From 947107c50c2f09d473bae11f12df7be33f8c5a41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Se=C3=A1n=20Healy?= Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 22:02:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update readme. --- README.md | 16 +++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5fde70a..b41c215 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -17,10 +17,12 @@ combination of features: # History [October 1998: Sunbird begins life as 'Zulu'](https://web.archive.org/web/19991011010018/http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/) + - With the stated aim of supporting iCalendar (still one of its huge advantages). - "Zulu is the next-generation calendar client currently under development for Netscape Communicator." [December 2001: 'Zulu' is renamed 'Mozilla Calendar'](https://web.archive.org/web/20011211125739/http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/) + According to the webpage from the time, it still was not a 'released' product, and needed to be compiled by users. Stated aims at this point: - "The Mozilla Calendar project is meant to create an open source, standards based calendar solution." @@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ web interface, accessible via Firefox, or perhaps the entire calendar ran as a Firefox extension. [August 2002: 'Mozilla Calendar' adds Windows and Mac support](https://web.archive.org/web/20020802223115/http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/) + ![Screenshot 1](https://web.archive.org/web/20020428144010if_/http://mozilla.org:80/projects/calendar/images/mozilla_calendar.jpg) ![Screenshot 2](https://web.archive.org/web/20020822154815if_/http://mozilla.org:80/projects/calendar/images/mozilla_newevent.gif) @@ -74,11 +77,13 @@ extension. The first mention I could find of it was in April 2006, when it started to appear below the Sunbird project on the Mozilla website. [2007: Lightning starts to be prioritised](https://web.archive.org/web/20070528183038/http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/index.html) + In a bold move, Mozilla start to position Lightning above Sunbird on their official website. Though both projects are still in development under the umbrella 'Mozilla Calendar' project. [April 2010: Mozilla announce Sunbird's 'last version'](https://web.archive.org/web/20100404032000/http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/) + "This is the last public Sunbird release by the Calendar Project. We recommend upgrading to Thunderbird 3 and Lightning 1.0 beta1." @@ -95,10 +100,11 @@ which integrates with Thunderbird. # Quality -The reason Sunbird is so good is that it was in active development for 15 years -or more, by whole teams of developers and designers. This is a level or resources -not typical of open source projects, and it shows in the quality of the product, which -is still one of the best desktop calendars for Linux today. +Sunbird's excellence is a result of the 15 years or more during which it was +actively developed by whole teams of programmers and designers. This abundance +of resources is not typical of open source projects, and it shows in the +quality of the product, which is still one of the best desktop calendars for +Linux today. # Installation @@ -107,4 +113,4 @@ a Linux system. It pulls the last stable version of Sunbird from the Mozilla archives, checks a SHA256 hash to verify the integrity of the download, and then extracts the files, installs the application, icons and desktop entry. -Requirements: gtk2 +Library requirements: gtk2