Please share your findings with us all. I hope others who have
experience or insight about the IGoogle will also chime in on list.
Thanks,
Terri
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Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] accessibly using and sharing calendars
When My Yahoo! came out with it's new look and feel, I compared iGoogle
to My Yahoo! and the accessibility of the calendar feature was a big
factor in my comparison. I found Yahoo's calendar to be more accessible
than Google's. At the time I ended up sticking with My Yahoo! and
continuing to use the old style interface. Now that I have to move up to
the new My Yahoo! interface, I'm still shopping around for a web portal,
so I'll be giving iGoogle another look.
I did this comparison a while ago, so I don't recall the details on why
I thought Yahoo's calendar was more accessible than Google's. I also
didn't use either calendar remotely. I know this isn't much help, but
hopefully it'll give you something to look at. I'd also be interested in
knowing what you find out and what you end up settling on.
Jennifer Sutton wrote:
> Hi:
>
> Has anyone had good experiences with using and sharing Web-based
> calendars among colleagues?
>
> I am not talking about a static calendar, where events are posted by a
> Webmaster. Rather, I'm talking about using interactive calendars that
> are shared among a designated group of folks.
>
> What I'm really wanting to use is Google's online calendar so that
> several folks could each keep their own Google Calendar, and then, you
> could choose the people that you wanted to see it.
>
> Or we might also decide to set up a calendar that a select group of
> people can post events to, and then, that calendar would be publicly
> shared.
>
> I looked at the Google calendar in its regular form, and it looks sort
> of usable, but not all that efficient with a screen reader. Does
> anyone have tips for it?
>
> I thought about trying the mobile version of the Google calendar, but
> I have an old inaccessible cell phone, so I cannot send a mobile link
> to myself.
>
> Or does anyone have a suggestion of another service that might work
> better?
>
> I think Yahoo! might have this service, or it once did.
>
> I work with virtual teams, so sharing an Outlook calendar, via a
> server, isn't an option.
>
> If necessary, we might be able to install a PHP calendar tool that
> permits data entry, using logins and passwords, but I'd prefer not to.
> Suggestions would be welcome, though, in case this turns out to be our
> only choice.
>
> Thanks for any thoughts.
>
> Best,
> Jennifer
>
>
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