handheld appointment.
(That last paragraph was because I know that Google Calendar doesn't recognize multiple time zones...)
Anyway, I'm really hoping to find a calendar that will play nicely with multiple time zones. Deja Office is nice, because it backs up to my existing Palm database... But doesn't do time zones.
Gemini looks really cool... but for the time zones!
I don't know if this helps or hurts your programming abilities around this issue: The way the interface worked in Palm is, when you entered a new appointment, you had the option of selecting a city for that appointment.
If you didn't select a city, it always treated that appointment at "absolute" time. (That is, if you said it started at 9AM, it showed as 9AM regardless of what time zone you are in, independent of the time zone you were in when you entered the event.)
The cities are from the World Clock application. So when you selected a city, it automagically knew what time zone that city was in, and would show the RELATIVE time on your calendar.
In other words: I live in Philadelphia. I put in an appointment for a lunch in San Francisco next week that begins at 12N. When I'm in Philly, that day's calendar reads:
3:00PM - SAN FRANCISCO LUNCH (12:00N PDT)
When I go to San Fran, it would read simply:
12:00N - SAN FRANCISCO LUNCH
(And if I stop in Denver, it would read:
1:00P - SAN FRANCISCO LUNCH (12:00N PDT))
If you don't bounce between time zones a lot, it sounds innocuously anal to bring it up. But man, the appointments you can miss if you're not careful!
I don't know if explaining the Palm user interface helps your ability to make this happen, but I will pay good $$$ to the first guy who gets this right! (And I'm sure lots of others will, too!)
A few pages back, there was some discussion about changing time zones - this is critical for me, as I travel cross country weekly, and when I set appointments, I need to set them in "local" time without always having to do the math. (Particularly flight schedules, conference calls, etc. - also because I am frequently in a different time zone than my wife.)
Anyway, Palm DESKTOP didn't play nice with multiple time zones, but the HANDHELD did. And as long as the time zone on your computer matched the time zone on the handheld, when you synced, it didn't mess with the integrity of the handheld appointment.
(That last paragraph was because I know that Google Calendar doesn't recognize multiple time zones...)
Anyway, I'm really hoping to find a calendar that will play nicely with multiple time zones. Deja Office is nice, because it backs up to my existing Palm database... But doesn't do time zones.
Gemini looks really cool... but for the time zones!
I don't know if this helps or hurts your programming abilities around this issue: The way the interface worked in Palm is, when you entered a new appointment, you had the option of selecting a city for that appointment.
If you didn't select a city, it always treated that appointment at "absolute" time. (That is, if you said it started at 9AM, it showed as 9AM regardless of what time zone you are in, independent of the time zone you were in when you entered the event.)
The cities are from the World Clock application. So when you selected a city, it automagically knew what time zone that city was in, and would show the RELATIVE time on your calendar.
In other words: I live in Philadelphia. I put in an appointment for a lunch in San Francisco next week that begins at 12N. When I'm in Philly, that day's calendar reads:
3:00PM - SAN FRANCISCO LUNCH (12:00N PDT)
When I go to San Fran, it would read simply:
12:00N - SAN FRANCISCO LUNCH
(And if I stop in Denver, it would read:
1:00P - SAN FRANCISCO LUNCH (12:00N PDT))
If you don't bounce between time zones a lot, it sounds innocuously anal to bring it up. But man, the appointments you can miss if you're not careful!
I don't know if explaining the Palm user interface helps your ability to make this happen, but I will pay good $$$ to the first guy who gets this right! (And I'm sure lots of others will, too!)
fisher_of_man
Lurker
woooowhooo!! in my opinion, that is all that is one of the major things missing! can't wait to check them out! thanks for all you do Powell and keep up the good work!
kokiangel
Android Expert
bob_54 I see where powell already answered your question about the color of the bars. Yeah, I have different colors too. Most of mine are blue as I add events from my general calendar. Green ones are from my birthdays and special events calendar, and then there are other colors for other calendars. I like that Google lets me set my own choices and that this widget lets me keep them. I really hate red!
mariposa45
Lurker
Hi Powell,
as some other people have already said before, the app is great and I have originally joined the site to thank you
But now (a couple of minutes after playing with the app) I also have a question: when I try to add a reminder for a call, and hit the "Add from book" button, only a couple of my contacts appear - and it has no connection to where their contacts are stored (phone, google account, other). Any idea what this might be?
Thanks!
as some other people have already said before, the app is great and I have originally joined the site to thank you
But now (a couple of minutes after playing with the app) I also have a question: when I try to add a reminder for a call, and hit the "Add from book" button, only a couple of my contacts appear - and it has no connection to where their contacts are stored (phone, google account, other). Any idea what this might be?
Thanks!
Hello Powell,
I just found this app and i am very impressed. My only question is are you planning to add Sound Notification with Snooze (for time option e.g. 5 min, 10 min) and the sound can be selectable from ring tones or mp3 and with volume control?
I just heard sound for the reminder i setup for test but sound volume is too low and no customizable selection of ring tones or mp3.
Are u planning to implement this. I came from Nokia and it had pretty good calendar which i miss immensely.
By the way i use Samsung Captivate and it do not allow me to select vibration notification.
I will like to donate or will pay for this app if it has these features which I think Android misses altogether.
I wish good luck to you. And appreciate your hard work,
I just found this app and i am very impressed. My only question is are you planning to add Sound Notification with Snooze (for time option e.g. 5 min, 10 min) and the sound can be selectable from ring tones or mp3 and with volume control?
I just heard sound for the reminder i setup for test but sound volume is too low and no customizable selection of ring tones or mp3.
Are u planning to implement this. I came from Nokia and it had pretty good calendar which i miss immensely.
By the way i use Samsung Captivate and it do not allow me to select vibration notification.
I will like to donate or will pay for this app if it has these features which I think Android misses altogether.
I wish good luck to you. And appreciate your hard work,
I thought I set this right... In the preferences I checked the "Map address as link" option, but when I click on a calendar entry with a Location with an address.. it isn't clickable to bring up maps or anything. Is that what it is suppose to do?
If not, that would be a very useful feature in a new release and would seal the deal on buying the version when it is out.
Using gemini calendar 0.9.31 on android 2.1 Samsung Captivate
If not, that would be a very useful feature in a new release and would seal the deal on buying the version when it is out.
Using gemini calendar 0.9.31 on android 2.1 Samsung Captivate
parousia15
Newbie
Is there anyway to get certain calendar widgets (e.g., android agneda) to pull up this calendar instead of the stock?
By pull up, I mean, when I chose "open calendar" from the widget, it pulls up the stock one.
By pull up, I mean, when I chose "open calendar" from the widget, it pulls up the stock one.
powell
Well-Known Member
I've just installed the new build of Gemini Calendar: THANKS a lot for the new "change only this" option on recurring events!
You are welcome. This option is a little bit tricky, since it shows up ONLY if event is already synchronized with Google Site. This is one of oddities we have in Android and - specially - in calendar system. Stock calendar works in the same way, however, I am expecting many e-mails and questions, why Gemini behaves like that ...
I will answer other questions later.
powell,
Just wanted to inform you of a possible bug I found last night. I added an event and set it to repeat one day to start today and end tomorrow. I saved it and the event showed up for today, but not for tomorrow. When I went to edit it, I was asked if I wanted to edit just the one event or all in series. However, the second date for the recurrence never showed up anywhere.
Kratos
Just wanted to inform you of a possible bug I found last night. I added an event and set it to repeat one day to start today and end tomorrow. I saved it and the event showed up for today, but not for tomorrow. When I went to edit it, I was asked if I wanted to edit just the one event or all in series. However, the second date for the recurrence never showed up anywhere.
Kratos