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The Mozilla Calendar Project was the name for the
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project that led to the development of
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calendar application and the
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integrated calendar. Sunbird and Lightning are both
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, released under the Mozilla
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: the
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, the
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and the
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.


History

The project started with a single extension for the Mozilla projects known as Mozilla Calendar. It was a
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/
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calendar and
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based on the open
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standard. It was developed to be part of the
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project. However, Mozilla Sunbird and the Lightning project have replaced the Mozilla Calendar. As with other Mozilla projects, Mozilla Calendar was
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, and used the XUL user interface language. It worked with
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,
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,
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, and
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. The Mozilla Calendar project was announced by the
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(now the
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) in October 2001. The original code, used by Mozilla Calendar and now the Mozilla Sunbird, was donated by OEone (now Axentra), who had developed it for use in their Mozilla-based HomeBase DESKTOP system. The project was initially led by OEone employee Mike Potter. Shortly after Mike Potter and his team had to pull out of development due to other projects taking precedence, Mostafa Hosseini was announced as the new project lead. The initial plan was for Mozilla Calendar to eventually be integrated into the
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alongside the other components. However, this plan was dropped when Mozilla decided to focus on its nascent standalone applications rather than the integrated suite. Mozilla Calendar could be installed as a component in the Mozilla Application Suite, or as an
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in either the
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standalone browser or the
Mozilla Thunderbird Mozilla Thunderbird is a free and open-source email client that also functions as a personal information manager with a Digital calendar, calendar and contactbook, as well as an RSS feed reader, chat client (IRC/XMPP/Matrix (protocol), Matrix), ...
standalone mail and newsgroups client. The extension has now been replaced by the
Lightning Lightning is a natural phenomenon consisting of electrostatic discharges occurring through the atmosphere between two electrically charged regions. One or both regions are within the atmosphere, with the second region sometimes occurring on ...
project, a project with similar features, but with tighter integration with Thunderbird.


See also

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References


External links


Project home page
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