Outlook - you need to integrate Tasks with the Calendar.

[Guest]

It is very frustrating having two separate calendar systems. As a user, I
would expect:
- to be able to add "To Do" items to the main Calendar, from the main
Calendar
- to be able to add "To Do" items in a list format as it is.
- to have "To Do" items show on my calendar, but have nobody else see
them.
- Be able to see my meetings and my "To Do" items together (already
implied)
- The "Tasks" recurrence should support the same patterns as the Calendar.

Requirements:
1) Essentially, if a Task has an associated Date, it should be automatically
displayed on the Calendar in a distict way.
2) To be able to add tasks from the Calendar, and have them show up in the
Tasks list.

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[Taylor]

It is very frustrating having two separate calendar systems. As a user, I
would expect:
- to be able to add "To Do" items to the main Calendar, from the main
Calendar
- to be able to add "To Do" items in a list format as it is.
- to have "To Do" items show on my calendar, but have nobody else see
them.
- Be able to see my meetings and my "To Do" items together (already
implied)
- The "Tasks" recurrence should support the same patterns as the
Calendar.

Requirements:
1) Essentially, if a Task has an associated Date, it should be
automatically
displayed on the Calendar in a distict way.
2) To be able to add tasks from the Calendar, and have them show up in the
Tasks list.

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Why don't you just create an appointment item and mark it "all day"?
Accomplishes what you want.

 

[Brian Tillman]

It is very frustrating having two separate calendar systems. As a
user, I would expect:

I think your suggestions have merit.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the suggestion.

Yes, it is not overly difficult to enter a calendar event with a reminder
and use this as Personal To Do task. In truth, this is what I always do,
which is indicative of a problem with the design of the "Tasks"/To Do
feature. Why should I need to Create a "Calendar Appointment", change it to
private, and change it to 'Show as free'? This was my whole point, I guess;
that I should not have to work around these features.