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flea - Apr 25, 2013 7:56:48 am PDT #22333 of 25501
information libertarian

My Calendar problems include I try and search and it just hangs forever, and when I create a new calendar item it will very often - maybe 30% of the time - say "item not saved" after I click save (and it's telling the truth, because the item is not on my calendar.) A page refresh will usually resolve this, but it's annoying, and if I am distracted I might not notice that it didn't save (which is BAD).

I do use a browser scriptblocker, But I have allowed all the scripts that seem relevant to Calendar, and the intermittancy of this doesn't seem to imply the blocker is a problem.


flea - Apr 25, 2013 7:57:59 am PDT #22334 of 25501
information libertarian

Also, heh, I knew one of the founders of Cozi in high school.


Polter-Cow - Apr 25, 2013 7:58:46 am PDT #22335 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Note: the benefit of getting a Verizon ipad (I am not sure if this is still true) is that you can use the hotspot feature of the ipad without additional fees. I think AT&T charges an additional fee, but I am not certain.

Interesting. It's $20 more.

Anyway, if you aren't on wifi and want to get online, you need data. It is like a phone in that regard.

That's what I thought. So having a data-capable iPad and not paying for the data is...kind of pointless? She's not going to pay for monthly data.

Of course, all of Apple's refurbished iPads have data. They have a refurbished 32GB WiFi with AT&T for $499.99, $80 cheaper than the new one from Amazon. And refurbished Apple stuff is pretty good, I hear?


Consuela - Apr 25, 2013 7:59:55 am PDT #22336 of 25501
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Google Calendar is almost completely non-functional on my work machine, but that's because we're bound to an obsolete version of IE with all sorts of scripts blocked.


le nubian - Apr 25, 2013 8:02:09 am PDT #22337 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

flea,

I enter most of my google calendar entries not from the browser window but from Quickcal (for a mac) or on apps on my phone.

do you think it is a browser problem? perhaps you can use an app for entry?


le nubian - Apr 25, 2013 8:05:33 am PDT #22338 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

P-C,

the way I think of it is: where will your sister be using the tablet mostly? If it is Wi-fi enabled areas, then I think a WiFi ipad is fine and suitable. I use mine quite a bit outside of wifi enabled areas (or I periodically go through spurts where I do so). There was a point where I was only using the ipad at home and work and I didn't need data.

monthly you pay for data and you can cancel at any time. so it isn't like a phone in that regard.

refurb apple is where I go to first. they all come with warranties.


flea - Apr 25, 2013 8:06:32 am PDT #22339 of 25501
information libertarian

Hmm, maybe it is the scriptblocker. I don't have a smartphone and am either on my netbook using current Firefox (with the blocker) or (a lot less often) at work on Chrome.


Liese S. - Apr 25, 2013 8:07:48 am PDT #22340 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

I'd say disable the scriptblocker for debugging and go from there. You can always enable it later.


flea - Apr 25, 2013 8:11:43 am PDT #22341 of 25501
information libertarian

The scriptblocker is basically just so I can read the New York Times without paying for it. Maybe I can find another way to do that.


le nubian - Apr 25, 2013 8:16:29 am PDT #22342 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

flea,

but do you need the scriptblocker for every site?