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Thks Phillipe. No problem. And I can certainly understand different preferences about programs because not every application is the best choice for everyone. As you guessed, I don't use Palm desktop anymore, and do my basic PIM syncing with Outlook. Mostly because I moved all my data to Outlook while I was using a Pocket PC before I got a Treo. I like the Palm desktop calendar better, but I want to be able to sync across PPC and PalmOS very easily.
I don't use any of the addins, and probably won't install any because I like to keep things generic. Not for the desktop but because I try not to get too locked in to any one platform. Last time I switched from PalmOS to PPC, it was a nightmare. Not because the platform switch was a big deal, but because of the incredible amount of data and software that had to be moved and I had to re-figure out how to set it all up. Now it's pretty much platform independent so I won't have to repeat that nightmare if I switch back.
I think some other people also don't really like DateBk because it isn't exactly the prettiest GUI and can be a little hard to use the advanced features. I only use a handful of the DateBk features like Daily Journal (although I may give DayNotez a try one of these days), appointments at 1min intervals, better repeating appts and alarms, the great weekly view, nice icons and formats, etc. so it's not a big deal for me, but just those simple things make all the difference and it's probably my most-used application so it's perfect for me.
I think the diversity of opinions is great, and there will be plenty of people in multiple camps.. DateBk, other 3rd party solutions, and plain vanilla PalmOS datebook. That's a good thing!
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