Calendar feature comparison chart | |||||||||||
Reefknot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/reefknot/) | |||||||||||
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Provided by | Priority (1 is high) | Exists | Netscape | Exchange | Evolution | Anyday | eCal | Keystone | Worldpilot | OpenFlock | |
Unix text-mode interface | client | 3 | No | No | |||||||
Drilldown from year -> month -> day -> meeting | client | 1 | Yes | ||||||||
Multiple user-experience levels for interface | client | 3 | No | ||||||||
Gantt charts | client | 3 | No | ||||||||
PERT charts | client | 3 | No | ||||||||
Choose first-day-of-week | client | 2 | Yes | ||||||||
X11 interface | client (Gtk) | 1 | Yes | No | |||||||
Windows interface | client (Gtk) | 1 | Yes | Yes | |||||||
Wireless/WAP interface | client (WAP) | 2 | No | ||||||||
Web interface | client (web) | 1 | No | Yes | |||||||
non-ugly web interface (no Javascript etc) | client (web) | 1 | No | ||||||||
Web interface supports SSL | client (web) | 1 | No | ||||||||
Free (beer) | license | 1 | Yes | Yes | |||||||
Free (speech) | license | 1 | Yes | No | |||||||
Contact tracking (when last/next contacted, etc) | protocol (contacts) | 3 | No | ||||||||
Public/private events | protocol (iCal) | 1 | Yes | ||||||||
More complex ACLs for events | protocol (iCal) | 2 | No | ||||||||
"pencilled in" events (time planning but not "busy") | protocol (iCal) | 3 | No | ||||||||
Inter-meeting dependencies (if A is postponed, B must be too) | protocol (iCal) | 2 | No | ||||||||
Proxies (eg secretaries) | protocol (iCal) | 2 | Yes | ||||||||
Invitation accept/decline | protocol (iCal) | 1 | Yes | ||||||||
Attach files to meetings etc | protocol (iCal) | 1 | Yes | ||||||||
Repeatable events (weekly, etc) | protocol (iCal) | 1 | Yes | ||||||||
Handle multiple timezones cleanly | protocol (iCal) | 1 | |||||||||
Groups | protocol (LDAP) | 1 | Yes | Yes (LDAP) | |||||||
Subgroups/nested groups/etc | protocol (LDAP) | 1 | Yes | Yes (LDAP) | |||||||
Roles (manager, etc) | protocol (LDAP) | 2 | Yes | Yes (LDAP) | |||||||
Non-human resources (meeting rooms, overhead projectors, etc) | protocol (LDAP) | 1 | Yes | Yes (LDAP) | |||||||
Project management | protocol (PM) | 2 | No | ||||||||
Understands projects | protocol (PM) | 2 | No | ||||||||
Allows nested/sub-projects | protocol (PM) | 2 | No | ||||||||
Can attach meetings etc to projects | protocol (PM) | 2 | No | ||||||||
Allows non-meeting tasks (simple todo list?) | protocol (PM) | 1 | Yes | ||||||||
SQL backend | server | 1 | Yes(?) | ||||||||
non-SQL backend | server | 2 | |||||||||
Email interface - invitations | toolkit | 1 | Yes | ||||||||
Email interface - other | toolkit | 3 | No | ||||||||
Email PGP encrypted | toolkit | 3 | No | ||||||||
Offline use supported (eg travellers with laptops) | toolkit | 1 | Yes | ||||||||
LDAP integration | toolkit | 1 | Yes | ||||||||
Conflict identification | toolkit | 1 | Yes | ||||||||
Conflict resolution | toolkit | 2 | No | ||||||||
Tracks time spent on meetings and/or tasks | toolkit | 2 | Yes | ||||||||
Generates timesheets | toolkit | 2 | No | ||||||||
PalmPilot import/export | toolkit | 1 | Yes | ||||||||
Netscape import/export | toolkit | 1 | N/A | ||||||||
Exchange import/export | toolkit | 1 | N/A | ||||||||
Yahoo calendar import/export | toolkit | 3 | |||||||||
Flat text import/export | toolkit | 1 | |||||||||
Developer API | toolkit | 1 | |||||||||
Holidays | toolkit | 2 | Yes | ||||||||
International holidays | toolkit | 2 | |||||||||
Search - simple | toolkit | 1 | Yes | ||||||||
Search - complex (regex etc) | toolkit | 2 | |||||||||
SNMP management | admin | 3 | |||||||||
Java API | java toolkit | 2 | |||||||||
Transactional integrity | toolkit | 1 | |||||||||
iCal (RFC 2445) compatibility | protocol | 1 |