30 Boxes was released yesterday and I was one of the lucky ones to get signed up before the “traffic overload”.

I’ve only played with it a couple times since this morning and I really like it. It’s everything I would want from a Google/Gmail calendar app. Even the open api is what I would expect from the big G but as you know they’re been lacking and slow with the release of their highly rumored app. I’d imagine the 30boxes team is very excited that Google hasn’t as of yet released the fabled competitor.

The features of 30 boxes are…there, it’s a calendar app so ease of use is the main priority and they seemed to have nailed it. Adding events is extremely easy with the “one box entry”, the click able dates, the js non pop-up windows all with simplicity of use. But there are a lot of features that are worth mentioning like the syndication options, tagging of events, searching, RSS, and buddies.

The things I didn’t notice, that I would like to see in the future. 1. A decent looking theme. It’s almost as if Google designed it. 2. You can’t edit the calendar from anywhere but the site, i.e. ical and ics uploading. You can share the cal and subscribe but you can’t edit it, as far as I know. Other then those two minuscule things I’d have to say 30 boxes is excellent and will be my main cal app for now on.