Hide or disable "add to calendar"

[untergeek]

I haven't seen this anywhere in my desperate searching. Gmail has
developed an unwanted habit of asking me if I want to add events to my
Google Calendar, apparently based on keywprds in email messages.
Trouble is, I don't use Google Calendar. Is there any setting that can
stop this unwanted (at least by me) behavior? Thanks.

[Nick Chirchirillo]

There is no way to stop that from showing up.  It's how Google is integrating many of their products.  All you have to do is ignore the link, much like you probably ignore the ads that are right below that link. 

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-Nick

[untergeek]

Thanks for the update, Nick. Why should I be surprised? Google seems
to think that they know what I need better than I do. (I tried using
Google Calendar, but couldn't get it to sync with Outlook, which is a
question for another group). I don't mind the ads; they don't even
register on my consciousness anymore. But the calendar invitation is
simply intrusive.

I've found one workaround that hides it, if you're a Firefox user. II
use the Stylish add-on, and I wrote a quick script to hide the div
container that contains the offending text. The magic code is:

div.UxAob { display:none !important; }

I'm sure that will have to change over time (perhaps today, now that
I'm posting this), but for now it's working. Thanks again for your
reply.

On Sep 27, 1:00 am, "Nick Chirchirillo" <nickma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There is no way to stop that from showing up.  It's how Google is
> integrating many of their products.  All you have to do is ignore the link,
> much like you probably ignore the ads that are right below that link.
>

> On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 11:16 PM, untergeek <peter.far...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > ...Gmail has

> > developed an unwanted habit of asking me if I want to add events to my

> > Google Calendar, apparently based on keywords in email messages...

[Nick Chirchirillo]

How do you find it intrusive?  The GMail code scans your emails to find semi-relevant ads to display, and in the same scanning process, if it finds something that may be a calendar event, displays that link.  I don't think it's Google trying to say "we know what you need best", it's simply Google's way of integrating their products.  Just because the link is there doesn't mean you have to use it.  It's similar to how there is a link in any email you get that has a Word or Excel attachment to open the file in Google Docs.  You never HAVE to use that link, it's just there to make things easier for those who do use multiple Google services.

Regarding syncing Google Calendar with Outlook, did you look at this page?
http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=98563&topic=13948
I don't know when, but Google did come out with a program that syncs Google Calendar with Outlook that you may not have known about :)

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-Nick

[Sean Murphy]

    Now I can't remember if that was late last year or early this year. I do remember that it was a while ago.

-I am becoming gerund, destroyer of verbs.

[platetone]

This feature is actually intrusive because when you copy and paste text from an email that has a Add To Calendar link in it, the text does not copy (or at least it appears blank when you paste).  This is driving me crazy because I manage Constant Contact emails for a friend's business, and I have to go through and double proofread everything to make sure days of the week haven't been removed from the text.

I use Calendar, Gmail, and Chrome, so I'm not a Google hater.  I just really wish I didn't have to have these dumb links embedded in my emails.  When someone writes the word "Thursday", 99% of the time I have no desire to add it to my calendar.  WTF.

[Marko Vukovic]

On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 6:54 PM, platetone <nbb...@gmail.com> wrote:

This feature is actually intrusive because when you copy and paste text from an email that has a Add To Calendar link in it, the text does not copy (or at least it appears blank when you paste).

I don't have this problem, I can happily paste from emails (using Chrome) into Notepad or MS Word. In fact I tried with your email which had the word 'Thursday' as an Add to Calendar link.

What browser are you using?

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Marko

[platetone]

Just had another email unwittingly go out with a giant blank where the word "Wednesday" was.  This is a problem using Chrome, copying and pasting from Gmail into Constant Contact.  I really, really, really wish I could turn this "add to calendar" embedding off.  I will see if there is any kind of bug tracking system for Gmail or Chrome or whatever.  I know there is one for Chromium, but I can't tell wherein the bug lays here.

[Zack (Doc)]

I use GMail with Chrome and have not had this problem.  The one thing I don't use is Constant Contact.  I would suspect the problem is with that.

As for GMail, if you'd like to make a report, the "gear" icon on the top right should have a "Send Feedback" link on it.  Chrome has one too off it's "lines" menu.

On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 11:05 AM, platetone <nbb...@gmail.com> wrote:

Just had another email unwittingly go out with a giant blank where the word "Wednesday" was.  This is a problem using Chrome, copying and pasting from Gmail into Constant Contact.  I really, really, really wish I could turn this "add to calendar" embedding off.  I will see if there is any kind of bug tracking system for Gmail or Chrome or whatever.  I know there is one for Chromium, but I can't tell wherein the bug lays here.

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[John Mathis]

I had some success by interrupting the word with a span tag...   i.e.   October 16, 2013   became <span style='font-size: 10px'>Oc</span> <span style='font-size: 10px'>tober 16, 2013</span>, and it no longer noticed it as a date...  It's a kludge, but only thing I've found so far...

[p.rob]

Did you ever find a solution to this problem?  We just had and email go out with dotted lines instead of dates, for some users.

Thanks,
Paula