Talk:ICal

Isn't the icon copyrighted?

Here's a disclaimer from the image page.

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I don't know whether icons go into the logo category though.

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might be a good thing to make, I'll try to find the right place to suggest it. --Kryptknight 18:25, July 29, 2005 (UTC)

Other iCal capable clients?

Might it be a good idea to include a section detailing other iCalendar-/vCal-capable clients such as Mozilla Calendar, Mozilla Sunbird and Microsoft Outlook? I have an iCal subscription link for the calendar on my site, but there doesn't seem to be a central location to which I can point my users for information on how to use the link. Mac users mostly know what iCal is, but Windows users don't often know their options for calendar subscription software.

I suppose I could write such a section myself, but I know very little about the available clients and their advantages and disadvantages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.177.101.69 (talk • contribs) 12:31 UTC, 24 October 2005

There is now a List of applications with iCalendar support page. I don't know why it was created separate from this article. --Jerome Potts (talk) 22:23, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Version 2 screenshot posted

I've uploaded a screenshot of iCal 2.03. If nobody objects, it might be useful to have a shot of the current version in the article.

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iCal is not really a special application

It is true that iCal has been developed in Paris, by a team started by Jean-Marie Hullot. However, it's not the only software component developed in Paris team. The article might let people think iCal is not really an apple-developed application, which is not true. The Paris team, started in April 2001 developed iCal, iSync and the Sync Services among other things. Guiheneuf 08:20, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

iCalendar

So, this article mentions iCalendar only in the disambiguation prologue and in the "See also" section, without even specifying whether iCal is iCalendar-compatible?
--Jerome Potts (talk) 22:56, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Year Range?

What years does iCal span from? I know it starts at January of Year 1, but how high does it go? Does anyone know? (Yes, it does go beyond the year 3000; thats just the latest date you can jump to) --66.94.154.5 (talk) 03:54, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Bugs ?

Should the google calender bug be documented or referred to on the iCal page, as this is a time sensitive referral? This issue may be fixed in 2 days (or 2 weeks), I do not see the relevancy of a referral to a (common) bug in a specific iCal version for the iCal page. StijnSpijker (talk) 23:53, 30 December 2008 (UTC)