Wishes Index - Sunbird Lightning Calendar
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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 developer 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.
Index
Event/Task Dialogs
- make default calendar persistent across application restart
- mentioned (2) 2004-11-08
- 0v: bug 275332 (persistent)
- 0v: bug 266249 (reorder)
- defaults (private/public, tentative/confirmed, repeat daily/weekly, etc.)
- mentioned (1) 2004-09-29
- 0v: bug 312073 (Section)
- 0v: bug 191824 (all day)
- 1v: bug 215975 (privacy)
2v: bug 220328- 0v: bug 258298 (category)
- 0v: bug 288157 (alarm)
- 0v: bug 304919 (time)
- associate file (e.g, map) [can use URL, but need file browser? file(s)?]
- mentioned (1) 2004-08-05
- 2v: bug 168680
- edit one instance of recurring event
- mentioned (1) 2004-05-31
- 3v: bug 194556 (modify)
- 1v: bug 287221 (drag)
- 0v: bug 293183 (internals)
- recurrent task acts like template, creates new task [that can be completed]
- mentioned (1) 2004-09-19
- category acts like template, e.g., birthday --> recurs once per year
- mentioned (1) 2004-08-29
type time (implemented)- mentioned (1) 2004-08-25
1v: bug 206382
change calendar of event/task- (double click event/task, select from calendar menulist)
- mentioned (1) 2004-03-09
- mentioned (2) 2004-10-25
5v: bug 2103692v: bug 220655
set default calendar for new tasks/events- (select in calendars list so it is outlined)
- mentioned (2) 2004-10-25
0v: bug 222256
add task with no start or due date- mentioned (1) 2004-07-10
0v: bug 220075
Grid Views
- layout of events and tasks in views
- display tasks
- mentioned (1) 2004-09-22, 2004-10-09
- partly implemented for 0.2 Multiweek view (use View | Tasks in View), regressed in 0.3a1
- 6v: bug 157274
- order events in each box (e.g,. in calendar order, w/reorderable calendars)
- (conflicts with bannering)
- mentioned (1) 2004-06-28, 2004-09-29
- multiday event as one banner spanning multiple days (allow long text)
- mentioned (1) 2004-06-28, 2004-07-18, 2004-08-16, 2004-08-20, 2004-09-29
- 2v: bug 256588
- show/hide based on categories, keywords [search?], etc.
- mentioned (1) 2004-10-09
- alternative: can show/hide files, so put each category in a different file
- 0v: bug 306420
- display tasks
- display of each event/task in views
- icons for categories
- mentioned (1) 2004-07-18
- 0v: bug 160131
- FAQ: Setting category style properties via userChrome.css
- word wrap
- mentioned (1) 2004-08-24
- 1v: bug 231486
- 0v: bug 262811
- title only in view, show time only in tooltip (allow more space for title)
- mentioned (1) 2004-07-18, 2004-08-24
- 2v: bug 271162 (configure format)
- distinguish private events
- mentioned (1) 2004-08-24
- distinguish ended/past events
- mentioned (1) 2004-08-20
- mentioned (2) 2004-10-26
- 1v: bug 253580
- distinguish event status (tentative, confirmed, cancelled, etc.)
- mentioned (2) 2004-11-25
- 2v: bug 273279
- <strikes>colors for categories (to avoid multiple calendars for simple sychronization)
- mentioned (1) 2004-01-15, 2004-07-05, 2004-07-18, 2004-08-16, 2004-08-20, 2004-09-29
- FAQ: Colors
9v: bug 171657 (in grid)0v: bug 268084 (choose colors)
- icons for categories
- direct editing/manipulation of an event or task in views
- drag event to change date
- mentioned (1) 2004-07-05, 2004-09-29
- 0v: bug 216958
- drag edge of event to change start or end only
- mentioned (1) 2004-02-26, 2004-07-05
- 2v: bug 239253
- 0v: bug 262299
- drag event between calendars
- mentioned (1) 2004-06-28
- 3v: bug 179484
- directly typing tasks/events without dialog
- mentioned (1) 2004-01-18
- 1v: bug 202368
- 0v: bug 293197
- paste should remember times
- mentioned (1) 2004-03-09
- 8v: bug 199422
0v: bug 300250
- cut should select date where it can be pasted back if mistake
- mentioned (1) 2004-03-09
- drag task from task list into calendar to set date
- mentioned (1) 2004-08-30
- drag event to change date
- day/week views
- shift hour of break between days, so hours view can cross midnight
- mentioned (1) 2004-03-09
- adjust grid box duration (so can click to start new event at time)
- mentioned 2005-02-15
- shift hour of break between days, so hours view can cross midnight
- year view
- mentioned (1) 2004-01-09
- 13v: bug 157270
- Gantt view
- mentioned (1) 2004-09-22
- 2v: bug 182558
- compact view(s)
- mentioned (1) 2004-08-19 like "Rainlendar"
go to today button- (Sunbird: menu View | Customize Toolbar, drag Go To Today button to toolbar)
- mentioned (1) 2004-06-28
1v: bug 200991 (Calendar extension)1v: bug 306693 (Sunbird)
go to date (implemented)- mentioned (1) 2003-09-06
0v: bug 245179
Calendar List
- reorder calendar list
- mentioned (1) 2004-06-28
- 0v: bug 266249 (reorder)
Table/Tree views
- folders of tasks, hierarchical tasks
- mentioned (1) 2004-06-21
- mentioned (2) 2004-10-29, 2004-11-08
- 2v: bug 194863
- 1v: bug 256712
Search
- multiday event query [?]
- mentioned (1) 2004-05-07 like "Shadoglare" (user)
Help Menu
- manual/help/faq
- mentioned (1) 2004-02-22
- manuals
- extension: calendarhelp.mozdev.org (download help extension)
- help: CalendarHelp XUL (Mozilla browsers only)
- help: news: old draft guide pdf (old)
- FAQs
- FAQ: Project FAQ
- FAQ: Mozilla Wiki/n.p.m.calendar FAQ (netscape.public.mozilla.calendar FAQ)
- FAQ: Mozillazine KB Sunbird Wiki
- "integration" [general]
- mentioned (1) 2004-01-15 like "Outlook"
- (rather use RFC2445, not proprietary ms-tnef attachments)
- mentioned (2) 2004-11-05
- 28v: bug 59630
- mentioned (1) 2004-01-15 like "Outlook"
- email appointments open calendar, shown in calendar
- mentioned (1) 2004-05-11 (vCal), 2004-05-13 (outlook), 2004-06-21 (TB to SB)
- 7v: bug 212792 (open attachment)
- 1v: bug 244459 (drag onto calendar)
- web appointment link opens calendar, shown in calendar
- mentioned (1) 2004-06-21 (FF to SB)
- sending email (from sunbird)
- mentioned (1) 2004-05-11
- 1v: bug 203638
- 2v: bug 237148
- drag event to become email attachment
- mentioned (1) 2004-06-28
- 0v: bug 224948
Address Book
- linking event to address book entry
- mentioned (1) 2004-05-03 like "Lotus", 2004-05-07
- 4v: bug 163029
- connecting to LDAP to select addresses for invitations [invite should use TB]
- mentioned (1) 2004-07-28
Alarms
- alarm should take focus
- mentioned (1) 2004-08-25
- 6v: bug 202620
- email day itinerary automatically [?]
- mentioned (1) 2004-10-12
- visible clock
- mentioned (2) 2004-11-04
- extension: Calendar-Folders includes a clock
- time to next alarm
- mentioned (2) 2004-11-04
- multiple alarms for one event
- mentioned (2) 2004-11-05
customize alarm sound- mentioned (1) 2004-02-22
- FAQ: Alarm sound
4v: bug 135593
OS Integration
- minimize to system tray (windows)
- FAQ: SunTray
- mentioned (1) 2004-01-18, 2004-02-22, 2004-06-21, 2004-06-28, 2004-08-31
- 19v: bug 128812
- background task (so alarms fire even if no window)
- mentioned (1) 2004-05-11, 2004-06-28, 2004-07-11
- mentioned (2) 2004-11-11
- 23v: bug 134969
- double click .ics files
- mentioned (1) 2004-05-13
Printing
- change css style and layout of printed output
- mentioned (1) 2004-05-14, 2004-09-19
- 4v: bug 228754
- 0v: bug 295718
- print tasks
- mentioned (1) 2004-09-19
- 1v: bug 296517
Storage
- Share profile: Sunbird, FF ext, TB ext, all use same profile files.
- mentioned (1) 2004-08-31, 2004-08-31
- FAQ: (workaround) open calendar files stored in same directory
Publish/Subscribe
- hide private events/tasks from publish
- mentioned (1) 2004-06-16
- subscribe without alarms
- mentioned (1) 2004-06-16
- 3v: bug 257428
- button and periodic interval for refreshing/publishing a calendar
- 5v: bug 207381
- reload button for subscribed calendar
- menu: File | Reload remote calendars
- (Sunbird button menu: view | customize toolbars..., drag 'Reload' to toolbar)
- mentioned (1) 2004-06-28
- 3v: bug 256890
- auto-refresh for subscribed calendar
- mentioned (1) 2004-06-28, 2004-08-24
1v: bug 271400- 5v: bug 207381
- login with password
- mentioned (1) 2004-07-28
- 15v: bug 249796
- login with password silently (no confirm dialog)
- mentioned (1) 2004-08-16
- 2v: bug 248903 (webdav)
- 0v: bug 277941 (ftp)
- overwrite checks [check if lastmod date same as read date before overwriting]
- (storage back-end is being redesigned)
- mentioned (1) 2004-08-24
- 3v: bug 256890 (reload merge)
0v: bug 307033 (backup copies)
save password- mentioned (1) 2004-08-25
- mentioned (2) 2004-10-25
0v: bug258524
Export File
- export entire calendar
- mentioned (1) 2004-02-22, 2004-08-20 "save as"
- 0v: bug 257668
- export to vCalendar 1.0 format: (Palm Desktop, Sony Ericsson T610)
- export to Motorola Organizer
- mentioned (1) 2004-05-31
- export to Palm DBA (see also vCalendar 1.0 above)
- mentioned (1) 2004-04-11
Import File
- import with timezone [specify timezone if remote calendar has only floating times?]
- mentioned (1) 2004-08-19, 2004-08-24
- import from Palm DBA format
- mentioned (1) 2003-11-29
- 0v: bug258030
Sync
- General (issues for all devices)
- 114v: bug122659
- SyncML (standard protocol used by many devices)
- project: sync4jmozilla
- 60v: bug121948
- Nokia
- mentioned (1) 2004-08-31
- Palm
- mentioned (1) 2004-06-28, 2004-08-08, 2004-09-09, 2004-09-12
- sync project: sync.mozdev.org
- 33v: bug176730 (todo)
- 15v: bug210507
- Sony Ericsson T610 (w/Bluetooth)
- mentioned (1) 2004-08-06
- Sony Ericsson Z1010
- mentioned (1) 2004-07-10
- WinCE
- mentioned (1) 2004-04-06
- Zaurus
- mentioned (1) 2004-01-15
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, [http://groups.google.com/groups?group=netscape.public.mozilla.jobs hire a developer], or offer a bounty.
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