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Mozilla Releases Mozilla Sunbird 0.2

Posted by simoniker on from the flutter-by dept.

Gentu writes "Along with the new Mozilla-Japan initiative and the release of Mozilla 1.8a3 today, the Mozilla team released the first 'official' beta release of Mozilla Sunbird, version 0.2, a stand-alone calendaring application (similar to Apple's iCal). There are two flavors of this project, one that works as a ~700 KB plugin to Firefox/Thunderbird/Mozilla (titled Mozilla Calendar) and the ~8 MB stand-alone calendaring application, Mozilla Sunbird (rate the apps over at GnomeFiles.org). These builds are the first to feature a new default theme, a new logo and the customizable toolbar functionality. Note that Sunbird is still an experimental technology preview that contain bugs, but it is pretty stable."

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  1. The whole idea is crazy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I don't get it.

  2. Angry people by Dashing+Leech · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thunder ... Fire ... Sun .. all hot, loud, destructive things. I guess there's no cuddly hippie people at Mozilla.

    1. Re:Angry people by csguy314 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Thunder ... Fire ... Sun .. all hot, loud, destructive things.

      Well what can you expect when the entire project is apparently named after a giant, fire breathing lizard?
      Maybe the next project will be named GunFox?

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    2. Re:Angry people by el-spectre · · Score: 4, Funny

      Depends on your perspective... these are also elements of nature... could very easily be a hippy influence :)

      If the next app is SUVBird, we'll know for sure.

      Or, if you wanna go rude, just TheBird

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    3. Re:Angry people by a.deity · · Score: 2, Funny

      Don't forget (Chevrolet El) Camino (Mozilla-derived Cocoa-compliant OS X browser), and the Ford (Internet) Explorer. Not to mention (GMC) Safari, (Ford) Lynx (a concept), and, out on a limb, even Netscape is similar to the Ford Escape. Never realized how many!

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    4. Re:Angry people by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Maybe the next project will be named GunFox?

      I think you mispelled 'GnuFox'. :)

  3. NAME CHANGE by drsmack1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    When is the first name change scheduled?

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    1. Re:NAME CHANGE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Perhaps they can call it "Flipped Bird"?

  4. Lot of work coming from that direction by MadFarmAnimalz · · Score: 5, Funny

    That whole mozilla suite project just seems to be generating a lot of really good software... There's firegoat, thunderbird, mozilla, alotofotherthingsidontknowaboutfox, and mozilla.

    I mean wow, those are some productive developers... Kudos.

    (though I keep on worrying that they'll slip out a kernel one of these days just to complete the operating environment... kernelzilla? mozillOS? Thunderbarf?)

    Just kidding :0 Thanks for all the great work!

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  5. I've said it before, and I'll say it again... by numbski · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm *STILL* hacked off about the fact that while all the other builds and platforms got cool cars, the mac users got stuck with a sawed-off station wagon.

    Alas, at least we have since gotten a native build of firefox. ;)

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    1. Re:I've said it before, and I'll say it again... by el-spectre · · Score: 2, Funny

      ooh, ooh... lemme guess... leprechauns?

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  6. Re:Sunbird? Firefox? Firebird? by balbeir · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm waiting for MockingBird

  7. Renewable to-dos by gordgekko · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd be pleased if they bothered to make to-dos which respawn actually do so after you've checked one off as completed.

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  8. Has to be said by be-fan · · Score: 1, Funny

    Go go Power Rangers!

    daaa na na na na daaa, na na na na..

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    1. Re:Has to be said by be-fan · · Score: 4, Funny

      Obviously old people who never saw Power Rangers as a kid modded this down. This might not be funny, but it's hardly off-topic. I mean, c'mon! They might as well rename the Mozilla Suite "Megazord," seeing as how it's what you get when you combine Firefox, Thunderbird, and Sunbird!

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  9. Mozilla project names currently in alpha by MerryGoByeBye · · Score: 5, Funny
    • Birdfire
    • Sunfried
    • Friedbird
    • Furredbread
    • Bunfriar
    • Sunblurred
    • Slurredbird
    • Blurbird
    • Boredslurred
    • Slartibird
    • Currybird
    This will go a loooong way to convincing people to switch from silly and confusing Microsoft products! Er...
  10. Re:Mozilla Japan by tigersaw · · Score: 5, Funny

    Isn't Mozilla just a bit to close to Godzilla for the Japanese market?

    Prepare for a name change. I'm thinking "Pikascape" or "Mozachu"

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  11. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 4, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  12. Hah... by NeoGeo64 · · Score: 2, Funny

    When I first read the article name I thought Mozilla had once again changed Firefox's name.

  13. Re:Sunbird? Firefox? Firebird? by tarquin_fim_bim · · Score: 2, Funny

    I use the Dvorak keyboard on which w is right next to v

    I have the same problem with a Querty keyboard, but then I'm a careless fat fingered freak. Don't blame the keyboard or application we're all friends here, feel the love, learn to adore your true self, and others will love you also.
    Tarquin.

  14. Another goddamn car name by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ford Thunderbird
    Pontiac Firebird
    Pontiac Sunbird

    The Sunbird was an even crappier car than the Firebird. Think Cavalier+nasty plastic decorations.

  15. Re:Some of the new Mozilla 1.8a3 features by sweetooth · · Score: 4, Funny

    it.slashdot.org? That's nothing compared to games.slashdot.org, that's where you really need the custom stylesheet.

  16. Re:Sunbird? Firefox? Firebird? by bccomm · · Score: 4, Funny

    Some sort of text-to-speech engine?

  17. Get that name changed! by Cloud+K · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think the UK tabloid newspaper, The Sun might object to borrowing the "Sun Bird", especially when it reaches version 0.3 ;)

  18. TheBird by beakburke · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nah... I believe that's gonna be the eventual name for the Mozilla Suite.

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    1. Re:TheBird by el-spectre · · Score: 2, Funny

      That'd be great... "yeah, I'm runnin TheBird... it's free, how about I give you TheBird and then you can give TheBird to whoever you want?"

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  19. They would, but... by sczimme · · Score: 2, Funny


    I think they need to use different animals for each program though.

    O'Reilly already patented that idea.

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  20. Re:Some of the new Mozilla 1.8a3 features by damiam · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't think it's possible for Slashdot to get any more invalid than it already is. :-)

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  21. Re:Sunbird? Firefox? Firebird? by Solder+Fumes · · Score: 2, Funny

    Some sort of text-to-speech engine?

  22. Re:Sunbird? Firefox? Firebird? by glsunder · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm waiting for MockingBird

    which will be followed by DiamondRing.

  23. Re:Some of the new Mozilla 1.8a3 features by kikta · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's an interesting comparison you make, IT's tan on white versus games's purple rain.

    The former makes you go blind and the latter makes you wish you were blind...

  24. Re:Sunbird? Firefox? Firebird? by EvilAlien · · Score: 3, Funny
    They should have saved "Sunbird" for renaming Firebird rather than Firefox for Phoenix.. bird... fire... oh screw it. Mozilla Lite.

    Anyways, where do I go to place my bets on how long it will take for Sunbird to get renamed to Sunfox, Firesun, Sunfire, or Firefire?

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  25. Re:As usual... by Omestes · · Score: 4, Funny

    I always thought that the Firefox icon looked like a weasel humping a blue marble. And people seem to be able to recognize it as such.

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  26. Re:Mozilla in Japan by godblessthenet · · Score: 2, Funny

    I imagine it won't do very well, as it's named after a beast that FRICKIN' DESTROYED TOKYO.

  27. Best option ever... by orbitor · · Score: 3, Funny
    Restore Natural Order

    How can we get this goodness in every piece of software on the planet?