vCalendar support in Thunderbird
December 9, 2009
Being an open source supporter I usually opt to use applications such as FireFox over IE, OpenOffice over Microsoft Office, Thunderbird over Outlook. However there will be features that will be missed once you choose this path. At lease for the initial part. Thanks to the open source community these features will no longer be missed as more and more member of the community adds support one piece at a time.
One such feature the was missed but now supported is the vCalendar support in Thunderbird. For some time I’ve had a hard time coordinating with the people in my company since the meetings are always done using the vCalendar. They even though I’m not interested in intending those scheduled events since I don’t reply to them. How could I? I couldn’t easy read the raw vCalendar format and reply to them. Installing Lightning in Thunderbird will enable you to read vCalendar format. It will a calendar application that is useful in tracking events.
Here are the steps:
- Download the plug-in from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313
- On Thunderbird go to Tools->Add-ons.
- This will open a new dialog. Click on install.
- Locate the downloaded xpi file and click open. Make sure you selected the file type to display all types.
- Restart Thunderbird. You’ll then be able to view vCalendar’s and either opt to attend, not attend, or confirm later.
Reference: http://blog.andrewbeacock.com/2007/07/viewing-outlook-vcalendar-meeting.html
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