I prefer facade over the standard 1 or 2 lines of appt. info for a few reasons. 1) the standard plugin cannot be modified(that I know of) to get rid of the appt u might have for tomorrow where it say "8:00 pm 12/5/07 Tomorrow & then finally your appt" Its too long for most buttons. 2) At most u get 2 lines of appts with the standard plugin, whereas in Facade u can see 30 or more days just by clicking right on your d-pad, from your HS, 3) Facade is modifiable where u can show just "schedule" or "Tasks" or "Programs" or all 3 on the HS. Just my .02cents. I don't even like making HS w/o it, but I do.

Peace