 Lightning 0.9 running on Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 |
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| Developer(s) | Mozilla Foundation / Mozilla Corporation |
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| Initial release | 0.1 |
| Stable release | 0.9 (September 23, 2008) [+/−] |
| Preview release | 1.0b2pre (nightly) [+/−] |
| Written in | C++, XUL, XBL, JavaScript |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Personal information manager |
| License | MPL, MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license |
| Website | www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning/ |
The Lightning project, announced on December 22, 2004 and currently in development by the Mozilla Foundation, is an extension that adds calendar and scheduling functionality to the Mozilla Thunderbird mail and newsgroups client. Lightning is an iCalendar compatible calendar.
Unlike Mozilla Sunbird — or the discontinued Mozilla Calendar extension — Lightning aims to integrate tightly with Thunderbird.[1] The Lightning project is being developed simultaneously with the Sunbird project, and the code used for both tools is identical, with a few individual files for each program so that they run as intended.[2]
The first testing version of Lightning, version 0.1, was released on March 14, 2006 and 0.3 was released on October 10, 2006. 0.5 was released on June 27, 2007, 0.7 was released on October 25, 2007, 0.8 was released on April 4, 2008, 0.9 was released on September 23, 2008. 0.9 is the last planned release for Thunderbird 2. A calendar was originally to be fully integrated into Thunderbird 3, but those plans were changed due to concerns with the product's maturity and level of support.[3][4] The last stable release of Lightning is not, at this time, compatible with Thunderbird 3.[5] However, pre-release versions of Lightning 1.0 are compatible as add-ons to Thunderbird 3, and a release candidate for the first beta release was made available on December 20, 2009.[6]
Sun Microsystems has been contributing significantly to the Lightning Project[7] to provide users with an alternative free and open source choice to Microsoft Office by combining OpenOffice.org and Thunderbird with the Lightning Extension. Sun's key focus areas in addition to general bug fixing are calendar views, team/collaboration features and support for the Sun Java Calendar Server.[8]
See also
References
- ^ Lightning Project Launched to Provide Calendar Features for Mozilla Thunderbird- MozillaZine - MozillaZine article announcing the Lightning project and its aims.
- ^ Calendar:Dev Guide - MozillaWiki - A wiki page documenting the way in which the calendar project works.
- ^ Lightning 0.9 Release Notes
- ^ david ascher - Lightning-in-Thunderbird status update
- ^ https://addons.mozilla.org/en/thunderbird/reviews/display/2313
- ^ http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/calendar/2009/12/lightning_10beta1_release_cand.html
- ^ Calendar Weblog
- ^ Interview On Mozilla Lighting and OpenOffice.org
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External links
- The official Lightning website
- Lightning release notes
- Mozilla Calendar Blog
- The Rumbling Edge
- Latest nightly builds
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