Mozilla Sunbird 0.2
Posted by Julio Franco on 05 February 2005 - 20:07 · 43 comments & 1444 views
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#1 Posted by slimy on 05 Feb 2005 - 20:19
- only reason i find it pointless is because all it is, is a calendar app, which to me, is something pointless
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#1.1 Posted by Raven on 05 Feb 2005 - 22:03
- You have to see the bigger picture. This feature (program) will be used by corporate america to schedule meetings, appointments, etc. Mozilla is only trying to catch up with features available from Exchange. I see this as another step in offering a complete solution to MS products.
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#2 Posted by 8tImER on 05 Feb 2005 - 20:19
- WTF @ techspot.
The URL is:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird.html
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#3 Posted by Hurmoth on 05 Feb 2005 - 21:08
- I've been using this for months now, why do they say it is the first release? Maybe I was using a beta and hadn't noticed it
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#3.1 Posted by Matt™ on 05 Feb 2005 - 21:21
- Same here. I've been using 0.2 since the beginning of January, and I thought it was the official release. Oh well. It works great, I just want them to release an icon that doesn't look like crap.
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#3.3 Posted by Jugalator on 06 Feb 2005 - 14:30
- I also had 0.2 earlier, but checked my version before installing this and it was apparently 0.2a, i.e. 0.2 alpha.
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#4 Posted by Angel Blue01 on 05 Feb 2005 - 21:47
- How will this replace Outlook? Outlook is a PIM.
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#4.1 Posted by Hurmoth on 05 Feb 2005 - 22:02
- Sunbird alone will not replace Outlook. What Mozilla is going to do though is integrate this with Thunderbird, which will take over Outlook!
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#4.2 Posted by ivand67 on 05 Feb 2005 - 22:16
- Any program that hasn't reached at least a 1.0 version is basically still under development and an official version, a final release to be marketed, has not been finished yet.
0.2 is still quite primitive.
But Mozilla is doing a hell of a job, and I'm testing Sunbird right now.
Look for Mozilla to have a great PIM/e-mail program to rival Outlook by early or mid 2006.
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#5 Posted by Yazoo on 05 Feb 2005 - 22:13
- why is the download link not mozilla.org but techspot? seems kind of dumb.
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#5.1 Posted by GAM on 06 Feb 2005 - 00:48
- If you followed the links you would see that it eventually downloads from http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/cal...rdSetup-0.2.exe
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#6 Posted by Hurmoth on 05 Feb 2005 - 23:25
- It keeps crashing on my system... not very stable, at least as far as I can tell
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#7 Posted by monofonik on 05 Feb 2005 - 23:54
- I like this, and Thunderbird's good too, but they're both going to need to have some form of Palm OS Sync capabilities built into them to go anywhere.
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#8 Posted by tajddin on 06 Feb 2005 - 00:07
- From a programmer's perspective, the application is quite simple. A good programmer could accomplish something on par with Sunbird in two week's time, if not one.
What's more, it's evident that much of the user interface code is adapted from Firefox.
Nevertheless, it's a nice app.
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#9 Posted by DeMo_BR on 06 Feb 2005 - 00:42
- Cool, I like the interface/visual.
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#10 Posted by bangbang023 on 06 Feb 2005 - 01:04
QUOTE
- Open URL works only in the Mozilla Application Suite and Mozilla Firefox.
why? It shouldn't be too hard to have it simply raise a system event and pass the url as a command to the system to open in the user's default browser.
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#11 Posted by planetik on 06 Feb 2005 - 03:06
- Wow, this is pretty nice...
What you think about it's slogan? "it's about time"
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#12 Posted by Skyfrog on 06 Feb 2005 - 03:13
- Nice, but why did they name it after a
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#12.1 Posted by Jugalator on 06 Feb 2005 - 14:37
- They're traditionally using car names that coincide with animal names.
Firefox was supposed to be Firebird, but couldn't for a conflict with the open source database.
And we already have Thunderbird.
Too bad they couldn't use Firebird though...
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#13 Posted by Amsterdam on 06 Feb 2005 - 05:10
- What exactly is sunbird? a calendar?
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#13.1 Posted by Matt™ on 06 Feb 2005 - 06:56
- No, it just helps you schedule events and manage your time. It just happens to use a calendar to do both.
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#13.2 Posted by configure on 06 Feb 2005 - 06:56
- Yes.
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Mozilla Sunbird is the standalone form of the calendar extension, which means that it doesn't need one of the above mentioned applications to run. Mozilla Sunbird and Mozilla Calendar use the same base code so their functionality is virtually the same and they share the same bugs and bug fixes. Some features currently depend on the underlying product:
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#14 Posted by Beef on 06 Feb 2005 - 09:25
- Wake me up when its finished, has e-mail support and talks to an exchange server. Then i'll be interested
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#14.1 Posted by Jugalator on 06 Feb 2005 - 14:32
- I'm not sure it'll be "finished" soon. Being open source, it's not even finished when a company stops working on it since anyone can proceed.
But yes, it's not very feature rich yet, but Phoenix 0.2 wasn't either
It will be interesting to see how it evolves. It needs what you say, and also synchronization features imho.
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#15 Posted by CrazyDelta on 06 Feb 2005 - 12:29
- I like it as well. Though they need to make new logo and a better name then SunBird.
Of course that change could might as well come since it has a long way to go to a finish product.
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#16 Posted by StuRReaL on 06 Feb 2005 - 14:32
- this is an excellent app I use this in conjunction with M$ Onenote 2003 to keep my work organised I'm glad mozilla haven't seen fit to integrate sunbird with thunderbird as theres nothing worse than being forced to use outlook when all u want is an email client, now u have the choice to install a calendar if you want
Theres one feature I do want and thats m$ exchange support.
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#17 Posted by Kurt on 06 Feb 2005 - 22:53
- I like it alot!
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#18 Posted by youngmc33 on 06 Feb 2005 - 23:42
- Download'd!!!!!
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#19 Posted by advancedboy on 07 Feb 2005 - 02:33
- I think the project name for putting Thunderbird and Sunbird together was Lightening. Though I may be wrong...
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#19.1 Posted by Sir Gawain on 07 Feb 2005 - 05:11
- The Lightning project aims for "tight" integration with Thunderbird, so you get more of a seamless program to handle all your email, calendar, contact and task needs.
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#19.2 Posted by nic on 07 Feb 2005 - 16:25
- i'd likely try this "lightning" when it is available if it has support for my pocket pc. it is pretty doubtful. sometimes i feel like microsoft has a tight grip on my balls.
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#19.3 Posted by advancedboy on 08 Feb 2005 - 04:07
- Perhaps this page (look for the Question: With what devices will Lightning be able to sync?)will be your nut-saver
And if that page didn't make your balls feel safer, Try this page!
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#20 Posted by mr_da3m0n on 07 Feb 2005 - 07:29
- Add sync with Opie/GPE and i'm loving them long time.
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#21 Posted by Ikshaar on 07 Feb 2005 - 19:16
- For memory deficient people like me, this program is a blessing
The sharing calendar online is awesome, i have all my calendars (personal, work, music) accessible from work and home... (just wish they have a "sponsor" to host calendar by default). It took me a while to find a host (free).
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#22 Posted by velkymx on 07 Feb 2005 - 19:49
- Eh ... nothing new...
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#23 Posted by saudzonline on 08 Feb 2005 - 00:21
- this is a really nice icon for sunbird:
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=282137&st=0&#entry585430909
Mozilla Sunbird is the standalone form of the calendar extension, which means that it doesn't need one of the above mentioned applications to run. Mozilla Sunbird and Mozilla Calendar use the same base code so their functionality is virtually the same and they share the same bugs and bug fixes. Some features currently depend on the underlying product:
- Open URL works only in the Mozilla Application Suite and Mozilla Firefox.
- Email alarm works only in Mozilla Thunderbird and the Mozilla Application Suite.
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