We Need to Talk About the State of Calendar Software on Desktop
We Need to Talk About the State of Calendar Software on Desktop
Smartphones are fine. There are no problems today with finding good calendar software for any smartphone out there. But when it comes to desktops (or laptops), there are exactly two cases in which using calendars in 2024 isn't a complete disaster:
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Notion calendar is by far the best desktop solution for both Mac and Windows. Even if you don't use Notion at all (like me).
I guess this author never tried it.
Linux?
nope
Well that's a non-starter then.
I don't know about the author, but I'm on Linux and Android and the apps I see on Notion Calendar are for Windows and Mac for desktop and for iOS on phone.
I've tried the web client a bit when it came out but it just didn't really click for me (as in, I didn't see how it would be better than any email client that has an integrated calendar). Also, calendar web clients just don't answer the issue, in my opinion. And regular Notion is slow and clunky in my experience, so I haven't given them the benefit of the doubt on the Calendar part of their tooling. :)
Notion calendar wasn't built by notion. They bought an existing startup called Cron. And the desktop experience is top notch.
Sadly nothing for Linux nor Android though.
I’ll try it (not OP), but I finally got Thunderbird to at least read, if not write, all my calendars (Exchange excluded). It’s surprising that Google seems the most open somehow. Crazy.
Is it electron?
Doesn't look like it works with other calendar systems yet?
Currently, Notion Calendar integrates and syncs with Google Calendar accounts. Adding support for other calendar providers such as Outlook and iCloud is on our roadmap.
Also it only works with a Notion account? It gives me no other options - just "Login to your Notion account".