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Mozilla-based Sunbird and Lightning calendar apps hit 0.9

Posted Sep 24th 2008 4:00PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Productivity, Mozilla, Open Source

Sunbird 0.9
Mozilla has released version 0.9 of Sunbird, its calendar application. The Lightning calender extension for the Thunderbird email client has also been updated. There's a huge list of changes under the hood, but here are some of the most noticeable:
  • Calendar views have been overhauled
  • A progress indicator shows up when you're reloading a remote calendar
  • Multi-day events now have visual indicators showing that they're connected
  • You can now show the today pane in the tasks mode
Memory use has also been improved and the application is reportedly more stable. Lightning 0.9 is the last version designed for use with Thunderbird 2. Future development will focus on integrating the calendar extension with Thunderbird 3.

Sunbird and Lightning are available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

[via Mozilla Links]

Spicebird: Mozilla based Outlook clone with collaboration features

Posted Dec 28th 2007 12:00PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: Internet, Utilities, E-mail, Mozilla, Open Source

Spicebird
Synovel plans to release a new open-source email/calendar/collaboration suite built on Mozilla Thunderbird. But Spicebird won't just be the equivalent of Thunderbird with the Lightning calendar extension thrown in for good measure. Rather, Spicebird is a new open source project that allows users to collaborate with one another.

In addition to the email client, Spicebird lets you send instant messages using Jabber, share yoru calendar with friends or coworkers, and subscribe to web-calendars using iCal. You can also subscribe to RSS feeds using the client or post to your own blog.

All of these features are designed to work together. For example, say someone sends you an email with a date in the text. Spicebird will automatically ask if you would like to create a calendar event, which you can do with a single click.

An alpha release is coming soon, but Synovel has released a web demo to whet your appetite while you wait.

[via Mozilla Links]

Mozilla Sunbird 0.7 and Lightning 0.7 calendars released

Posted Oct 25th 2007 7:00PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Productivity, Mozilla, Open Source

Sunbird 0.7
Mozilla's open source calendar programs Sunbird and Lightning just keep getting better and better. Sunbird is a standalone application for Windows, Linux, and Mac, while Lightning is a calendar plugin for the Thunderbird e-mail client.

Sunbird and Lightning 0.7 are out today, and they feature a new event/task dialog, a new event summary dialog, and roughly a billion other new features and bug fixes. OK, more like 252. One nice touch is that events in the same time slot are shrunken so they fit in the display.

And as CyberNet points out, there's also a new version of the Google Calendar plugin for Sunbird and Lightning. The add-on lets you write data to a Google Calender using your desktop calendar client.

[Thanks Nikolay!]

Mozilla releases Sunbird and Lighting 0.5

Posted Jun 27th 2007 9:22PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: Productivity, Mozilla

SunbirdIt's been a long time coming, but Mozilla's Sunbird and Lightning calendar programs have hit 0.5. Sunbird is a standalone calendar application, while Lightning is an extension for Mozilla's Thunderbird email program.

While neither program gets as much attention as their big brothers Firefox and Thunderbird, they're pretty robust calendars, and the 0.5 releases include a ton of new features and bug fixes.
  • Refined user interface
  • Automatic migration of data from Sunbird 0.2, iCal, and Evolution
  • Improved printing function
  • Lightning works better with Thunderbird (when it comes to things like copying and pasting or printing)
  • Support for Google Calendar (via the Google Calendar Provider extension)

Sunbird and Lightning 0.5 are available for Windows, OS X, and Linux. Version 1.0 is scheduled for an early 2008 release.

[via Mozilla Calendar Weblog]

Mozilla Lightning calendar for Thunderbird released

Posted Mar 21st 2006 11:50AM by Jordan Running
Filed under: Windows, Macintosh, Linux, E-mail, Office, Mozilla, Open Source

Mozilla LightningLightning is a new component for Mozilla Thunderbird that is a complete redesign of the Calendar extension, and the first version has just been releasedy. Having tried Calendar and being unimpressed, I'd say this is good news. Lightning promises better integration with Thunderbird including e-mail-to-task integration, address book integration, meeting invitations, and synchronization with portable devices. Lightning 0.1 is currently available as an XPI extension for Windows, Mac, and Linux, and it will eventually be fully integrated into Thunderbird.

[Via Digg]

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