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Mozilla-based Sunbird and Lightning calendar apps hit 0.9

WindowsMacLinuxby Brad Linder Sep 24th 2008

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]

Tags: calendar, lightning, mozilla, sunbird

Filed under: Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Productivity, Mozilla, Open Source

Mozilla Sunbird 0.7 and Lightning 0.7 calendars released

WindowsMacLinuxby Brad Linder Oct 25th 2007

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!]

Tags: calendar, Lightning, Lightning 0.7, Lightning0.7, Sunbird, Sunbird 0.7, Sunbird0.7, Thunderbird

Filed under: Productivity, Mozilla

Mozilla releases Sunbird and Lighting 0.5

by Brad Linder Jun 27th 2007

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]

Tags: calendar, lightning, sunbird

Filed under: Internet, Windows, Office, Productivity, Open Source

Portable Apps Suite

Windowsby Jordan Running Feb 1st 2006

Portable Apps SuiteThe fine folks at PortableApps.com have put together an excellent Portable Apps Suite that bundles eight essential Windows apps that you can take with you on a USB drive. The included apps are Firefox (web browser), Thunderbird (e-mail client), OpenOffice.org (office suite), AbiWord (word processor), NVU (web site editor), Sunbird (calendar and tasks manager), FileZilla (FTP client), and Gaim (IM).  The suite comes in two flavors: Standard, which includes all of the above and fits on a 256MB drive, and Light, which omits OpenOffice.org and fits in 128MB. Brilliant.

Tags: abiword, filezilla, firefox, gaim, nvu, openoffice, openoffice.org, portable, portable apps, PortableApps, sunbird, thunderbird

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