If you are very busy and mostly forget what you planed, you might want some kind of calendar software. As far as I know, web-based calendar will never work because it is on the web. You may forget to open that page to see what to do next. And most of all, you have to go on-line every time you just want to see the calendar. In addition, you want a host to place your calendar software, e.g., WebCalendar.

As a result, the best solution is a desktop calendar software. One of the best is Microsoft Outlook. Anyway, my favorite mail client is Thunderbird so Outlook is not my choice at all. Sunbird seems to be okay but unfortunately, it doesn’t support Buddhism Era, 2006 is 2549, at all. I live until to day without calendar and now I think it is the time to choose again.

One possible solution is to install a Firefox’s extension. Anyway, it is the same core existing in Sunbird so it doesn’t work on my laptop. Luckily, my machine has been installed Google Desktop and I found below impressive plug-ins in .

•  is a sample calendar plug-in with sources provided by Google. This is a standard one but powerful enough to add notes to the given days.
•  is a plug-in that synchronizes your calendar with your free account at IeCalendar. It is very interesting if you want to share your calendar among machines over the internet automatically.
•  is the another standalone calendar with month view, day view, mixed view, and also notification.
•  is the latest calendar plug-in for Google Desktop. As you guess, it is the same calendar code inherited from the sample calendar but the data are fetched from Microsoft Outlook instead.

Now I know kCalendar is what I exactly want for long time. It provides everything I want. Most of all, I am able to collapse, expand, drag & drop, stay on top, and many more just like I do with other panels.

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