Description
Custom Colour for Weekends in Google Calendar
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Ranking Summary
Overall Rank
Extension Rank
"Calendar" Keyword
"Will" Keyword
"Google Calendar" Keyword
"Highlighter" Keyword
"Detect" Keyword
"Donation" Keyword
"Choose" Keyword
"Change Color" Keyword
"Color" Keyword
"Custom Background" Keyword
Featured Rank
Review Summary
Users appreciate the Google Calendar Weekend Highlighter for its simplicity, customizable colors, and helpful weekend visibility, with strong developer support noted. However, common issues include inconsistent functionality across calendar views, partial highlighting of weekend days, occasional loss of user settings, and compatibility or reliability problems after updates. Despite these issues, many users find it a valuable extension that significantly improves their scheduling experience.
Pros
- Simple and effective at highlighting weekends in Google Calendar.
- Good developer support with quick responses and bug fixes.
- Allows color customization, which users appreciate for better workflow.
- Enhances user experience by providing clear weekend visibility, reducing scheduling errors.
- Some users find it indispensable and crucial for their calendar management.
Cons
- Does not consistently work in all calendar views, especially month view and customized views.
- Sometimes only a small strip or top part of the weekend days is highlighted, not the entire day box.
- Occasionally forgets user settings like language and weekend days, requiring reconfiguration.
- Does not always work reliably or may stop working after updates, causing user frustration.
- Issues with compatibility in certain browsers like Vivaldi and with some Google Calendar versions.
Permissions
This extension can:
- storage
- contextMenus
Additional Information
2.1.9
January 17, 2025
0.03 MB
en
Developer Information
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