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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. Strange math.... by wolfemi1 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm confused. If the plugin is ~700K, and the Firefox installer for Windows is ~4.6M, then how in the hell can the standalone Sunbird be ~8M, more over 3 megabytes more than the browser and plugin combined?

  2. Re:no Palm support by Davak · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yeah, sync is a big thing these days.

    I actually use yahoo's sync to backup by outlook contacts, calender, and to-do list. It's cheesy as hell, but it certainly does the job.

    How can I publish my events on a remote server?
    You can publish events from the calendar to an FTP server or a webDAV enabled webserver. You can also use the calendar to subscribe to these events as well.

    If I can figure out what the heck a webDAV enabled webserver is, maybe I can drop yahoo...

    /Off to google

    Davak

  3. Don't forget Chandler by sphealey · · Score: 4, Interesting
    When considering Free calendaring applications, don't forget to look at Chandler from the OSA Foundation. I wish they were moving a bit faster with usable releases though.

    sPh