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User talk:Eddyn:Report for Thunderbird: Difference between revisions
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==Feature Requests and Ideas:== | ==Feature Requests and Ideas:== | ||
* Full integration of calendar (Lightning). Bundling the extension in Thunderbird download. <br><br><tt>The bundling of Lightning in Thunderbird could be implemented fairly easy. The Lightning (Sunbird) extension provides many features the enterprise and (previous) Outlook user needs. This feature request could have an immediate effect on adoption and popularity without much effort.</tt> | * Full integration of calendar ([http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning/ Lightning]). Bundling the extension in Thunderbird download. <br><br><tt>The bundling of Lightning in Thunderbird could be implemented fairly easy. The Lightning (Sunbird) extension provides many features the enterprise and (previous) Outlook user needs. This feature request could have an immediate effect on adoption and popularity without much effort.</tt> | ||
* Support and integration of an XMPP/Jabber compliant Instant Messenger. <br><br><tt>Contacts could be used by various means for communication. The XMPP protocol is used by Google Talk and has about 50 million users in a decentralized server network. It allows for encrypted communication, conferencing and support for VoIP. Many providers (XMPP servers) support bridges to other networks such as AIM, MSN, Yahoo! and more.</tt> | * Support and integration of an [https://www.xmpp.org XMPP]/Jabber compliant Instant Messenger. <br><br><tt>Contacts could be used by various means for communication. The XMPP protocol is used by Google Talk and has about 50 million users in a decentralized server network. It allows for encrypted communication, conferencing and support for VoIP. Many providers (XMPP servers) support bridges to other networks such as AIM, MSN, Yahoo! and more.</tt> | ||
**<tt>Other IM and P2P networks have been suggested (retroshare for example), however its use in TB has been questioned for various reasons.</tt> | **<tt>Other IM and P2P networks have been suggested (retroshare for example), however its use in TB has been questioned for various reasons.</tt> | ||
* Synchronization and effectively sharing of data such as address book, calendar and tasks as provided by the Sync Kolab extension. | * Synchronization and effectively sharing of data such as address book, calendar and tasks as provided by the [http://www.gargan.org/extensions/synckolab.html Sync Kolab] extension. | ||
* Integrate Google SMS (from Contacts) for sending SMS. | * Integrate [http://www.google.com/sms/ Google SMS] (from Contacts) for sending SMS. | ||
* Integrate Google Maps for location info in the calendar (Lightning). | * Integrate [http://www.google.com/apis/maps/ Google Maps] for location info in the calendar (Lightning). | ||
* UI: Tabs for calendar, compose, IM, etc. (Under implementation in current TRUNK) | * UI: Tabs for calendar, compose, IM, etc. (Under implementation in current TRUNK) | ||