Wishes Index - Sunbird Lightning Calendar
From MozillaZine Knowledge Base
Index of Wishes for Mozilla Calendar/Sunbird
(Frequently Requested Enhancements)
Overview
Contains
- No discussion here, discuss elsewhere, then add link here.
- Organized into hierarchical categories
- mentioned: links to thread with dates when they were mentioned
- FAQ: links to any relevant FAQs
- 4v: Links to any relevant bug/rfe's, with bug/rfe testers' votes, bounties.
- extension: links to site of an extension that addressses issue.
Source threads
- (1) MozillaZine forum topic 'Calendar Wish List' 2003-09-06 -- 2004-10-12.
- (2) MozillaZine forum topic 'Sunbird: my wish-list' 2004-10-25 -- 2004-11-12.
- (3) MozillaZine forum topic 'Lightning 0.9 Wish List' 2008-04-11.
Index
Event/Task Dialogs
- make default calendar persistent across application restart
- defaults (private/public, tentative/confirmed, repeat daily/weekly, etc.)
- associate file (e.g, map) [can use URL, but need file browser? file(s)?]
- edit one instance of recurring event
- recurrent task acts like template, creates new task [that can be completed]
- category acts like template, e.g., birthday --> recurs once per year
-
type time (implemented)
-
change calendar of event/task
-
set default calendar for new tasks/events
-
add task with no start or due date
Grid Views
- layout of events and tasks in views
- display tasks
- mentioned (1) 2004-09-22, 2004-10-09
- implemented for 0.3 Month View and Multiweek view (use View | Tasks in View) for tasks with start date.
- partly implemented for 0.3 Day View and Week view (use View | Tasks in View) for tasks with start date and due date (due date treated as end date).
-
7v: bug 157274
- order events in each box (e.g,. in calendar order, w/reorderable calendars)
- multiday event as one banner spanning multiple days (allow long text)
- show/hide based on categories, keywords [search?], etc.
- display of each event/task in views
- icons for categories
- word wrap
- title only in view, show time only in tooltip (allow more space for title)
- distinguish private events
- distinguish ended/past events
- distinguish event status (tentative, confirmed, cancelled, etc.)
-
colors for categories (to avoid multiple calendars for simple sychronization)
- direct editing/manipulation of an event or task in views
- drag event between calendars
- paste should remember times
- cut should select date where it can be pasted back if mistake
- drag task from task list into calendar to set date
-
drag event to change date
-
drag edge of event to change start or end only
-
directly typing tasks/events without dialog
- day/week views
- shift hour of break between days, so hours view can cross midnight
- adjust grid box duration (so can click to start new event at time)
- (drag region to create in day/week view works to nearest 1/4 hour since 0.3a2)
- mentioned 2005-02-15
- add a week "planner" view with days on two rows (as in Microsoft Outlook)
- 4v: bug 164599 (initial rfe includes also a new day view)
- year view
- Gantt view
- compact view(s)
- add a list view
Navigation
-
go to today button
-
go to date (implemented)
Calendar List
Table/Tree views
- folders of tasks, hierarchical tasks
Search
- multiday event query [?]
- search tasks
Help Menu
Email
- "integration" [general]
- email appointments open calendar, shown in calendar
- web appointment link opens calendar, shown in calendar
- sending email (Lightning only)
- drag event to become email attachment
Address Book
- linking event to address book entry
- connecting to LDAP to select addresses for invitations [invite should use TB]
Alarms
- alarm should take focus
- email day itinerary automatically [?]
- visible clock
- time to next alarm
- multiple alarms for one event
- snooze until
- custom snooze choices
-
customize alarm sound
OS Integration
- minimize to system tray (windows)
- background task (so alarms fire even if no window)
- double click .ics files
Printing
- change css style and layout of printed output
Storage
- Share profile: Sunbird, FF ext, TB ext, all use same profile files.
- Add a trash can/recycle bin for events and tasks deleted from calendars.
Publish/Subscribe
- hide private events/tasks from publish
- subscribe without alarms
- button and periodic interval for refreshing/publishing a calendar
- reload button for subscribed calendar
- auto-refresh for subscribed calendar
- login with password
- login with password silently (no confirm dialog)
- overwrite checks [check if lastmod date earlier than read date before overwriting]
-
save password
Export File
- export to vCalendar 1.0 format (OMA): (Palm Desktop, Sony Ericsson T610)
- export to Motorola Organizer
- export to Palm DBA (see also vCalendar 1.0 above)
-
export entire calendar
Import File
- import with timezone [specify timezone if remote calendar has only floating times?]
- import from Palm DBA format
Sync
- General (issues for all devices)
- SyncML (standard protocol used by many devices)
- Nokia
- Palm
- Sony Ericsson T610 (w/Bluetooth)
- Sony Ericsson Z1010
- WinCE
- Zaurus
Notes
Calendar/Sunbird is supported by volunteers. If you need to see a
bug fixed soon,
report the bug
if there isn't one already, and contribute a fix yourself,
hire a developer, or
offer
a bounty.
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