[GLLUG] Software Updates

[Thomas Hruska]

Clay Dowling wrote:
> Thought folks would be happy to hear that a new version of Thunderbird is
> out today.  It's definitely prettier than 1.5, but too new for me to see
> if there are other important differences.
> 
> I also found a most delightful extension today, Lightning:
> http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning/
> 
> It allows Thunderbird to send and receive the same vcalendar format that
> Outlook users use.  It's a big boon at my office, where management insists
> on using Outlook, principally for the ability to send vcalendar messages
> to announce meetings.
> 
> Clay

Clay,

Thanks for the heads-up.  My Thunderbird install is set up to 
auto-update in most cases.  Unfortunately most Mozilla products don't 
_usually_ auto-update when they release a new major version.  At least 
I've never had that happen.  (For example, Firefox 1.x to 2.x.)  They 
should use MyUpdate Toolkit.

Already use Lightning.  I find it, well, awkward to use - it sticks 
itself in the left pane and can't be closed (I figured out how to keep 
its vertical space to a minimum 10 pixels).  Also, setting up repetitive 
annual events (e.g. birthday reminders) makes the calendar display wrong 
information.  I'll use it on occasion for the really important, one-time 
events, but I wouldn't really trust it with day-to-day stuff.

My favorite Thunderbird extension is XNote.  You can tag individual 
e-mails you keep with a little yellow "Post-It" note reminding you why 
you are keeping it.  Select the e-mail and you say, "oh, yeah, I need to 
do that!"

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