Thunderbird + Google Calendar = one step closer to killing Outlook
i know ryness posted about some thunderbird addons a while back...
i've been using thunderbird more and more lately on my main mac and using this tutorial i've been syncing my google calendar too!
so now the missus and i can keep track of all our shiat under one online calendar, using the same mail client, etc, and i don't have to run another f$%king mailserver. that might be fun for some [colin] but for me it's nothing but a PITA.
this is better than entourage, crossover, et al and IMHO fast, simple and integrated well.
next up, a raging shared contacts app so at long last M$ will have a run for it's money in the PIM market.
since chandler kinda bit the dust, i'm exicted to watch this all evolve.
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there's also this thread: http://akgeeks.net/node/49
After trying both methods (gcal xml feed into tbird via lightning/gcalsync, and gcal html feed into tbird start page) I have to say I gave up on both and just keep a browser window open to gcal all the time.
The interface of the native gcal just makes lightning lame, and the read-only html link is pointless since I'm always adding/editing to various shared calendars.
The ffox add-on gcal notifier makes things pretty functional, and I'm looking fwd to the QuickAdd ext for ffox2.x.
gcalsync/lightning/thunderbird still have a long way to go until they'll win me over.
What ever happened to Mozilla Sunbird?
Lightning is just the add-on that runs Sunbird inside Thunderbird, uses the core Sunbird code. So Sunbird is redundant for Thunderbird users unless they want their calendar in a separate app. Sunbird/Lightning have all the basic calendaring features, and work pretty good, but lack in the graphic/UI maturity department, especially when compared to gcal, trumba, or even Entourage or Outlook's built-in calendar.