Lightning

After my decision of switching University IMP-based email system to Thunderbird, and my current behavior of using Google Calendar for appointment/deadline notification (both academic and non-academic), I'd like to see my schedule from Thunderbird as well.

This is possible via Mozilla Calendar project, which provides both standalone calendar client (Sunbird) and extension for Thunderbird (Lightning). No problem for network syncing since the present world is using iCal format and Google Calendar provides it, definitely.

A Linux.com's review of Sunbird/Lightning 0.5 tell me that Lightning doesn't support read/write function of networked calendar. That means I can't put new event in Google Calendar via Thunderbird. Fortunately, all problem can be solved by Provider for Google Calendar extension.

The steps are easy:

ตอนเก่า: PIM Smack Down

หนึ่งในโซลูชันที่มองไว้คือ Thunderbird + Lightning Extension ซึ่งเป็นโครงการคู่ขนานกับ Sunbird

ตอนนี้ Lightning ออก 0.1 RC1 เลยเอามาลองดูความคืบหน้า

ฟีเจอร์เริ่มจะพอไหว แต่ UI ยังห่วยอยู่มาก ยังอีกไกลกว่าจะได้ระดับ Outlook หรือ Evolution