Monthly Archives: August 2008

Using Doodle as a simple resource planning and reservation tool

August 6, 2008 | Doodle features | 10 Comments

The newly introduced PowerDoodle options also allow a poll’s initiator to limit the number of answers allowed per participant (row) or option (column). You can use this feature to utilize Doodle for any kind of resource planning and reservation. For example: As a teacher to organize your consultation hours As an exhibitor to staff your [...]
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Doodle recognizes time spans

August 5, 2008 | Doodle features | 7 Comments

Doodle always allowed to specify time spans like “8am-9am”. But now Doodle also “understands” time spans and properly recognizes an appointment’s start and end time. This is very useful when you import a Doodle appointment directly into your calendar (e.g., Outlook, Google Calendar, etc.), because the appointment will then show up with the correct times, [...]
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PowerDoodle: Freely combine Doodle options

August 4, 2008 | Doodle features | 16 Comments

Doodle’s standard poll is the transparent, binary yes-or-no poll. But Doodle also supports hidden polls and so-called ifneedbe polls. Hidden polls hide the answers from participants, only the poll administrator can inspect the results. Ifneedbe polls support three options instead of two: “yes”, “no”, and “I can make it if necessary, but I’d prefer a [...]
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Doodle in 25 Languages

August 3, 2008 | Miscellaneous | 4 Comments

Thanks to the many volunteers, Doodle is now available in 25 languages. The latest translations are British English (by Johannes Müller), Bulgarian (by Kalina Sutter), Chinese Simple and Traditional (by Peter Peng), Greek (by Giannis Giannopoulos), and Slowenian (by Vito Smolej). Thus, Doodle can now be understood by roughly 2 Billion people worldwide!
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