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{{About|the Thunderbird calendar extension|the just-in-time compilation library|GNU lightning}}
{{About|the Thunderbird calendar extension|the just-in-time compilation library|GNU lightning}}
{{Infobox software
{{Infobox software
| name = Lightning
| name = Lightning
| logo =
| logo =
| screenshot = [[File:ThunderbirdwithLightning.png|250px]]<!-- Do not change unless you have read "Wikipedia:Software_screenshots"! -->
| screenshot = [[File:ThunderbirdwithLightning-dark.png|250px]]<!-- Do not change unless you have read "Wikipedia:Software_screenshots"! -->
| caption = Lightning 0.9 running on Thunderbird 2.0.0.19
| caption = Lightning running on Thunderbird 115.11.0
| developer = [[Mozilla Foundation]] / [[Mozilla Corporation]]
| developer = [[Mozilla Foundation]] / [[Mozilla Corporation]]
| released = 0.1
| released = 0.1 (March 2006)
| programming language = [[C++]], [[XUL]], [[XBL]], [[JavaScript]]
| programming language = [[C++]], [[XUL]], [[XBL]], [[JavaScript]]
| operating system = [[Linux]], [[Windows]], [[macOS]], others
| operating system = [[Linux]], [[Windows]], [[macOS]], others
| language = [https://mxr.mozilla.org/comm-central/source/calendar/locales/all-locales 50 languages]
| language = [https://mxr.mozilla.org/comm-central/source/calendar/locales/all-locales 50 languages]
| genre = [[Personal information manager]]
| genre = [[Personal information manager]]
| license = [[Mozilla Public License|MPL]] 2.0
| license = [[Mozilla Public License|MPL]] 2.0
| website = {{URL|https://www.thunderbird.net/calendar/}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.thunderbird.net/calendar/}}
}}
}}


'''Lightning''' is a project from the [[Mozilla Foundation]] originally designed as an extension ("add-on") that adds [[calendar]] and scheduling functionality to the [[Mozilla Thunderbird]] mail client and [[SeaMonkey]] [[internet suite]]. It superseded the previous [[Mozilla Sunbird]] and the older [[Mozilla Calendar Project|Mozilla Calendar extension]].<ref name="lightningprojectannounced">[http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=5816 Lightning Project Launched to Provide Calendar Features for Mozilla Thunderbird- MozillaZine] - MozillaZine article announcing the Lightning project and its aims.</ref> With version 38 of Thunderbird, the Lightning add-on was integrated and preloaded by default;<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=There is no Lightning 4.0 {{!}} Mozilla Calendar Project Blog |url=https://blog.mozilla.org/calendar/2015/06/there-is-no-lightning-4-0/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=blog.mozilla.org}}</ref> since version 78 of Thunderbird (released 2020), Lightning is part of Thunderbird and no longer an add-on extension. Lightning is compatible with [[iCalendar]] calendars.
The '''Lightning''' project, announced on December 22, 2004, and {{as of | 2010 | alt = currently}} developed by the [[Mozilla Foundation]], produces an extension that adds [[calendar]] and scheduling functionality to the [[Mozilla Thunderbird]] mail and newsgroup client and [[SeaMonkey]] [[internet suite]]. Lightning is an [[iCalendar]] compatible calendar.


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== History ==
Unlike the discontinued [[Mozilla Sunbird]] and [[Mozilla Calendar Project|Mozilla Calendar extension]], Lightning integrates tightly with Thunderbird.<ref name="lightningprojectannounced">[http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=5816 Lightning Project Launched to Provide Calendar Features for Mozilla Thunderbird- MozillaZine] - MozillaZine article announcing the Lightning project and its aims.</ref>
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The Lightning project was announced on December 22, 2004 in an effort to integrate [[Mozilla Sunbird]] into [[Mozilla Thunderbird]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mozilla's Lightning to strike Outlook? |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/mozillas-lightning-to-strike-outlook/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=CNET |language=en}}</ref> [[Sun Microsystems]] contributed significantly to the Lightning Project to provide users with an alternative free and open-source choice to [[Microsoft Office]] by combining [[OpenOffice.org]] and Thunderbird with the Lightning Extension.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Calendar Weblog |url=http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/calendar/2006/10/sun_microsystems_announces_int.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212170048/http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/calendar/2006/10/sun_microsystems_announces_int.html |archive-date=2010-02-12 |access-date=2007-10-09}}</ref> In addition to general bug-fixing, Sun focused on calendar views, team/collaboration features and support for the [[Sun Java System Calendar Server]].<ref>[http://www.openoffice.org/editorial/mozilla_lightning_and_OOo.html Interview On Mozilla Lightning and OpenOffice.org<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


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Version 0.9 was the last planned release for Thunderbird 2. A calendar was originally to be fully integrated into Thunderbird 3, but those plans were changed due to concerns with the product's maturity and level of support.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/releases/lightning0.9.html |title=Lightning 0.9 Release Notes |date=September 23, 2008 |access-date=June 22, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ascher.ca/blog/2009/02/18/lightning_update/ |title=Lightning-in-Thunderbird status update |author=David Ascher |date=February 18, 2009 |access-date=June 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002070201/http://ascher.ca/blog/2009/02/18/lightning_update/ |archive-date=October 2, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Lightning 1.0b2 is compatible with Thunderbird 3.1, Lightning 1.0b5 is compatible with Thunderbird 5 and 6, and Lightning 1.0b7 is compatible with Thunderbird 7.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/calendar/2010/06/lightning_10_beta_2_and_compat.html |title=Lightning 1.0 Beta 2 and Compatibility |date=June 17, 2010 |access-date=June 22, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619234903/http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/calendar/2010/06/lightning_10_beta_2_and_compat.html |archive-date=June 19, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/lightning/ | title = Lightning :: Add-ons for Thunderbird | date = July 29, 2011 | access-date = August 3, 2011 }}</ref>
Lightning is available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions for Windows, macOS and Linux, and is installed by default on Thunderbird.

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== History ==
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Version 0.9 was the last planned release for Thunderbird 2. A calendar was originally to be fully integrated into Thunderbird 3, but those plans were changed due to concerns with the product's maturity and level of support.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/releases/lightning0.9.html |title=Lightning 0.9 Release Notes |date=September 23, 2008 |access-date=June 22, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ascher.ca/blog/2009/02/18/lightning_update/ |title=Lightning-in-Thunderbird status update |author=David Ascher |date=February 18, 2009 |access-date=June 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002070201/http://ascher.ca/blog/2009/02/18/lightning_update/ |archive-date=October 2, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Lightning 1.0b2 is compatible with Thunderbird 3.1, Lightning 1.0b5 is compatible with Thunderbird 5 and 6, and Lightning 1.0b7 is compatible with Thunderbird 7.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/calendar/2010/06/lightning_10_beta_2_and_compat.html |title=Lightning 1.0 Beta 2 and Compatibility |date=June 17, 2010 |access-date=June 22, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619234903/http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/calendar/2010/06/lightning_10_beta_2_and_compat.html |archive-date=June 19, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/lightning/ | title = Lightning :: Add-ons for Thunderbird | date = July 29, 2011 | access-date = August 3, 2011 }}</ref> Lightning 1.0 was released to the public on November 7, 2011. It was released alongside Thunderbird 8.0. Following that, every Thunderbird release has been accompanied by a compatible Lightning [[point release]]. Lightning finally started shipping with Thunderbird with version 4.0. As of 21 October, 2018, Lightning 5.4 is incompatible with the latest release of Thunderbird 60.2.1.


Lightning 1.0 was released to the public on November 7, 2011. It was released alongside Thunderbird 8.0. Following that, every Thunderbird release has been accompanied by a compatible Lightning [[point release]]. Lightning finally started shipping with Thunderbird with version 4.0, on Thunderbird 38.0.1 released in 2015.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Thunderbird — Release Notes (38.0.1) |url=https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/38.0.1/releasenotes/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=Thunderbird |language=en}}</ref> With the 2020 release of Thunderbird 78, Lightning is now a permanent part of the program.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sipes |first=Ryan |date=2020-07-16 |title=What’s New in Thunderbird 78 |url=https://blog.thunderbird.net/2020/07/whats-new-in-thunderbird-78/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=The Thunderbird Blog |language=en-US}}</ref>
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[[Sun Microsystems]] contributed significantly to the Lightning Project to provide users with an alternative free and open-source choice to [[Microsoft Office]] by combining [[OpenOffice.org]] and Thunderbird with the Lightning Extension.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/calendar/2006/10/sun_microsystems_announces_int.html |title=Calendar Weblog |access-date=2007-10-09 |archive-date=2010-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212170048/http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/calendar/2006/10/sun_microsystems_announces_int.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In addition to general bug-fixing, Sun focused on calendar views, team/collaboration features and support for the [[Sun Java System Calendar Server]].<ref>[http://www.openoffice.org/editorial/mozilla_lightning_and_OOo.html Interview On Mozilla Lightning and OpenOffice.org<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Latest revision as of 23:06, 23 May 2024

This article is about the Thunderbird calendar extension. For the just-in-time compilation library, see GNU lightning.
Lightning
Developer(s)Mozilla Foundation / Mozilla Corporation
Initial release0.1 (March 2006)
Stable release6.2.6.1 (March 25, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-03-25)[1]) [±]
Preview release6.8b3 (Beta) (March 8, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-03-08)[2][3]) [±]
Written inC++, XUL, XBL, JavaScript
Operating systemLinux, Windows, macOS, others
Available in50 languages
TypePersonal information manager
LicenseMPL 2.0
Websitewww.thunderbird.net/calendar/

Lightning is a project from the Mozilla Foundation originally designed as an extension ("add-on") that adds calendar and scheduling functionality to the Mozilla Thunderbird mail client and SeaMonkey internet suite. It superseded the previous Mozilla Sunbird and the older Mozilla Calendar extension.[4] With version 38 of Thunderbird, the Lightning add-on was integrated and preloaded by default;[5] since version 78 of Thunderbird (released 2020), Lightning is part of Thunderbird and no longer an add-on extension. Lightning is compatible with iCalendar calendars.

History[edit]

The Lightning project was announced on December 22, 2004 in an effort to integrate Mozilla Sunbird into Mozilla Thunderbird.[6] Sun Microsystems contributed significantly to the Lightning Project to provide users with an alternative free and open-source choice to Microsoft Office by combining OpenOffice.org and Thunderbird with the Lightning Extension.[7] In addition to general bug-fixing, Sun focused on calendar views, team/collaboration features and support for the Sun Java System Calendar Server.[8]

Version 0.9 was the last planned release for Thunderbird 2. A calendar was originally to be fully integrated into Thunderbird 3, but those plans were changed due to concerns with the product's maturity and level of support.[9][10] Lightning 1.0b2 is compatible with Thunderbird 3.1, Lightning 1.0b5 is compatible with Thunderbird 5 and 6, and Lightning 1.0b7 is compatible with Thunderbird 7.[11][12]

Lightning 1.0 was released to the public on November 7, 2011. It was released alongside Thunderbird 8.0. Following that, every Thunderbird release has been accompanied by a compatible Lightning point release. Lightning finally started shipping with Thunderbird with version 4.0, on Thunderbird 38.0.1 released in 2015.[5][13] With the 2020 release of Thunderbird 78, Lightning is now a permanent part of the program.[14]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Calendar Versions - Mozilla | MDN". Mozilla.org. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  2. ^ "Lightning :: Versions :: Add-ons for Thunderbird". Mozilla.org. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  3. ^ "Calendar Versions - Mozilla | MDN". Mozilla.org. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  4. ^ Lightning Project Launched to Provide Calendar Features for Mozilla Thunderbird- MozillaZine - MozillaZine article announcing the Lightning project and its aims.
  5. ^ a b "There is no Lightning 4.0 | Mozilla Calendar Project Blog". blog.mozilla.org. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  6. ^ "Mozilla's Lightning to strike Outlook?". CNET. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  7. ^ "Calendar Weblog". Archived from the original on 2010-02-12. Retrieved 2007-10-09.
  8. ^ Interview On Mozilla Lightning and OpenOffice.org
  9. ^ "Lightning 0.9 Release Notes". September 23, 2008. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  10. ^ David Ascher (February 18, 2009). "Lightning-in-Thunderbird status update". Archived from the original on October 2, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  11. ^ "Lightning 1.0 Beta 2 and Compatibility". June 17, 2010. Archived from the original on June 19, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  12. ^ "Lightning :: Add-ons for Thunderbird". July 29, 2011. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
  13. ^ "Thunderbird — Release Notes (38.0.1)". Thunderbird. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  14. ^ Sipes, Ryan (2020-07-16). "What's New in Thunderbird 78". The Thunderbird Blog. Retrieved 2023-10-23.

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