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Google Calendar Gets a Redesign and Dark Mode

(Thursday October 24, 2024 @05:40PM (msmash) from the for-what-it's-worth dept.)


Google is introducing a dark mode to the web version of Google Calendar and [1]rolling out a "refreshed user interface." From a report:

> The new UI will include buttons, dialog boxes, and sidebars that are "more modern and accessible" with improved typefaces. The update started rolling out this week and soon it will be available to everyone, whether they're using a personal Gmail login or any sort of paid Google Workspace account.

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> [...] Google says the updated calendar UI will also feature "iconography that is legible and crisp, with a fresh feel," using its "custom-designed and highly-legible typefaces" that bring it line with Google's Material Design 3 standards. The updates, including dark mode, will also apply to "the entire calendar web experience," including the task list view.



[1] https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/24/24278419/google-calendar-web-dark-mode



Brief History Of Linux (#2)
Hammurabi's Open-Source Code

Hammurabi became king of Babylonia around 1750BC. Under his reign, a
sophisticated legal code developed; Version 1, containing 282 clauses, was
carved into a large rock column open to the public. However, the code
contained several errors (Hammurabi must have been drunk), which numerous
citizens demanded be fixed.

One particularly brave Babylonian submitted to the king's court a stack of
cloth patches that, when affixed to the column, would cover up and correct
the errors. With the king's approval, these patches were applied to the
legal code; within a month a new corrected rock column (Version 2.0) was
officially announced. While future kings never embraced this idea (who
wanted to admit they made a mistake?), the concept of submitting patches
to fix problems is now taken for granted in modern times.