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Softpedia Editor's Review for Rainlendar Lite
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A customizable calendar that displays the current month
Written by Bogdan Popa on October 28th, 2011
Windows already comes with an in-built calendar functions, but that’s obviously not enough for those who intend to use it as their personal assistant.
That’s why Rainlendar Lite can very well become a pretty useful software solution, not only because it can bring an advanced calendar on the desktop, but also because it has features to let you write down things to do in the near future.
Rainlendar Lite has a pretty nice interface and the greatest thing is that you can always change it a little bit using its theme support to better fit your desktop.
Not to mention that it can be easily moved across the desktop in separated parts, as the event and the to do lists do not depend on the main calendar’s position.
What surprised us the most during our testing session was the rich settings menu which came with tons of features, despite the fact that what we have here is… just a calendar.
Of course, Rainlendar Lite is very light on computer resources and works amazingly fast, which means you could run it even on older computers.
All in all, if you are looking for a more advanced calendar than the one included in Windows and you just want to organize your time better, Rainlendar Lite is the easiest and the most affordable way to do that.
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Rainlendar Lite description
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Here are some key features of "Rainlendar Lite":
Platform independent:
· Rainlendar can be run on both Windows and Linux. Both platforms use the same file formats so all skins and scripts created for Windows version will work also on Linux and vice versa.
Localized:
· Rainlendar supports localization so you can have the user interface in your own language. Rainlendar is an Unicode application so different character sets can be used at the same time.
Standards Compatible:
· Rainlendar uses standard iCalendar format for it events and tasks to maximize the compatibility with other calendar applications. You can easily transfer the events from the calendar you are currently using to Rainlendar.
Look'n'feel:
· The appearance of the calendar can be changed with skins. The skins can be of any shape and size and they can also contain buttons for additional functionality. It's also possible to combine different skins by using e.g. the calendar from one skin and event and to do list from another. The events can have different appearance depending on their category.
Highly Customizable:
· It is possible to have multiple months visible at the same time. The months can be laid out the way you want and they can even have different sizes.
Multiple Calendars:
· You can have any number of calendars show at the same time. Different calendars can show e.g. holidays, tv programs, your personal events or what ever you like.
Import & Export:
· Events and tasks can be transferred to and from other calendar applications. You can also import the data from the old version of Rainlendar.
To do list:
· In addition to normal events Rainlendar includes a separate to do list where you can store your ongoing tasks.
Alarms:
· Get notified in advance before the event is due so that you don't forget any important events. The alarm works with tasks too.
Recurrence:
· The events and tasks can be made to repeat automatically so you don't have to enter them multiple times. It's also possible to have exceptions in case the event doesn't happen on one particular day.
Scripting:
· Lua scripting language makes it possible to extend the functionality of Rainlendar.
Backups:
· Integrated backup and restore functionality makes it easy to make sure your events safe if something bad happens.
Printing:
· You can print your events and tasks as a separate list or as a month view.
Search:
· If you have a lot of events and tasks you can find the one you are looking for easily with the substring search in the Manager dialog.
Requirements:
· 500 MHz or higher processor clock speed recommended
· 10 MB of available hard disk space
· 512 MB of RAM or higher recommended
· A display card capable of showing transparent windows
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· The due date for Google tasks changed to the previous day because of timezone conversion.
· Newlines in the task description were not stored properly to Google tasks.
· The Google calendar is only shown as the target if the events/tasks are actually read from the server.
· Edit control was left visible when the window was hidden. This showed a small black dot on the desktop.
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