Mozilla Calendar
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Mozilla Calendar was a free software / open source calendar and personal information manager based on the open iCalendar standard. It was developed as part of the Mozilla project.
The Mozilla Sunbird Project has replaced Mozilla Calendar and is described as "...a cross platform standalone calendar application based on Mozilla's XUL user interface language."[link]
As with other Mozilla projects, Mozilla Calendar was cross-platform, and used the XUL user interface language. It worked with Microsoft Windows, Linux (on both Intel and PowerPC), Mac OS X, and FreeBSD.
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Mozilla Calendar
The Mozilla Calendar project was announced by the Mozilla Organization (now the Mozilla Foundation) in October 2001. The original code, used by Mozilla Calendar and now the Sunbird Project, was donated by OEone (now Axentra)[link], who had developed it for use in their Mozilla-based HomeBase DESKTOP system. The project was initially led by OEone employee Mike Potter.
The initial plan was for Mozilla Calendar to eventually be integrated into the Mozilla Application Suite alongside the other components. However, this plan was dropped when Mozilla Organization decided to focus on its nascent standalone applications rather than the integrated suite.
The project suffered a blow in March 2003 when OEone decided to scale back their involvement. A few months later, in July 2003, Mike Potter retired as the head of the project and handed over the reins to fellow OEone employee Mostafa Hosseini. It was also announced that future development work would focus on creating a standalone version of Mozilla Calendar.
Mozilla Calendar could be installed as a component in the Mozilla Application Suite, or as an extension in either the Mozilla Firefox standalone browser or the Mozilla Thunderbird standalone mail and newsgroups client. The extension is now a part of the Sunbird Project and is known as Lightning.
See also
References
- Festa, Paul. "[Mozilla's Lightning to strike Outlook?]". CNET News.com. December 22, 2004.
External links
Project pages
- [Mozilla Calendar]
- [Sunbird]
- [Lightning]
- [Portable Sunbird] — A USB drive-friendly version
News articles
- [MozillaZine: mozilla.org Announces Calendar Project]
- [MozillaZine: OEone Scales Back Calendar Development]
- [MozillaZine: Mozilla Calendar Project Lead Mike Potter Retires, Mostafa Hosseini Named as New Head]
- [MozillaZine: Mozilla Sunbird Standalone Calendar Project Launches]
- [MozillaZine: Lightning Project Launched to Provide Calendar Features for Mozilla Thunderbird]
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