Download Mozilla Lightning 0.7 final

The developers of Mozilla Lightning have on the weblog the final version of version 0.7 announced. The new version can be downloaded from this server. Lightning is an extension for Mozilla Thunderbird with calendar functionality and is based on Sunbird. The program is an embedded redesign of Mozilla Calendar. For example, meetings and appointments with the corresponding start and end times can be recorded in Lightning and they can be synchronized with the PDA and smartphone. Below is the changelog posted for Lightning 0.7:

What’s New in Lightning 0.7

• It is now much easier to switch between the mail and calendar parts of Thunderbird thanks to a user interface redesign.
• A redesigned event/task dialog has been enabled to gather feedback from the community. It offers a much cleaner user interface and additional functionality including:
  • Events/Tasks can be created in different timezones
  • Attendees can be added from a local or corporate LDAP directory.
  • Free-Busy information is available for users of the Sun Java Calendar Server.
  • Integrated display of recurrence patterns, reminders and attendees
  • Custom recurrences and reminders
  • Clear separation between tasks and events
• The new event summary dialog lists all the details of tasks and events for calendar which are read-only.
• The Today Pane gives a quick overview about your current tasks and upcoming events. The Today Pane can be enabled/disabled by a toolbar button.
• Colliding events (events in the same time slot) are shrunk so that they fit into the display of a day. This no longer affects other events on the same day.
• Localized releases of Lightning in Chinese (simplified), Georgian, Lithuanian, Portuguese (European), Spanish (Argentina) and Turkish