Google Calendar Gray Weekends

Turn weekend days light gray in Google Calendar

What is Google Calendar Gray Weekends?

'Google Calendar Gray Weekends' is a simple yet convenient Chrome extension designed to specifically highlight weekends in your Google Calendar by setting the background color to light gray. Currently supports US/English calendar format with 'Saturday' and 'Sunday' hardcoded. Source code can be accessed on GitHub, where bugs can also be reported.

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Extension stats

By: msteffen.developer

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Users: 2,000+

Rating: 4.68 (22)

Version: 0.1.1 (Last updated: 2019-04-29)

Creation date: 2019-04-29

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Size: 6.93K

Email: ms*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 20461 ▼ 54

Other rankings

#7591 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 8 #17 in google calendar keyword 38 ▲ 1 #19 in calendar keyword 40 ▲ 5 #82 in week keyword 11 ▲ 3 #176 in developer keyword 63 ▲ 7

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Google Calendar Gray Weekends (v0.1.1)

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Extension summary

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Sets the background color of weekend days to light gray in Google calendar

Very simple, and currently US/English only (it has "Saturday" and "Sunday" hard-coded). Source is at https://github.com/msteffen/gcal-gray-weekends (you can report bugs as well)

User reviews

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Pros

Simple to install and activate
Effectively grays out weekends in Google Calendar
Helps prevent scheduling mistakes on weekends
Works seamlessly on Windows
Multiple users express satisfaction with the effectiveness

Cons

Doesn't work on Mac for some users
Some users express frustration that this feature isn't a default option in Google Calendar

Most mentioned

Works well on Windows
Not functional on Mac
Simple and effective
Helps avoid scheduling errors

User reviews

Brilliant idea and Simple to activate. This should be an optional setting within Google Calendar, without needing an extension. Kudos to the developer.