Features
-
License:
Free to try; $29.90 to buy
- Editor's Rating:
- Average User Rating:
-
Downloads:
431,038
- Requirements:
Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- Limitations:
42-day trial
- Date Added:
July 31, 2008
Publisher's description of Active Desktop Calendar
This fully customizable calendar with notes, tasks, alarms and contacts provides seamless integration and interactivity with the desktop background. You can organize data in color coded layers and share them in a local network. The program integrates with Outlook to show its appointments/tasks on the desktop and offers connection with Google calendars and web based ICS files. There are preset calendars with holidays for different countries. You can choose calendar icons, fonts, colors and type: one, two or three months on the desktop. Through interactive desktop the program accepts clicks on dates, appointments and tasks. Printing calendar data is easy, in monthly view or as a list of appointments in a chosen date range. Built-in address book allows you to keep details about all your contacts and import them from other programs. CSV and iCal formats are supported for importing and exporting data. The program saves daily backup automatically. World clock screensaver is also included.
Version 7.67 allows you to set an icon for an entire layer so all notes from that layer are automatically displayed with the same icon attached.
- See more CNET content tagged:
- Active Desktop,
- Microsoft Outlook,
- calendar,
- icon,
- note
Editor's review of Active Desktop Calendar
5.0 stars
- "One killer calendar"
Need to keep up to date? Try the unobtrusive but feature-rich Active Desktop Calendar. Launching at start-up, it displays an attractive three-month calendar view on, yes, your desktop. By double-clicking a day or the sidebar, you can quickly access tasks and see details of upcoming events. You also can display Outlook information and download and connect to other people's calendars via a LAN to see changes in their schedules. The program has a simple contact manager as well.
Considering all the cool stuff it does, Active Desktop Calendar doesn't consume much memory. We did notice a few shortcomings in this generally excellent program. For example, though the window for adding a new note contains a subject line and a body field, only the subject-line text appears on the calendar and in the sidebar. The monthly calendar view looks pretty clunky, too. On the bright side, you can switch among several desktop images and set the program as the default screensaver, which will display several world clocks.
Active Desktop Calendar also exports and imports iCal calendar files and can read your Google Calendar on the hour (though not, apparently, at specified intervals or on demand, which is a bit frustrating). Overall, this program's strong functionality and design make it a good choice for home and business users.
Most popular Contact Management Software downloads
- 1,031 downloads 1. Cell Phone Manager
- 635 downloads 2. Sony Ericsson PC Suite
- 520 downloads 3. Stickies
- 355 downloads 4. Open Contacts
- 304 downloads 5. Oxygen Phone Manager for Nokia and Samsung Phones
- See all Contact Management Software downloads
User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 98 votes
- My rating: 0 stars Write review
-
Showing 5 of 5 user reviewsSee all 5 user reviews
This software version | All versions -
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Active Desktop Calendar 7.67
"I'd like to have been able to rate it higher."
Pros: It's a feature rich app that has everything you could ever need an app in this category to do. Thats where the pros end for me.
Cons: Major desktop clutter & I mean major! Difficult to uninstall. Leaves behind it's program file & he desktop clutter on my Vista Ultimate system. I had to do a system restore to be rid of it.
Summary: My above comments pretty much sum it up for me. It's just something that I personally, found rather clunky. Way to much clutter & in my opinion, it's clutter made it extremely obtrusive. It never even showed in my Tuneup Utilities 2008 startup... read more >>
-
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Active Desktop Calendar 7.67
Pros: If you like a busy desktop to remind you things to do, this program is nice. The UI is appealing to me as I like desktop gadgets.
Cons: Bad quality in uninstallation, probably you have to pay to fully uninstall.
The screenshots indicate the developer of this program did not care about quality by feeding the program with rubbish data only, rather than live data.
-
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Active Desktop Calendar 7.67
"THIS IS A REALLY GOOD PRODUCT FOR ME"
Pros: I use this calendar for everything! Business, Personal, and Family. I love almost everything about it. It is really easy to use, and doesn't take up much space on my C drive. My computer is old, so I'm concerned about that.
Cons: Great Scot!!! What a mess my desktop was at first.
Summary: Finally, I discovered that the calendar has the option to be moved within the desktop area. I moved it, then I moved some Icons and VOILA!, my desktop was busy looking, but not messy any longer!! So, finally, I'm happy.
-
Version: Active Desktop Calendar 7.67
Pros: It does everything for me. It has everything i want and need.
Cons: i wish it was free, but i guess you cant get such a good product for free.
-
Version: Active Desktop Calendar 7.67
"Really like this desktop calendar/notes!"
Pros: I have been using Active Desktop Calendar for a few years now. I have always really liked its presentation of a calendar and notes on the desktop. It has become a lot more stable and feature rich in the last few years also.
Cons: More calendar & notes icons...
- See all 5 user reviews Write review
Submit your review
You must be 13 years of age or older to submit personal information to CNET Networks. In compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, CNET Networks does not accept name and e-mail address information from users who are under 13 years of age.
All submitted ratings and written comments become the sole property of CNET Networks, Inc. (CNET) and may be used at CNET Networks' sole discretion. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days in batch groups, not in real time. However, CNET Networks reserves the right to remove or refuse to post any submission for any reason. You acknowledge that you, not CNET Networks, are responsible for the contents of your submission.
CNET Networks is not responsible for the content of the publisher's descriptions or user reviews on this site. We encourage you to determine whether this product or your intended use is legal. We do not encourage or condone the use of any software in violation of applicable laws. CNET Download.com does not sell, resell, or license any of the products listed on the site. We cannot be held liable for issues that arise from the download or use of these products.
