Spicebird Beta 0.7 Released!
Spicebird is a collaboration client that provides integrated access to email, contacts, calendaring and instant messaging in a single application. It provides easy access to various web services while retaining all the advantages of a desktop application. The application is based on projects like Thunderbird, Lightning and Telepathy and adds more functionality and integration among its components.
This release of Spicebird adds the following functionality:
- Chat with friends on services like Yahoo, Google Talk, AIM, ICQ and Jabber
- Add iGoogle Gadgets to Spicebird
- Disable the applications that are unused
- Access Google calendar
- Experimental support for managing blogs
- Available in more than 10 languages
- Basic set of add-ons
- Import data from Thunderbird, Outlook and Outlook Express
For a detailed description of this release, see the release notes.
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Add iGoogle Gadgets to
Add iGoogle Gadgets to Spicebird
• Available in more than 10 languages
i'm thai maybe have problem of languages but this problem is clear after spicebird 0.7 have this functionality.
Commercial Printing
Does this program have a To-Do list
Is there a To-Do list with this, that can be shared amongst my group?
How to "install" on Linux
I looked around the site briefly, and did not see that info, so decided to d/l and unzip it to see if instructions were included, but no such luck (readme says to go to the SB site...).
However, it did finally occur to me to try just running the "spicebird" executable script after a quick inspection seemed to indicate it is meant to be executed directly. It did start up, and acted about as I expected with an offer to import settings (although it was not clear if it would do both my SeaMonkey settings as "Netscape 5/6", and Thunderbird with which I have been dabbling as a replacement for SeaMonkey mail client - not bad, but I still like the all-in-one browser/email/composer approach of Seamonkey I have been using since Netscape 3.x days ;-).
Was that the right way to use it? Did I miss anything that would account for the missing gmail Drafts I noted in another posting here?
I also vote for importing Gmail contacts - or is that another thing missed by a lack of "proper" setup?
TIA,
RO
other support links
Though not perfectly complete, the spicebird wiki has some instructions for linux install at http://wiki.spicebird.org/Main_Page
The Support forum is also available: http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=766934
There is some discussion somewhere in the forums about the contacts sync issue. I think there is some changes in contact protocol that probably need to settle out before Spicebird or add-ons will incorporate them. That would be a huge improvement.
I haven't noticed a problem with drafts (are you using IMAP or POP with gmail)? (If you haven't already, I would post your questions in the support forum - link above).
Cheers
Gmail Drafts Not Showing
On Ubuntu 8.0.4 I set up Spicebird 0.7 last night, and configured it to show my Gmail account via IMAP. The folders appear, and most have about what I would expect to see in them based on the labels (have not crosschecked each), except the Drafts folder, which should have about 70 entries, but SB shows none.
Competitor for Spice bird ??? PostBox
Post box is another e-Mail client based on Mozilla is coming up very fast...
Have a eye on the features they have ..
http://digitalworld-in.blogspot.com/2009/02/postbox-has-relased-their-fi...
Need to be fast Spice Bird Team
Post box has released their first version of Official Product and its fast and stable ..
They have calendering as well ..
Spice bird needs to be fast ...
http://techicloud.blogspot.com/2009/06/postbox-now-supports-addons.html
New Thunderbird extension "Google Contacts"
Boy this sure would be sweet in Spicebird (hint hint). Syncs gmail contacts. Works very well in Thunderbird.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/7307
0.7 continues to work flawlessly for me, thanks.
This has officially
This has officially _made_my_day_ !
Fantastic, i've been waiting for this update for months.
Superb work.
Very Unstable
I'm using the new version on windows. It is crashing too frequently. Very frustrating. Are you guys aware of the cause?
Two problems with new version
Hey,
While working on the new version I have noticed two problems which are frequently occurring with Beta 07.
1. I am not able to delete mails from Inbox. Delete button becomes unclickable. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=U4lV-CFl5dc
2. Threads sometime are not expandable. They just disappear if I click on them. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JFZwcveBd_E
Hope the videos will give you a clear view of bugs and will help you in fixing them quickly.
Details about my system
OS - Fedora 7 x86_64 [On AMD64]
Spicebird - Beta 07 i386
PS : I never faced these problem with Beta 04 and Beta 07 pre.
Re: Two problems with new version
Thanks for the report. In future please submit any issues you find on Spicebird support forums or log a bug in our bugzilla.
New version better than I
New version better than I expected...just get the outlook connector in place...it would rock
Thank you!
Working flawlessly for me in Ubuntu 8.10 with Gmail IMAP and calendar.
It is what I dreamed Thunderbird would be. A gorgeous interface, all the features I want and nothing I don't want.
I can't begin to thank you enough. Keep up the great work and you will have a huge success on your hands.
Lightning Calendar Issue
I could not import my Calendar data from Thunderbird 2.0.0.18. The system informed me that the Lightning version in Thunderbird was newer than that used in Spicebird 0.7, thus tasks could be imported.
The Major
Spicebird Portable 0.7 by PortableApps.com
PortableApps.com is proud to announce the release of Spicebird Portable 0.7. Like our other popular packages of Firefox, Thunderbird and Sunbird, Spicebird is packaged in PortableApps.com Format with an open source launcher (GPL, just like Spicebird) that makes all of Spicebird's settings portable. It's based on our latest Thunderbird launcher and is available for immediate download from here:
http://portableapps.com/node/16839
Spicebird is a trademark of Synovel and is used with permission
the release of Spicebird
the release of Spicebird Portable 0.7. Like our other popular packages of Firefox, Thunderbird and Sunbird, Spicebird is packaged in PortableApps.com Bears Format with an open source launcher (GPL, just like Spicebird) that makes all of Spicebird's settings portable.
I personally think that
I personally think that Spicebird Beta provides easy access to various web services while retaining all the advantages of a desktop application. Sweet post.
Free Online Games
This has made me happy.
Very, very happy.
Can´t import Thunderbird data to Spicebird 0.7
Just installed spicebird 0.7 but can´t import data from Thunderbird 2.0.0.18
Any solution????
Re: Can´t import Thunderbird data to Spicebird 0.7
I am guessing that you are not able to find the Thundebird profile migrator dialog in Spicebird.
To start the Profile Migrator, simply remove all your existing profile data (typically C:\Documents and Settings\YOURLOGIN\Application Data\Spicebird in Windows and /home/YOURLOGIN/.spicebird on GNU/Linux). Then when you start Spicebird, the profile migrator will popup and will show the Thunderbird option (if it detects Thunderbird profiles).
Thundebird 2.0.0.18 should not be a problem, we have well tested the profile migrator.
If this does not work, please write a more detailed account of the problem.
Calendar import from Thunderbird 2 (Lightning) does not work
The Spicebird Profile Migrator does not seem to be able to read the current Lightning calendar profile.
After a clean installation, I get the error message that my imported profile is messed up and the calendar functionality is being disabled.
It would be helpful to have the possibility to choose what I want to import from Thunderbird, instead of trying to import everything. This way we could choose to not import the calendars and just configure them from scratch in Spicebird.
Or... is it possible to remove the calendars manually from the profile? (What file to delete?)
Thanks,
Andreas
PS: Sunbird looks great!! I hope it'll work soon, also for me on Windows... :)
meant Spicebird of course,
meant Spicebird of course, not Sunbird...
Nice
Good stuff guys. How would one go about upgrading on linux? Simply remove the spicebird folder and create a new one for spicebird 0.7?
Installation in Linux
"Good stuff guys. How would one go about upgrading on linux? Simply remove the Spicebird folder and create a new one for spicebird 0.7?"
I always remove the existing and install fresh for updating. I normally install it in /opt/ folder so that I don't end up messing up other things :) Here is a howto I wrote for installing Spicebird :)
http://fedora.co.in/content/spicebird-beta-07-pre-awesome-features-avail...
Upgrading in GNU/Linux
> How would one go about upgrading on linux?
> Simply remove the spicebird folder and create a new one for spicebird 0.7?
Yes. That will work. Profiles are saved under ~/.spicebird and will be updated for use with 0.7 automatically.
Another way to upgrade is Help->Check for Updates.
Portable Spicebird
Great news! Get the portable version from:
http://stadt-bremerhaven.de/2008/11/21/portable-spicebird-07-beta-englis...
no source
the portable version author isn't also hosting the source code as required by the gpl/lgpl
Open source
Carstens portable mozilla stuff usually is the original with a compiled batch script as a wrapper. No codechange, so no need for supplying sources as you can get them on the project homepage. He just put the wrapper and the mozilla product in a 7z file. Very convenient.