Re: accessibly using and sharing calendars

When My Yahoo! came out with it's new look and feel, I compared iGoogle 
to My Yahoo! and the accessibility of the calendar feature was a big 
factor in my comparison. I found Yahoo's calendar to be more accessible 
than Google's. At the time I ended up sticking with My Yahoo! and 
continuing to use the old style interface. Now that I have to move up to 
the new My Yahoo! interface, I'm still shopping around for a web portal, 
so I'll be giving iGoogle another look.

I did this comparison a while ago, so I don't recall the details on why 
I thought Yahoo's calendar was more accessible than Google's. I also 
didn't use either calendar remotely. I know this isn't much help, but 
hopefully it'll give you something to look at. I'd also be interested in 
knowing what you find out and what you end up settling on.

Jennifer Sutton wrote:
> Hi:
>
> Has anyone had good experiences with using and sharing Web-based 
> calendars among colleagues?
>
> I am not talking about a static calendar, where events are posted by a 
> Webmaster.  Rather, I'm talking about using interactive calendars that 
> are shared among a designated group of folks.
>
> What I'm really wanting to use is Google's online calendar so that 
> several folks could each keep their own Google Calendar, and then, you 
> could choose the people that you wanted to see it.
>
> Or we might also decide to set up a calendar that a select group of 
> people can post events to, and then, that calendar would be publicly 
> shared.
>
> I looked at the Google calendar in its regular form, and it looks sort 
> of usable, but not all that efficient with a screen reader.  Does 
> anyone have tips for it?
>
> I thought about trying the mobile version of the Google calendar, but 
> I have an old inaccessible cell phone, so I cannot send a mobile link 
> to myself.
>
> Or does anyone have a suggestion of another service that might work 
> better?
>
> I think Yahoo! might have this service, or it once did.
>
> I work with virtual teams, so sharing an Outlook calendar, via a 
> server, isn't an option.
>
> If necessary, we might be able to install a PHP calendar tool that 
> permits data entry, using logins and passwords, but I'd prefer not 
> to.  Suggestions would be welcome, though, in case this turns out to 
> be our only choice.
>
> Thanks for any thoughts.
>
> Best,
> Jennifer
>
>
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