Google announced recently on The Official Gmail Blog that its Google Calendar product has been revamped. What’s new? According to the company, the style is now more on par with other Google Apps, more functionality has been added, commonly used information will now appear at the top, and the overall layout has been simplified.
Among the changes is the introduction of a new recurring event editor, which is less clumsy and cleaner than the old interface. Users will now see a summary of their recurring events on the main page, which can be edited by just clicking on the “Edit” button.
Additionally, Google has added a new tool that makes it easier for users to find a good time to schedule an event. The tool works by checking a user’s contacts’ calendars — given that they are public, of course — to avoid any conflicting date. Google App users will be able to see more data from other Calendar services through the Google Calendar Connectors API.
Lastly, Google also tweaked the structural code. The company explains:
“These visible changes are only the surface; underneath we’ve added a new model for how we represent calendar events in the browser and a new mechanism for how we make sure those events get properly saved. We’ve paid special attention to performance, consistency, and extensibility. In the short term, you’ll hopefully notice that the event page opens slightly faster than it did before.”
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