Switching back from Calendar Beta
- Posted October 27th, 2008 at 5:05 pm by Ryan
- Categories: Address Book & Calendar, All-New Mail, General, New Stuff, Tips & Tutorials
While we have a lot of confidence in the overall experience being offered by the All-New Calendar beta, the fact of the matter is that it is a beta and some people may want to switch back. We had always intended to include that option (hence the Help pages that describe its presence on the Calendar Options page) but it had to be turned off at the last minute.
So for all of you users who have switched to the beta, and think you might prefer to switch back, or if you wanted to try the beta, but were afraid you couldn’t change your mind…I have some good and bad news for you.
The good news is that users can now find that Switch Back option, right where the Help pages say it should be. But before you rush over and start playing with it you should also know the bad news (which is very clearly called out before completing your request).
Anything that you’ve added or changed while in the Beta will not follow you back. Your calendar will be just as it was before you switched to the beta. The same thing goes for any Notes. It’s like it never happened.
Just be sure you are aware we flash a pretty aggressive looking warning message. Don’t be alarmed. We just want to make sure you are aware that the changes don’t follow you back.
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- 26 Comments
October 28th, 2008 at 1:37 am
hey ryan, do you now when the new calender will be rolling out in europe?
i m living in germany and waiting for it.
October 28th, 2008 at 10:25 am
I don’t know if this is related to the new Calendar but at the bottom of my Yahoo mail, all the appointments are off by 1 day and 3 hours…. It also shows weather in Boston????? When I put my mouse on the event, it show the correct date and time but not listed at the bottom of the new Yahoo mail screen… I use that feature all the time to remind me of stuff…
Just wondering???
October 28th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Doug,
If you look in your Yahoo! Calendar are the times off too?
-Ryan
October 28th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Ryan, I’m having the same problem. Also, on the calendar suggestion board, there are a lot of entries about people having the same problem.
October 28th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
This fix is coming in days. Thanks!
October 28th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
For anyone who doesn’t remember from the announcement post, Herbert is the Product Manager in charge of the new Calendar (and also the host of the screencast).
-Ryan
October 28th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
This is a known issue which is supposedly being worked on.
And to answer Ryan’s question, the times are correct in the calendar, they are only off in the calendar strip on the mail page.
See
http://suggestions.yahoo.com/detail/?prop=calendar&fid=114145
October 28th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Oh and reverting back to the non-beta calendar fixes this problem.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
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October 28th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
agree
October 28th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Dear chris brown hey how are you doing and is life and is everything for you and i saw you in concter at the maison squize grander and that was the best day of my life and get what i love yes yes i am a femalie and i am a cheerleader and i vely sex and hot and cuter and pefre my teacher LlEnes hans she was tell all the stuff about get a in life realy and she called you a lied
October 28th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Yahoo Mail’s calendar strip seems to be showing the correct times now for me! The Calendar beta just became even better! Thank you!!
October 28th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
It appears to be working for me as well now!
October 29th, 2008 at 1:26 am
Ryan maybe you could direct me to where I can get help with the new email that I paid $20.00 for and now it is time to pay again ….but I need help with the part where the chat is with the email. It says I am off line but the truth is it will not get back on line to chat. I had downloaded the Adobe Flash as it said to and worked for quite a while then it all quit. What to do? If you have any Idea where I can get help send me the link to email someone. Thanks
October 29th, 2008 at 3:15 am
I received my first Calendar “Spam” this AM. Someone sent me an “invite” to some “event”. The link was genuine.
You’re invited to: DEAR FRIEND.I am kabiru Suraj,
By your host: Kabiru Suraj
Date: Wednesday October 29, 2008
Time: 9:00 am - 10:00 am (GMT +00:00)
Will you attend? RSVP to this invitation
Copyright © 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All Rights Reserved | Terms of Service | Privacy Policy
The RSVP link is: http://calendar.yahoo.com/kabiru_suraj03?v=126&a1=0&iid=kxEt5qjAD8%405aXyN5hindv3aM481%40PIfaxBgix%40%40&igid=whBg%40gvDGMUz%40Gh-JxE1Yqd%406IkoaN6ruhaW5h7CVgv%40
October 29th, 2008 at 3:51 am
Ryan,
Can you check as to why there isn’t any update for more than a year on one of my tabs ‘hybrid cars & vehicles’?
Thanks
Tony
October 29th, 2008 at 9:18 am
I like the idea.
October 29th, 2008 at 11:10 am
Well I would like to go out with a cute guy might be the only one should be like the backstreet boys fan like .don’t mention who are you really be dreaming
October 29th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
hey :) why no body is telling that yahoo updated its notepad :)???
ryan do yo not think, that this worth to be told???
please tell me when this new design will be rolled out in europe??
October 29th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Is it possible to share to share my beta calendar with another yahoo user who is in a country that is not supported in the beta (eg, canada)? I tried sharing it (so they could view and edit appts) and when they click on the link all they see is a blank screen.
Is this a real issue, or is something else going on?
November 4th, 2008 at 6:02 am
I find it silly to remove this feature!
I find it essential to daily!
Yahoo mail had scored a point on google and co with this feature: in one place you find all your information available with the possibility of the archive as you see fit. Clearly one place to manage entering your info and transmit real-time!
With this deletion, Yahoo Mail becomes basic! I recommend Google to take the idea and include their Gmail RSS reader.
Best regards
November 12th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Can anyone let me know when the Beta version will be open to more users? When I tried switching I get an error message that says the calendar is not yet available in my language (English, United States) and I’ve double checked all of my language settings and they are all English-US so I don’t understand…is the Beta still closed?
November 15th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
tomorrow
November 21st, 2008 at 1:41 pm
I can’t get my blackberry to sync up with the beta. Is this going to be fixed? I have put alot of information on my calender and if I switch back then I will loose it all.
November 25th, 2008 at 10:20 am
do not like the all new style
November 25th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
I don’t get it. Do I have to Pay $$ for a Calender when they are free all over the other mail services and browsers.
Must have missed something, I’m sure. Suffering Flu.