My buddy Dave over at TUAW, on Fantastical, a new calendar app by Flexibits:
This handy app lives in your menu bar, providing quick access to your many appointments across calendars (including iCal or Outlook 2011). Fantastical supports incredibly rapid and natural full-text entry for appointments, making it easier than ever to get your events where you need them. It looks great, works well and is definitely worth your time.
Every review I’ve read of this app is positive. It seems to work well, and it looks great. However, I’m not convinced of why it exists. Here are my thoughts, in no particular order:
- Entering data into iCal isn’t that difficult, or time-consuming.
- iCal is easy enough to read, as well, especially in week view.
- Plus, iCal in Lion is rumored to have natural language entry, like Fantastical.
In short, I don’t see why I need another app — no matter how great it is — in-between me and my data. I love the looks of this thing, but I just don’t see it ending up in my menubar anytime soon.