Embed Calendar Subscribe Button
Google has a place to generate a button to subscribe to a calendar any user has created in Google Calendar. It's an easy way to publicly share/subscribe to a calendar and it works on an Android phone or on the computer with your Google account. You can easily generate the button here:
http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1186917#public
Why in the world doesn't iCal do this? Instead, I have to work around the fact that clicking on .ics link on my iphone (or on my computer) does not generate a prompt asking me if I'd like to subscribe. Here are the instructions I've given people on the website I manage:
Google or Android Users: Just click on the Google button of the calendar you'd like to subscribe to.
iPhone users:
- Copy the link below the Google button of the calendar you'd like to subscribe to.
- Email it to yourself.
- Open the email on your phone and click the link to subscribe.
iCal Users:
- Copy the link below the Google button of the calendar you'd like to subscribe to.
- In iCal, click on the "Calendar" menu then click "Subscribe...".
- Paste the link in the field and click "Subscribe".
See how much more difficult it is for the Apple products in this scenario? Can you please do something like Google has done at the link I provided above? It seems like it would be an easy fix and would only promote the use of iCal. If I'm missing something, please let me know. I'd fix the problem myself but I'm not a programmer.
Thanks,
Botonium
P.S. I'd like to add I'm a big advocate of Mac products and their ease of use so it surprised me when I couldn't do this.
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