# Recommend a computer calendar **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 8, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-computer-calendar/488754 "2009-03-08T19:35:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-computer-calendar/488754/1 "2009-03-08T19:35:17Z")
Something flexible that lets you alarm scheduled events. Free or cheap. Don’t like Google Calendar. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-computer-calendar/488754/2 "2009-03-08T19:48:08Z")
Do you want a web-based app, or something to install on your computer. If the latter, you might give [Sunbird](http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/) a try. It’s from Mozilla, the same people who do Firefox and Thunderbird. ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-computer-calendar/488754/3 "2009-03-08T19:56:12Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Do you want a web-based app, or something to install on your computer. > > If the latter, you might give [Sunbird](http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/) a try. It’s from Mozilla, the same people who do Firefox and Thunderbird. Darn. “An error occurred” in the installation and “the Calendar isn’t available.” Thank you for trying to help me, **mhendo**. (I tried to install the Windows version.) ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-computer-calendar/488754/4 "2009-03-08T20:14:56Z")
> [@BarnOwl](#): > > Darn. > > “An error occurred” in the installation and “the Calendar isn’t available.” > > Thank you for trying to help me, **mhendo**. > > (I tried to install the Windows version.) That’s odd, you might want to try again. I just saved the file, opened and install it to Windows English OK. ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-computer-calendar/488754/5 "2009-03-08T20:22:01Z")
Hmm… if you use Firefox there is an extension I use called ReminderFox… Might not be what you’re looking for but it’s free and useful… ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-computer-calendar/488754/6 "2009-03-08T20:23:06Z")
Another one is 024H lucky reminder… trial version is free… you get a pop-up once in a while but that’s it (asking to upgrade) Note: this is a regular program ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-computer-calendar/488754/7 "2009-03-08T21:02:09Z")
> [@KlondikeGeoff](#): > > That’s odd, you might want to try again. I just saved the file, opened and install it to Windows English OK. I will. ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-computer-calendar/488754/8 "2009-03-08T21:08:11Z")
Tried again and got the same error message. I’ll try again Wednesday or so when my Dell comes out of the shop. Using my laptop connected to my brand new (today! ) 22" monitor, which could be a problem, perhaps. ---
**Author:** ![\_Undecided\_Adrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/eada6e/32.png) [@\_Undecided\_Adrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Undecided_Adrian)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-computer-calendar/488754/9 "2009-03-08T21:16:08Z")
[Rainlendar](http://www.rainlendar.net/cms/index.php) is pretty cool. It sits on your desktop, so you always have a good overview, is very lightweight in terms of system resources and highly customizable. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-computer-calendar/488754/10 "2009-03-08T22:09:56Z")
> [@'\[Undecided](#): > > Adrian;10917016’][Rainlendar](http://www.rainlendar.net/cms/index.php) is pretty cool. It sits on your desktop, so you always have a good overview, is very lightweight in terms of system resources and highly customizable. I was just coming here to recommend this, so…seconded. I actually use Outlook Calendar, simply because there’s a utility that lets me autosync it with Google Calendar so I have all my contacts and appointments available anywhere there’s internet, but I used Rainlendar for a while and was happy with it. ---
**Author:** ![\_Undecided\_Adrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/eada6e/32.png) [@\_Undecided\_Adrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Undecided_Adrian)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-computer-calendar/488754/11 "2009-03-08T22:15:23Z")
I just read on the site that Rainlendar pro can sync with both Outlook and Google Calendar. Haven’t tried either myself, though. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-computer-calendar/488754/12 "2009-03-09T18:47:57Z")
Rainlendar user here too. It keeps a calendar and to-do list on the right-hand side of your desktop, and it’s easy to add stuff like recurring events. Also puts a little icon down next to your clock with the day of the month, which I never seem to know. ---
**Author:** ![Estilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Estilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Estilicon)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-computer-calendar/488754/13 "2009-03-10T17:40:35Z")
[Essential Pim](http://www.essentialpim.com/index.php) It’s a free aplication that manages your contacts, calendar and to do list.