Rainlendar: Best Desktop Calendar

Rainlendar is yet another program that I fell in love with when I started using it at least 4 years ago. No other desktop calendar software can compare to Rainlendar. Yes, it’s that good. Well, that is just my opinion and the opinion of many others.

It surprises me that a lot of people haven’t heard of Rainlendar when it’s very easy to find. It is a really popular calendar and much nicer than the ones out there. I have watched it improve over the years, too.

A lot of you will be happy to know that it can be run on both Windows and Linux.

Here are several features that Rainlendar has:

• Customizable. There are lots of skins available for downloading to change the look of the calendar, events and to-do lists. You can also change the layout of the calendar and lists any way you like. There are also transparency settings.
• Multiple calendars. Need separate calendars for work and your personal life? Run them both at the same time.
• Importing and exporting events and to-do list tasks.
• Set alarms for any of your events and to-do list tasks.
• Syncing with Outlook calendar and shared calendars. Publishing your calendar online. (Pro version only, which requires a license.)

Rainlendar gets a 5 star rating from me, because of the amount of features and that it is mostly free (Lite and Pro version). The features that require a purchased license are Outlook and network calendars (otherwise it will display [Unregistered] in the Pro version if you do not purchase a license). The creator of this calendar deserves money for the time and energy he has put into it. A couple other reasons for the 5 stars: support is great and the amount of skins available created by many people who are willing to share their work for free.

Clicking the preview below will open the Rainlendar website in a new window or tab depending on your browser preferences.

If you have any questions about Rainlendar, before downloading and installing, see the FAQ and the Forum. If you want to ask a question on the Forum, at least be sure that you’ve searched for the answer first (in both the FAQ and the Forum).

Installing should be very easy as it’s an .exe file that installs everything for you. If you want me to help in any way, leave a comment and I’ll do my best to help you. Otherwise, head on over to Rainlendar and download this awesome calendar!

Yahoo! Widgets 4

I officially have Yahoo! Widgets 4, being that it was released today as I said it would be in Yahoo Widget Engine, Formerly Known As Konfabulator. Upgrading from the previous version was very easy and all my widgets work. Of course I had to set them up again, but that wasn’t difficult.

There is one new feature that is noticeable right away. The dock shows up automatically on the right side of the screen showing all of the available widgets. This dock can be collapsed to only show the currently running widgets as well. If you don’t like the dock taking up a little bit of space, set it to automatically hide and just move your mouse over it to see it again. Otherwise, I guess you can disable the dock if you don’t like it at all.

A second new feature (my favorite) is a widget that lets you browse the widget gallery without opening a browser. If you have the dock open, you will also be notified of new widgets that are available! Good job Yahoo!

Click on the preview on the right to view the widgets that are currently on my desktop, along with the dock showing.

Widgets running: Desk Calendar, Live Search Mini, Neon Gauges, Neon Clock and Yahoo! Weather (which is included with YW 4).

There is also a video tour of Yahoo! Widgets 4 running that is available if you’re curious, but not sure about installing yet.

Overall, I’m impressed with this new release. I think the dock showing the currently active widgets is a very nice idea. YW 4 gets a rating of 4.5 stars from me. If they would come up with a catchier name, I would give them 5 stars!

UPDATE: Because of a comment made by Jonathan Strauss (product manager for Yahoo!) (see below), I am changing the rating from 4.5 stars to 5 stars!

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