Calendar Apps and why .Mac is particularly unsatisfying

Calendar Apps and why .Mac is particularly unsatisfying

Sunday, May 28, 2006 8:44 PM (permalink)

I have been trying to find a good online calendar so I can sync my schedule with my wife's, and also keep my folks in the loop. I am also hoping to find one with to-do lists, and possibly even contacts. Remember The Milk is far and away the best to-do list app I have found, but no calendar. And I really like Trumba as a calendar, but no tasks. I suppose I could cobble something together with both (and keep my contacts synched with .Mac) but what I really want is all the nifty .Mac/iLife apps I have to come with corresponding, all-nifty-Web 2.0-like online counterparts. In other words, it's nice that I can sync my iCal to-do lists with .Mac, but why can't I check them off as complete online? Someday, I hope, either some enterprising programmers will crack into .Mac and make it really useful, or Apple will let go of the whole client paradigm and realize that I don't want my data to be shackled, just secure.