Mozilla Lightning 0.1 Released 198
Mini-Geek writes "MozillaZine is reporting that Lightning 0.1 is released. Lightning is a new Mozilla-made calendar extension for Mozilla Thunderbird that will eventually (once it becomes more mature and stable) be built into Thunderbird. From the article: 'The Lightning Project is a redesign of the Calendar component. Its goal is to tightly integrate calendar functionality (scheduling, tasks, etc.) into Mozilla Thunderbird.'"
Screenshots :) (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Sunbird? (Score:5, Informative)
I used Sunbird for a little while a while back, and while it is a step in the right direction, it really needs a lot of work. Of course, this new release may have fixed all the bugs that irked me, and it is of course only version 0.1 - and with that in mind, Sunbird/Lightning really is a factor to consider, but not quite ready for widespread use. When it is though, it will be good.
Syncing with Thunderbird/Sunbird (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Sunbird? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Sunbird? (Score:5, Informative)
That's not quite it. Sunbird and Mozilla Calendar share the same codebase, and therefore have the same functionality and bugs. The difference between them is *only* packaging. Sunbird is packaged as a standalone app, while Mozilla Calendar is an extension for Firefox or Thunderbird.
Lightning, however, is a Thunderbird extention that puts the calendar UI directly in the Thunderbird window. The calendar provided by Sunbird/Mozilla Calendar uses a separate window. The group of products probably shares a codebase for handling calendar and related data, but the UI code is different between Lightning and the others. It's going to have its own share of bugs and features.
Re:Info on Google Calendar (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Info on Google Calendar (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Agreed (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Pocket PC Compatability (Score:5, Informative)
http://www.finchsync.com/ [finchsync.com]
FinchSync is a tool for synchronizing contacts, appointments and tasks from Mozilla email and calendar products with a Pocket PC.
NOT (Score:1, Informative)
Not so sad and not so simple. Email and calendar functions have been integrated into "groupware" type apps since the mainframe days. It provided a single place to go to since those functions are typically related in most businesses. It may not make sense for ones personal use, but it makes complete sense from a business standpoint. I don't need to have six different apps open all the time for various functions.
MS was hardly the first... (Score:3, Informative)
It's a functional expectation of old-school corporate e-mail, not an MS "innovation"...
Re:Will it sync with Outlook Calender? (Score:1, Informative)
To me, this is pressing development need #1.
Re:Sunbird? (Score:3, Informative)
Lightning is a completely different UI, designed to integrate better with Thunderbird than the Calendar application does. It'll provide some of the same things that Outlook does, which would have been moderately difficult, and possibly confusing in the old Calendar application.