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CNET Editors' review
This add-on for Mozilla Thunderbird with Lightning might be a one-hit wonder, but it provides a impressive service: it allows you bidirectional access to your Google Calendar in Lightning. To use it, you need to grab the XML link for your Google Calendar, under the Settings tab. Then go to new calendar in Lightning, choose Google Calendar, and paste in the XML URL. Voila: instant Google Calendar access, so that you can create, edit, and delete events in your Google Calendar from within Thunderbird. Likewise, changes made to your calendar on the Web are instantly reflected in Thunderbird.
There are few drawbacks in the add-on, mostly related to buggy support of more esoteric Google functions. For daily use, we encountered no problems and Google users should find this a must-have complement to Lightning.
Publisher's Description
From xFallenAngel:
Get bidirectional access to Google Calendar. This extension allows Sunbird and Lightning to read and write events to a Google Calendar.
What's new in this version:
- gdata-provider.xpi should support SeaMonkey 2
- Accepting Meeting Invites Does Not Update Google Calendar
- Add support for categories in Google Calendar
Version 0.6 beta 1 fixes 36 bugs, including:
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"it works fine, sometimes errors"
Version: Provider for Google Calendar 0.6 beta 1
Pros
synchronisation is very useful
Cons
sometimes there are connection problems with gmail
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"Not necessary anymore"
Version: Provider for Google Calendar 0.6 beta 1
Pros
Adds a different option for connection to your Google Calendar: through the XML string. I can't think of a reason why this would be needed, though.
Cons
Adds a different option for connection to your Google Calendar: through the XML string. I can't think of a reason why this would be needed, though.
Summary
Use the CalDAV protocol when you add your Google Calendar in Lightning.The location you have to enter is https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/youraddress@gmail.com/events (replace 'youraddress' with your actual gmail address). See http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=99358#sunbird foor Google's own explanation (Sunbird works the same as Thunderbird+Lightning).
Under Cons, I meant to add: why does CNET feature an obsolete extension in its Download Dispatch newsletter of January 2010, over a month after the launch of Thunderbird 3 and Lightning 1 which made it redundant? Puzzles me...
Updated on Jan 25, 2010
Updated on Jan 25, 2010Just for completeness, as already mentioned by the previous reviewer, Thunderbird 3 + Lightning 1 using CalDAV gives you bi-directional updating -- the same function advertised for this extension. -
"Thunderbird connect via net, no need to copy/paste xml"
Version: Provider for Google Calendar 0.6 beta 1
Pros
havent a clue infact ..I connect thunderbird to Google calendar with the expression:
https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/(my gmail-adress)/events
And the result is always bi-directional, no need to open the web-browser...Did I miss something??Cons
No need to do this if you connect thunderbird with the calendar/dav option above
Summary
With Thunderbird 3.0 and the extension lightning 1.0b1 its bidirectional.
Updated on Jan 14, 2010
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