[Macpartners] the case of the 10.7 iCal "new event" and other design grumblings

[Aran M Parillo]

Hello 10.7 iCal users of the MIT Exchange calendar.

I'd like to share my experience, to see if you're experiencing the same.

Since updating to 10.7 I noticed I kept "forgetting" to put calendar event titles into things I was scheduling on my calendar.  The event would be marked in my calendar, but as the day approached and I'd check my schedule, I often would see these untitled "New Event" items.

This "forgetting" seems to happen, oh, every 10 entries or so… until today when I saw the title of one of my recently added events, change from what I typed to "New Event" after I had closed my editing session!   It is sufficient to say, I had not been forgetting to put event titles on, rather they were mysteriously vanishing.

Just for kicks I searched on "new event" and see I have 5 "new events" at the moment, some past, some future… Hope I can remember what I set that time aside for! :o

Have you experienced this as well?
Am I just being too hasty with my editing?
Do I need to slow down so the Microsoft Exchange server can keep up with my typing speed?

Anyways, details here are 10.7.2 using iCal to oa.exchange.mit.edu over ssl.   I primarily edit my calendar from the Month view, but can reproduce this from day/week as well as month views.

Thanks for your thoughts here.
Aran

PS: I'll mention too that I'm not thrilled w/the 10.7 iCal design.  Really, no (permanently viewable) tray for individual calendars!?  Wasted screen real estate for faux stitching and paper tears?  Srsly?


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