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The [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/ Calendar project] distributes two closely related prerelease calendar clients.
<h1>Download sites: Get Sunbird Lightning Calendar</h1>


The Sunbird standalone calendar program can be obtained from the [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird_download.html Sunbird download page].
<h3 name="Sunbird">Sunbird</h3>


The Mozilla Calendar extension for Firefox, Thunderbird, or Mozilla Suite can be obtained from the [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/download.html Calendar download page].
The Sunbird standalone calendar application can be obtained from the
Sunbird download page.


The two projects share most of the code.  Sunbird is built on a plain Mozilla application core, while the Calendar extension builds on the core application to which it is added (Firefox, Thunderbird, or Mozilla Suite).  Some of the network services are not available in all combinations.  See [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/ Calendar vs. Sunbird].
[http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/download.html Stable builds]  
are available prebuilt for Windows32 (2000/XP), Linux (x86), and
Mac OS X (intel/PPC).


The [http://calendarhelp.mozdev.org/ CalendarHelp project] distributes an extension that installs help documentation for these calendars.  The documentation can be viewed via the Mozilla Help Viewer, which comes preinstalled into Firefox and Mozilla Suite.
[http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/l10n_download.html Localized builds]
are available for languages other than English (US).  In addition to the above builds, builds are available for [http://f17.aaa.livedoor.jp/~every/products/Sunbird/howtouse.html Japanese].


[[Category:Calendar|*Download]]
[http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/calendar/sunbird/releases/0.5/ Contributed builds]
are available, including Solaris (x86, SPARC) and OS/2, which can be used with the language packs (sunbird -UILocal langCode).
 
[http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/system-requirements.html System requirements].
 
<h3 name="Lightning">Lightning</h3>
 
The Lightning extension for the Thunderbird email client can obtained
from the Lightning download page.
 
[http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning/download.html Stable builds]
are available prebuilt for Windows32 (2000/XP/Vista), Linux (x86), and
Mac OS X (PPC).
 
Localization: Lightning is localized for the same locales as Sunbird (for a list of locales, see [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/l10n_download.html localized Sunbird builds]).  All these locales are included in the Lightning extension itself, so if Thunderbird displays one of these locales, Lightning should display the same locale.
 
[http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/calendar/lightning/releases/0.5/contrib/ Contributed builds]
are available, including Solaris (x86, SPARC) and OS/2.
 
System requirements are the same as the corresponding
[http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/system-requirements.html Thunderbird system requirements], since Lightning must be installed into Thunderbird.
 
 
<h3 name="CalExt">Experimental Calendar Extension for Seamonkey (CalExt)</h3>
 
The Calendar Extension (CalExt) for Seamonkey is currently not updated
by the Calendar project, but one person has made public a patched
experimental version that runs on recent versions of Seamonkey (1.1, 1.5a).
 
Experimental [http://www.highlandsun.com/hyc/mozilla/ CalExt for Seamonkey]
 
(Lightning does not run on Seamonkey versions which use the "xpfe"
library, such as version 1.1.  Seamonkey is currently being
reimplemented to use the "toolkit" library.  Work to enable Lighting
to run on Seamonkey may resume when a Seamonkey using the "toolkit"
library is ready, maybe version 1.5.)
 
 
<h3 name="Background">Background</h3>
 
The Calendar project distributes two closely related prerelease
calendar clients.  [[#Sunbird|Sunbird]] is a standalone calendar
application.  [[#Lightning|Lightning]] is an extension for the
Thunderbird email client.  They share most of their core calendaring,
display, storage, and networking features.  Sunbird has an additional
view (multiweek view) and search (event list).  Lightning can receive
and send invitations and responses via Thunderbird email.
 
<b>The 0.3 and earlier versions do NOT contain updated US Daylight
Saving Time for 2007.</b> If you have one these versions installed,
you are strongly encouraged to upgrade to version 0.3.1 or later.
When used with Daylight Saving Time in the US, the 0.3 and earlier
versions display Standard Time (1 hour before) instead of Daylight
Saving Time for events during the added first 3 weeks of Daylight
Saving Time in Spring (2<sup>nd</sup> Sunday of March to
1<sup>st</sup> Sunday of April), and last 1 week of Daylight Saving
Time in Autumn (last Sunday of October to 1<sup>st</sup> Sunday of
November).
 
 
[[Category:Calendaring|*Download]]

Revision as of 16:40, 1 July 2007

Download sites: Get Sunbird Lightning Calendar

Sunbird

The Sunbird standalone calendar application can be obtained from the Sunbird download page.

Stable builds are available prebuilt for Windows32 (2000/XP), Linux (x86), and Mac OS X (intel/PPC).

Localized builds are available for languages other than English (US). In addition to the above builds, builds are available for Japanese.

Contributed builds are available, including Solaris (x86, SPARC) and OS/2, which can be used with the language packs (sunbird -UILocal langCode).

System requirements.

Lightning

The Lightning extension for the Thunderbird email client can obtained from the Lightning download page.

Stable builds are available prebuilt for Windows32 (2000/XP/Vista), Linux (x86), and Mac OS X (PPC).

Localization: Lightning is localized for the same locales as Sunbird (for a list of locales, see localized Sunbird builds). All these locales are included in the Lightning extension itself, so if Thunderbird displays one of these locales, Lightning should display the same locale.

Contributed builds are available, including Solaris (x86, SPARC) and OS/2.

System requirements are the same as the corresponding Thunderbird system requirements, since Lightning must be installed into Thunderbird.


Experimental Calendar Extension for Seamonkey (CalExt)

The Calendar Extension (CalExt) for Seamonkey is currently not updated by the Calendar project, but one person has made public a patched experimental version that runs on recent versions of Seamonkey (1.1, 1.5a).

Experimental CalExt for Seamonkey

(Lightning does not run on Seamonkey versions which use the "xpfe" library, such as version 1.1. Seamonkey is currently being reimplemented to use the "toolkit" library. Work to enable Lighting to run on Seamonkey may resume when a Seamonkey using the "toolkit" library is ready, maybe version 1.5.)


Background

The Calendar project distributes two closely related prerelease calendar clients. Sunbird is a standalone calendar application. Lightning is an extension for the Thunderbird email client. They share most of their core calendaring, display, storage, and networking features. Sunbird has an additional view (multiweek view) and search (event list). Lightning can receive and send invitations and responses via Thunderbird email.

The 0.3 and earlier versions do NOT contain updated US Daylight Saving Time for 2007. If you have one these versions installed, you are strongly encouraged to upgrade to version 0.3.1 or later. When used with Daylight Saving Time in the US, the 0.3 and earlier versions display Standard Time (1 hour before) instead of Daylight Saving Time for events during the added first 3 weeks of Daylight Saving Time in Spring (2nd Sunday of March to 1st Sunday of April), and last 1 week of Daylight Saving Time in Autumn (last Sunday of October to 1st Sunday of November).

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