Two enhancements made to the “Smart Reminders” portion of this widget:
In previous versions, when creating an all-day event, reminders would be created to alert shortly before the event started. Problem with this, reminders (sometimes with sounds, if sync’d to iPhone) would wake people up shortly before midnight.
1.4 brings a change allowing you to pick a time the day before an all-day event to be notified, as well as optionally being notified on the day of the event as well. Thanks to @spcyfishandwine for the multi-day idea! This works quite well for you work folk, as you can be notified before you leave work for the day, and then again when you arrive the next morning. The notification times can be configured on the reverse side of the widget.
And, what good are all these additional alerts if the only thing the alerts did was pop a message? This version now also supports associating sounds with the alerts you create. If you have custom audio files you’d like to be able to use, ensure they’re in ~/Library/Sounds. (Audio alerts will only be set up on any near-term alerts you have. Any alerts you’ve set up through Smart Reminders that are firing more than a week away, these won’t blast audio at you)
Product page is here - jump over there for download links.
Released version 1.3 of Quickcal - with full Unicode support. Replaced the regular expression parsing, so this was a pretty significant change. Fixed a few bugs folks had sent in as well…
Desktop version is now next on the list. Product page is here, if you want to grab the latest version.
A couple fixes for folks outside the US (proper international handling of dates like 2/3/2009, and military time support). Toned down the logo color a bit more. Added “Calendar QuickChange”, which allows you to switch between calendars by typing a few characters in the calendar name. Had some feedback from a user with 14 calendars, saying it took forever to click through the list on the upper right. I like this feature a lot, and find myself using it even with my four calendars.
Product page is here, where you can download the widget.
(Desktop app will be coming soon, folks!)
J.
Looks like LifeHacker (awesome site, BTW) ran a nice article on QuickCal today. Generated a lot of traffic. I’ve gotten a FLOOD of great comments, suggestions, etc - so I figure I would take some time and address what I’ll be working on next, which aligns pretty close to what most of you are asking about.
#1 item - a version of the app that isn’t a dashboard widget. Popup window that would be launched by a hotkey combination. I actually started working on this a few months ago, not sure why I didn’t finish it up. Maybe not enough people asking for it, until today. 
Other items include location support (lunch at burger king), being able to specify which calendar to use with text (todo - status report [work]), … and some work on internationalization issues.
For everyone who donated a few bucks for the beer fund - thank you!
J.
January 27th, 2009 in
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QuickCal 1.1 is now released (product page here, direct download link here). This version is mainly a look-and-feel release, as I think I’ve finally made a version that isn’t horribly tacky. I hope so.
I’ve also implemented a ‘help’ system of sorts, where you’re given hints and tips that rotate around (you can also force new hints by clicking on the gray part of the widget).
Also, Apple fixed their iCal bug - so now events will show up in real-time again as you enter them. Thanks Apple engineers!
Feedback welcome!!! Here’s a quick screen grab:
October 11th, 2008 in
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