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'''The Lightning 0.3 release notes were finalized and uploaded to www.mozilla.org.'''
=Mozilla Lightning 0.3 Release Notes=


==What's New in Mozilla Lightning 0.3==
You can view them [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/releases/lightning0.3.html here]
Mozilla Lightning 0.3 is the latest release of our calendar extension to Mozilla Thunderbird™.


'''Here's what's new (since 0.1) in Lightning 0.3:'''
For edits or corrections, please either file a new bug or reopen
*'''Basic handling of events received in email''' allows you to easily add iMIP events to your default calendar.
[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=355295 bug 355295]
*'''Reloading network calendars''' is now possible.
*'''The Agenda view rolls over''' at midnight.
*'''24-hour views''' show you your entire day, not just a few hours.
*'''Reliable alarms''' ensure you are notified about events or tasks.
*'''Improved localization support'''
*'''Vastly improved reliability''' makes it much more difficult to lose data.
*'''Many performance improvements'''
 
Release Date: October xx, 2006
 
===Downloading Lightning 0.3===
mozilla.org provides Lightning for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X in a variety of languages. To get Lightning 0.3, download it [#|here] or browse the [#|FTP site]. For builds for other systems and languages not provided, see the Contributed Builds section at the end of this document.
 
===Known Issues===
Be sure to read the
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=351997 Bug 351997:] On Thunderbird 1.5.x Lightning will not be able to read invitations from Apple iCAL. However, this works with the Thunderbird 2.0 nightly builds.
[http://wiki.mozilla.org/Calendar:0.3_Release_Notes#Known_Issues Known Issues] section of the Sunbird release notes before using Lightning.
 
===Installing Lightning===
Lightning runs as an extension to either [http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/ Thunderbird 1.5.x] or [http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/releases/2.0a1.html#downloadandinstall Thunderbird 2.0 builds].
# Right-Click the download link and choose "Save Link As..." to download and save the *.xpi file to your hard disk.
# In Mozilla Thunderbird, open the extension manager (Menu Tools->Extensions or Tools->Add-Ons)
# Click the Install button, and locate/select the file you downloaded and click "OK"
# Restart Mozilla Thunderbird
 
===Lightning with integrated [http://www.sun.com/software/products/calendar_srvr/index.xml Sun Java System Calendar Server] (WCAP) support===
Enhanced builds of Lightning with integrated WCAP support are available.  Note that unless you wish to use Lightning against a WCAP server, the regular vanilla builds of Lightning are probably what you are looking for.  For more details about  why this is being shipped separately, see [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.apps.calendar/msg/e9d111be964d343e this newsgroup posting].
 
Please refer to the [[Calendar:WCAP Guide]] for further information about the enhancements.
*[ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/calendar/lightning/releases/0.3/ Lightning/WCAP for Windows]
*[ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/calendar/lightning/releases/0.3/ Lightning/WCAP for Linux]
*[ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/calendar/lightning/releases/0.3/ Lightning/WCAP for Mac OS X]
 
==Contributed Builds==
These are unofficial builds and may be configured differently than the official mozilla.org builds. They may also be optimized and/or tested for specific platforms.
 
===Solaris Builds===
Sun Microsystems contributed builds for Solaris:
*[ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/calendar/lightning/contrib/ Lightning for Solaris x86]
*[ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/calendar/lightning/contrib/ Lightning for Solaris SPARC]
*[ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/calendar/lightning/releases/0.3/ Lightning/WCAP for Solaris x86]
*[ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/calendar/lightning/releases/0.3/ Lightning/WCAP for Solaris SPARC]

Latest revision as of 04:03, 10 October 2006

The Lightning 0.3 release notes were finalized and uploaded to www.mozilla.org.

You can view them here

For edits or corrections, please either file a new bug or reopen bug 355295

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