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Idea #25442: new shared calendars paradigm

Written by ksadil the 25 Jul 10 at 09:23. Related project: Pidgin Internet Messenger. Status: New
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Shared calendars, especially calendar server options seem to be clunky or lagging in linux. There are commercial options and free online account options, but I think there is room for a new instant messaging paradigm.


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Solution #1: Instant messaging protocols
Written by ksadil the 25 Jul 10 at 09:23.
Calendar sharing could be performed over the IM infrastructure such as empathy/pidgin. You could send someone a meeting request or authorise nominated people/groups to see your shared calendar or free/busy data using instant messaging technologies instead of the client server model.

Sure it would be delivered only when both parties are online, but these transactions are conversations of sorts, eg:

1. user 1: request free/busy
2. user 2: respond free/busy
3. user 1: request appointment
4. user 2: confirm, deny or suggest other time
5. user 1: accept new time/propose other time
.......

You could use evolution with plugin as front end to this functionality

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Akerbos wrote on the 25 Jul 10 at 20:12
There are already protocols for that purpose; you can, for instance, connect calendars and share events via iCalendar.

For private purposes, we already see heavy use of social networks. For more official stuff, there are designated solutions such as tungle.me


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