Google Calendar rocks. It's free, browser-based (ie crossplatform) and ful featured!
On 4/28/06, Andrew Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ok folks, while Thunderbird is lacking some features I like, I am ready to look at it again. Here is why: I need calendar/scheduling/to-do's, etc. The calendar extension and /or Sunbird were fairly horrid examples. Probably why Mozilla has a team working on the Lightning project. Lightning takes the Calendar project and re-worked it from the ground up for tighter integration into Thunderbird. But there has been no release builds, unless you wanted to build it your self and risk instability... As of March 14th (I'm a bit behind, I just found out yesterday) Lightning 0.1 was made into a stable build! I've installed a test but I haven't worked with it yet. I did nose around a bit, and it looks great and seems to function well. This is obviously a pre-release...it does not yet integrate scheduling with email (i.e. you cannot receive an email with a task or appointment and "accept" it and have it automatically add to your calendar) but that is one of the upcoming milestones. Here is a list of features that are scheduled to be worked on, but are not working in this release, or are only partially working: Better Thunderbird integration email<->task linkage Integration with the Thunderbird address book iMIP support (meeting invitations) Improved CalDAV support Cached calendar support for offline calendar use Device synchronization Now, I have not switched my stance that OOo should have a PIM or tightly integrate with a third party PIN naturally with little to no setup. But Lightning makes Thunderbird look more promising and useable by corporate users, especially once the features above are included. The Chandler project still looks more promising, but it is much further away from a useable product. Here is the direct link to the Lightning project: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning/index.html Sincerely, Andrew Robertson derma e(r) Natural Bodycare Export Manager Ph. 805-582-2710 xt. 244 Fx. 805-582-2730 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.dermae.net --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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