Mozilla Sunbird

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Mozilla Sunbird

Screenshot of Sunbird
Maintainer: Mozilla Foundation and community
Stable release: 0.3.1  (February 19, 2007) [+/-]
Preview release: N/A [+/-]
OS: Cross-platform
Use: Personal information manager
License: MPL, MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license
Website: www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/

Mozilla Sunbird is a free, open source, cross-platform, calendar application developed by the Mozilla Foundation and many volunteers.[1] Announced in July 2003,[2] Sunbird is a standalone version of the now discontinued Mozilla Calendar Extension. The latest version is 0.3.1 [3]. Version 0.3 of Sunbird, and its "sister project", Lightning, were scheduled to be released simultaneously in late September 2006[4], but a release candidate was not made until October.[5] Mozilla Sunbird is described as "...a cross platform standalone calendar application based on Mozilla's XUL user interface language."[6] Since version 0.3, Sunbird has lost its compatibility to Windows 98.[7][8] Version 0.3 of Sunbird is also available in a portable version.

On June 15, 2004, the Sunbird developers asked the Mozilla community to submit possible new default themes and logos for Sunbird. Three proposed Sunbird logos were submitted to a community vote; Mark Carson's entry was declared the winner on August 12, 2004.[9] Mark Carson and Chris Cook also developed a theme for Windows and Linux, derived from the "winstripe" theme of Firefox. In late 2004,[10] a Mac theme was developed by Matthew 'lilmatt' Willis, similarly derived from the "pinstripe" theme of Firefox.

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[edit] Release history

Key:
Old Version Current Version Future Version
Gecko version Version Release date Significant changes
1.9 pre-a1 0.2 February 4, 2005
0.3 October 11, 2006 Calendar storage moved from flat .ICS files to SQLite
0.3.1 February 19, 2007 Timezones updated for DST change
1.8.1.x 0.5 Mid 2007

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Mozilla contributors list, Mozilla.org
  2. ^ Mozilla Sunbird Standalone Calendar Project Launches - MozillaZine Talkback - MozillaZine article announcing the Sunbird Project.
  3. ^ Mozilla FTP: Sunbird releases
  4. ^ Calendar:0.3 Release Status - MozillaWiki - Mozilla Wiki page describing the release status.
  5. ^ Sunbird Development Blog
  6. ^ The Sunbird Project - Standalone Calendar - Main project page describing the project.
  7. ^ https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330276
  8. ^ *http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=2192208&highlight Bug 330276: USER32.DLL:UpdateLayeredWindow
  9. ^ Mozilla bug 269266 - " Create/maintain Mac OS X pinstripe theme for Sunbird"

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