Mozilla Thunderbird 8 and Lightning 1.0 Calendar Add-On Now Available
Mozilla Thunderbird 8 and Lightning 1.0 Calendar Add-On Now Available
Posted 11/08/2011 at 12:02pm
| by Paul Lilly
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Mozilla released a couple new versions of its popular Thunderbird email client today, Thunderbird v3.1.16 and v8.0, along with the 1.0 launch of Lightning, a fully integrated calendar add-on for Thunderbird that lets users organize schedules and events. More importantly, the combination of Thunderbird 8 and Lightning 1.0 gives open-source advocates a free and fully featured replacement for Microsoft's Outlook client.
The new Thunderbird client is available in 51 languages and is based on the Mozilla Gecko 8 engine, the same one found in Mozilla's Firefox 8 browser. Improvements include:
- Add-ons installed by third-party programs are now disabled by default
- New Search and Find Shortcuts
- Improved accessibility of the attachment list
- Folder switching pane widget removed
- Numberous platform fixes to fix stability
- Fixed several security issues (see here)
Lightning 1.0, meanwhile, contains many bugfixes, including:
- Full offline support, when the "Cache" is enabled fora calendar
- Improve diagnostics for the ICS provider
- Fix the top startup crash
- Some fixes for the alarm system, specifically related to snoozing and recurring events
- Allowing opening events already accepted via invitation
- Fresh new UI style for all calendar views
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Morete
November 09, 2011 at 4:06am
I like the Mozilla Sunbird Calendar. I use it for legal documentation. It is simple and easy to use and downloads onto the desktop.
Hg Dragon
November 08, 2011 at 6:49pm
Spent the better part of 5 hours trying to get this to work with our Exchange server. I can get it to pull, but sending is a "no-go," no matter what I try. I want to use this, I really do. I fit had native Exchange or OWA support, I would be all over it. As it is, too much work and too many damned add-ons to try and get it to work.
As much as Gordon rants about how terrible Outlook is (and I totally agree), at least it works. Within a couple fo minutes of installing, I'm working with my mail and Calendar.
QuadraQ
November 09, 2011 at 2:23pm
They will probably get there soon. Remember that the calendar is 1.0. A replacement of Outlook is desparately needed, so this is exciting.
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