Comment 32 for bug 841409

Hello Rainer,

I have to agree with you on this bug report. I have been subscribed to this for well over a year and as an end user I have not seen any progress. I advocate Ubuntu to a lot of people and generally I am happy in the direction Ubuntu is taking. However I feel that this shows a lack of commitment to detail.

I would not expect to find something like this in OSX or Microsoft Windows. It is the little details that make the overall experience. Defaulting a calendar to open Gedit is simply not good practise. A calendar is a very basic item to have built in to your desktop and I was astounded when it was removed in Ubuntu and even more so that it is given such prominence in the touch edition of Ubuntu. Can any developer explain this disparity?

It was stated that Thunderbird would provide the same level of functionality as Evolution did when the switch was first mooted and that Thunderbird would ship with a calendar. This is cleary an example of a regression in Ubuntu when a feature is removed and not replaced with an equivalent.

Let me just ask, why is it essential for my phone that a calendar be a default application but not my desktop which I probably spend 10 times longer using in a day? Surely you would want to link your calendar across both devices in order to be productive.

I think it is time that Canonical take a holistic approach to the totality of their computing experience and provide a consitent experience.

Best regards,

J Mills