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Whitney Claire replied on September 19, 2008 16:19 to the question "Can i send sandy an ics file to make an appointment?" in I want Sandy:
Yeraze replied on August 12, 2008 13:55 to the question "Same item, multiple dates" in I want Sandy:
paul reported a problem in I want Sandy on July 27, 2008 06:23:
Sandy's parser reads HTML stylings as asterisks and makes lists where none are needed.Sandy seems to misread a quote mark as a star and then makes a list from the result.
I have sent emails to my tireless assistant and sometimes they come across (via the magic of copy and paste) as HTML with embedded quote marks. When I get them back from Sandy, the quotes have been turned in asterisks (*s) and then the items become list items, rather than just text.
Example (with redacted details):
Context: remember collect golden ticket from *East Main street Concrete, WA *Sunday @errand
The stuff between the *s was an HTML link (if I paste it as plain text, I think it would work as expected).
A comment on the idea "I want recurring reminders" in I want Sandy:
Second Wednesday, last Wednesday and so on - This is a must-have! ...please. – Tom, on July 21, 2008 17:21
paul replied on July 03, 2008 22:22 to the question "Can i send sandy an ics file to make an appointment?" in I want Sandy:
Huh. This used to work and now I get just one event, instead of the 8 in the ics file. [yuugh]
If any of Sandy's staff are about, here's the file I sent.
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
X-WR-CALNAME:Untitled
PRODID:-//Apple Computer\, Inc//iCal 2.0//EN
X-WR-RELCALID:0BE74E07-9004-4BA1-B06E-06C70BC751CC
X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:US/Pacific
LAST-MODIFIED:20080703T221626Z
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20080309T100000
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZNAME:PDT
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:20081102T020000
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZNAME:PST
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DURATION:PT2H15M
LOCATION:Laurelhurst
DTSTAMP:20080703T221548Z
UID:4E9B1D46-0F5C-4ABA-BF0E-73E693990268
SEQUENCE:4
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080707T183000
SUMMARY:Summer baseball
RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20080801T065959Z;BYDAY=MO,TH;WKST=SU
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR
kevin1 replied on June 26, 2008 23:23 to the discussion "NEW! Google Calendar Gadget" in I want Sandy:
Elizabeth,
There are at least 2 different types of feeds, the Calendar Feed and the Daily Digest Feed (i.e. the Google Calendar Gadget). (see http://getsatisfaction.com/iwantsandy...)
The "Daily Digest" feature (the Sandy icon) is available for every day. Some people have complained that the icon appears on every day, even on those days where there is nothing scheduled. However, these people didn't understand that the Google Calendar Gadget has a different purpose and is not a regular calendar feed. Instead it implements the Daily Digest feature.
I know that there is a delay in the Calendar Feed. Google updates the calendar feed about every 3 hours, (or longer). There have been many discussions about Google Calendar not updating feeds promptly and people unsubscribing and resubscribing the get it to update. Look at some of the links on the right or do a search. (Other links: http://getsatisfaction.com/iwantsandy... and http://getsatisfaction.com/iwantsandy... and http://getsatisfaction.com/iwantsandy...) I'm not sure now often the "Daily Digest" feature is updated.
Elizabeth Wiley replied on June 26, 2008 20:40 to the discussion "NEW! Google Calendar Gadget" in I want Sandy:
Am I the only one still having issues? When I set it up as a calendar feed, it's not updating. i.e. the events I had when I set up the feed are there, but that's it. If i set it up with the thing from the sandbox, it puts the face on EVERY day and doesn't integrate the information in anyway. It just puts the two seperate bits of information within the same browser window.
Am I just totally missing something??
DMee replied on June 25, 2008 14:28 to the question "@done recurring items" in I want Sandy:
bwl replied on May 19, 2008 20:47 to the question "Can i send sandy an ics file to make an appointment?" in I want Sandy:
ozlady replied on May 17, 2008 15:28 to the question "How does Sandy make it easier for me to schedule things on Google calendar?" in I want Sandy:
I put together a tutorial of how I got it iwantsandy to update my Google Calendar and my mobile phone using scheduleworld.com
http://ozlady.com/2008/05/17/synchron...
A comment on the question "How does Sandy make it easier for me to schedule things on Google calendar?" in I want Sandy:
I have it so that I use the public ics feed for Sandy in my Google Calendar, but I 'hide' it. I then set up a 2nd calendar called Sandy in Scheduleworld, then synchronise it to the Sandy calendar in my Google Calendar. My mobile phone is set to synchronise every hour, so when it synchronises it automatically pushes the Sandy entries into my calendar (which is 'shown' on my Google calendar page). I can't update Sandy from Google Calendar, but Sandy can update Google calendar via my phone synchronisation.
Hope that makes sense.
More information is available at:
http://scheduleworld.wordpress.com/su...
it says: ScheduleWorld has a 1:1 mapping between ScheduleWorld and Google calendars. Simply create two ScheduleWorld calendars, map each of them to a different Google calendar, and configure your SyncML device to sync both ScheduleWorld calendars. – ozlady, on May 17, 2008 14:16
A comment on the idea "How to synchronize Sandy with google calendar/gmail or Thunderbird/lightning" in I want Sandy:
I like this because it follows the same model as Sandy working via email, in that you essentially bring her into the conversation; you would bring her into the meeting. – Geek Pirate Roberts, on May 08, 2008 17:35
waffles replied on May 02, 2008 18:49 to the question "Can i send sandy an ics file to make an appointment?" in I want Sandy:
A comment on the idea "How to synchronize Sandy with google calendar/gmail or Thunderbird/lightning" in I want Sandy:
I've just started with Sandy. I use Google Calendar from Apps for Your Domain. Still trying to understand what I get from Sandy that I don't already have with Google Calendar. Two-way sync, even if primitive, would definitely make Sandy a sweet girl indeed: she'd be my email interface to Google Calendar.
Thank you! – Stanislav Shalunov, on April 16, 2008 03:22
kevin1 replied on April 05, 2008 18:16 to the question "@done recurring items" in I want Sandy:
I wasn't able to get this feature to work consistently, so I did some investigation.
I think the feature is supposed to work like this, the website now treats recurring events specially and there is some additional information when editing recurring items. There is an option to edit "Only this occurrence", and "All future occurrences". The recurring item does not have to be marked as @todo. The additional options show up for all recurring events, whether or not they are tagged as @todo. (At least, I think it is intended that way, there are some bugs.)
When I mark a recurring item as @done, Sandy creates a new item, a copy of the recurring item, with the same tags. The differences are that the new item has today's date, is tagged as @done and is not tagged as recurring (@daily, @weekly, etc). So marking a recurring item as @done results in one additional item being created. The original recurring item is not changed, but it no longer shows up on the Daily Digest. (Example: a @daily item that I tagged as @done no longer shows up on the daily digest when I refresh the daily digest page. Even though the item was not tagged as @done.)
There are some confusing points though. First, not all of my current recurring items were recognized as recurring. There wasn't always an option to edit "Only this occurrence", etc. Second, the feature works oddly on recurring items starting at dates in the future. The recurring item should have a date of today or in the past. Third, when I mark a recurring item as @done, the new item created is tagged as @done but it also sometimes retains the recurring tag. (@daily, @weekly, etc.) This is confusing.
When marking a recurring item as @done, it is possible that Sandy looks to see if the item that would be created (the new item tagged as @done) has already been created or not. If it already exists, then Sandy might do something else instead of creating the new item yet again. This would explain some inconsistent results that I had. (Think of making a mistake and checking the box too many times. Every third click, the recurring event would be "marked as @done" and a new item would be created.)
Some tests:
I added a task "remember to take out the trash on Friday at 6 pm @todo @weekly". Today is Saturday so Sandy added a task in the future. Then I checked the box on the website to mark the item as @done. Sandy marked the entire recurring event as @done, There was no new item created.
I had Sandy forget all "trash" items and started over again, I added a task "remember to take out the trash April 4 2008 at 6 pm @todo @weekly". Then I checked the box on the website to mark the item as @done. Sandy marked the entire recurring event as @done. There was no new item created.
I started over again and added a task "remember to take out the trash at 6 pm @todo @weekly". This created a recurring event for every Saturday at 6 pm. (today is Saturday) Then I checked the box on the website. This did the same thing. Marked the entire series as @done and didn't create a new item.
Rael Dornfest replied on April 04, 2008 00:25 to the question "@done recurring items" in I want Sandy:
Howdy, folks!
With yesterday's update, this is finally done!
As Sandy just announced on the site:
"""
NEW FEATURE You can now toggle individual occurrences of a repeating to-do! Just click a to-do's checkbox and — if it is one of a series of repeating to-dos (a weekly reminder to take out the trash, for instance) — only that day's to-do will be marked as done. Neat, eh?
"""
Enjoy! (And I'm sorry this was such a long time in coming.)
—R
Cameron Walters replied on March 28, 2008 18:57 to the problem "Google Calendar Gadget suddenly stopped working" in Google:
Looks like Calendar is experiencing some technical difficulties:
http://groups.google.com/group/google...
"Hi everyone,
Google Calendar is currently experiencing temporary performance
issues. This is affecting both Google Account and Google Apps users.
The team is aware of these problems and working hard to resolve them
as soon as possible. Please check this thread for updates.
Thanks for your patience,
Becky"
brian replied on March 12, 2008 15:38 to the question "Can i send sandy an ics file to make an appointment?" in I want Sandy:
a11en replied on March 12, 2008 02:21 to the discussion "NEW! Google Calendar Gadget" in I want Sandy:
I'm having a problem using ical feeds and thunderbird- essentially whenever I "dismiss" Sandy's reminder in Thunderbird-Lightning it comes back to haunt me every 10-15 minutes... it was horrendous yesterday, it's a bit better today. Basically, even though I've updated Sandy with the reminder status, it still produces an iCal event that pings me (can't dismiss).
I'll attempt this in iCal.app (Apple's application) and let you know if I think it's a Mozilla problem, or if it's in both, it may be on Sandy's side of things.
Cheers!
Dave replied on March 06, 2008 02:11 to the idea "keeping lists" in I want Sandy:
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