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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. Re:Gnomefiles a great GTK+ software repository by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Gotta love the astroturfing from OSNews (Eugenia?).

    I called them on this last year too. Gentu = Posted by OSNews. So frequently, I wonder if it's paid. Do a search for artices containing Gentu. Actually, I did it for you. Every few days, there is an article linking to OSNews (or a sub site such as gnomefiles.org, or nmcx.com) submitted by Gentu. Either they are gaming the system, or they are paying /. to post their version of articles (thus providing free advertising)

    In this case, they added a link to gnomefiles.org to the article (which has no value to the story) and it still got posted without editing. I mean.. "rate the apps at gnomefiles.org"? Why not freshmeat.net? Why not just post your thoughts here? It is out of place, unless /. was paid for it. Then it's an Ad. So... which is it? Surely /. is not mixing advertisements with editorial content?

    To add insult to injury, they post this anonymous astroturf to the comments. "I visit daily to get my dosage of GNOME apps" ? Seriously - if you are going to spam comments, at least try to hide the fact that you are advertising. Marketing drones learned not to be so obvious years ago. Catch up.

    I mean.. damn. It's so ridiculous. /. sold out big time. Ads are one thing. Editorial changes and comment spam? Thats another thing entirely.

  2. Re:Ridiculous names by Morgahastu · · Score: 0, Troll

    Atleast it's an actual word that people aren't embarassed saying outloud.

  3. Re:Should I upgrade yet by PitaBred · · Score: 0, Troll

    Are you one of those who thinks Thunderbird is a browser, too, or are you just a troll?
    I'd guess either troll, or illiterate. Not like it had the words "calendaring application" right in the /. blurb...

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