Agreed, I use gnome calendar and don't use TB. It helps me keep a track of my itinerary via google and keeps me informed about upcoming flights etc.
Regards Arup Roy Chowdhury On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 10:25 PM, Sebastien Bacher <seb...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > Le 09/11/2015 17:31, Bryan Quigley a écrit : > > Negatives of xul-ext-thunderbird > > It is bigger ~6MB vs 1.5MB. > > It's not standalone. > > Doesn't integrate with the date applet. (The last two might be fixable) > > Hey, > > Thanks for the feedback. I took some time to play a bit with both solutions > > * gnome-calendar > - UI is simple, focus on the essential > - it integrates well with the desktop, can be selected as preferred > calendar, opens from the indicator when clicking on a data, is listed in > the unity dash (once the OnlyShowIn=GNOME is removed from the .desktop, > which is a small bug to fix) > - it does proper e-d-s integration/syncing from online calendar > - the look is more in line with our other apps > > unsure about features it might miss, but it can sync calendar and add > events which seems to be what most users need/want? > > * tb-ext > - seems relatively complete feature wise > - supported by mozilla (though there are online discussions suggesting > they might try to give thunderbird away) > - integrated with our default mailer > but > - it doesn't integrate with the system (it's part of the mailer but not > listed as a calendar) > - doesn't do e-d-s integration (there is an extension for that but it > hangs tb on start when activated) > - the UI feels more cluttered > - integrates to a mailer, every time you start tb it nags you about > adding an email account ... it's not a proper solution if you are not > using it as your mailer > > > I feel like gnome-calendar is a better solution, especially if we > consider that a good part of users use webemails and don't need an > integrated solution to a desktop mailer they don't use but rather a > simple calendar UI. > > Cheers, > Sebastien Bacher > > > > -- > ubuntu-desktop mailing list > ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop >
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