ThunderBirthDay 0.3.3 - count down for Thunderbird 3!
Today, I released ThunderBirthDay 0.3.3! It is already the third version compatible with the upcoming Thunderbird 3, but it is uncompatible with prior versions of Thunderbird. Therefore, the new versions are retained in the sandbox until now. It works already greatly, you can download it and try it out!
As Thunderbird 3 and Lightning 1.0 will be hopefully released very soon (see here and here for pre-releases), let me say how much I'm looking forward to this! Among many cool new features like tabbed email, there is finally native support for birthdays in the address book. This means that MoreFunctionsForAddressBook is not needed anymore, but also that their might be other cool extensions related to birhtdays :-)
Last but not least, an important note: There seems to be an issue with MoreFunctionsForAddressBook and upgrade to Thunderbird 3. The issue is being tracked here. Before making an upgrade to Thunderbird 3, please backup your Thunderbird profile! To learn how to do that, click here.
Now count down with me for Thunderbird 3 and enjoy the pre-releases :-)
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| thunderbirthday-0.3.3-tb.xpi | 51.33 KB |
Comments
vio
Wär superklasse, wenn das Addon auch noch den "Birthday Reminder" (Countdown- Anzeige zu den nächsten Geburtstagen) für Thunderbird 3.*+ bieten würde. Wäre das möglich? Ich würde mich riesig freuen.
Viele Grüße,
vio
0.3.3 with TB 3.1
Wonder of wonders I have it working on 3.1 thanks to our German friends as I do not understand German!
But for such a small change we should not have to make such a high risk hack. I know this is for free but please can we have an official minor upgrade? Please.
ThunderBirthDay unter 3.1
Hallo,
würde mich auch über ein zeitnahes Update sehr freuen :)
Workaround für TB 3.1
Hallo Zusammen,
es ist zwar kein Update, aber mit einem kleinen Trick lässt dich aktuelle Erweiterung auf in TB 3.1 nutzen.
Wie geht's?
1. Addon (XPI) herunterladen
2. Datei umbenennen -> aus *.xpi wird *.zip
3. Das Zip entpacken
4. Die Datei "install.rdf" öffnen (Texteditor) und in Zeile 82 folgende Änderung eintragen:
aus "[em:max Version]3.0.*[/em:maxVersion]" wird "[em: max Version]3.1.*[/em: max Version]" und die Datei speichern. (ACHTUNG: statt den eckigen Klammern [] müssen spitze <> verwendet werden, die funktioniert aber hier im Kommentar nicht)
5. Das ganze wieder zippen und anschließend in .xpi umbenennen.
6. Addon installieren
Bisher habe ich kein Fehlverhalten entdecken können. Alles läuft genau wie unter 3.0
Hallo, dein kleiner Trick
Hallo,
dein kleiner Trick mit der "install.rdf" hat wunderbar funktioniert, besten Dank dafür!
TB 3.1 work around
In english: thank you, that worked for me.
If someone could double check this please:
MAKE A BACKUP
rename the xpi to zip
edit the install.rdf file so the max version is 3.1 rather than 3.0
zip up again, rename back to xpi and proceed as usual.
WARNING: do not do this if you don't have a backup, etc.
I have purposely left the details obscure so people who know what they are doing will know what to do but hopefully people that don't know won't mess things up
Danke für den Workaround
Der Workaround hat super geklappt. Funktioniert einwandfrei, alle Geburtstage wieder da. Kann man die xpi-Datei nicht ändern und als Version 0.3.4beta zum Download anbieten?
Workaround für TB 3.1
Hmm, geht soweit, aber man kann nichts mehr einstellen (Verändern). Nur der Kalender selber tut wieder. Aber unter "Add-ons --> Einstellungen geht nix .... :-(
Also doch dringend ein Update!!!!! ;-)
Thunderbirthday unter TB3.1
Hallo Ingo,
ich nutze dein tolles Add-On jetzt schon einige Zeit und möchte es auch nicht mehr missen. Daher war ich auch heute morgen etwas erschrocken, als sich herausstellte, dass es mit TB 3.1 nicht kompatibel sei. Gibt es da vielleicht einen Trick, oder sind da von deiner Entwicklerseite größere Änderungen notwendig?
Wäre echt klasse, wenn der Thunderbirthday auch weiterhin nutzbar wäre, da es meines Erachtens keine wirklich Altenative zu deinem klasse Add-On gibt.
Beste Grüße und weiter so,
Christoph
Not working in Thunderbird 3.1
Won't install, is an update scheduled?
Open editor or copy values
Would be nice if you can open Word/Openoffice from the calendar to write a greeting.
Or copy the name and birthday to the clipboard.
Thanks for this nice work!
haichen
Thanks for your ideas!
I just added your points to the wishlist. I'll have a more precise look once I have time.
Seamonkey
please make it for also cool running with seamonkey - please!
Thanks.
Anniversary reminder
Thanks for add-on! ;)
But, how I can see anniversary date in calendar, like birthday date? Some contacts in my addressbook have anniversary date, and, I not wish a forget this date. It is possible? If not now, maybe, in near future releases ?
PS sorry for my english.
Not yet :-S
Hi! Unfortunately, anniversaries are not yet supported, but in a future release, this should be possible. I don't know how "near" this future will be though :-)
Thanks for answer!
Thanks for answer!
Thanks!
Ingo, this is a great Add-on and I wouldn't want to miss it using TB3.
David
why limit to bithdays?
I'd like to see another date function added to contacts for 'schedule meeting', then an addon like yours which automatically subscribes to those meetings so they will automatically appear in the calendar...
thats the ticket
Lightning enhancement
Sounds like a good idea :-) I think you should propose that on the official Lightning bug tracker, at it is a general enhancement for Lightning...
Anniversaries
I started off with Thunderbird 3 and lightning. Then I added Thunderbirthday and everything was fine.... but.... then I tried to add MoreFunctionsForAddressBook, but it wouldn't install. So I removed it and tried something else...., but I couldn't remove ThunderBirthDay till I rebooted. Then I could install MoreFuntionsForAddressBook, and finally reinstall ThunderBirthDay. Now it is all working and I would love to see
ThunderAnniversary!
Thanks for your feedback!
I'm sorry, I don't know why it didn't work right from the start. I'm glad that it's working now :-) BTW, you don't need MoreFunctionsFromAddressBook anymore with Thunderbird 3! Also, thanks for the suggestion with anniversaries. It is indeed on the wishlist.
Not working?
i recently installed tb 3.0.1 and lightning 1.0Beta1. Additionally i did install the birthday addon. But somehow i do not get any birthdays shown in the calendar.
did i do something wrong?
Did you create a birthday calendar?
You didn't mention, that you created a birthday calendar. Did you forget that step? If yes, creating one should solve your problem. Read this for more information.
If that wasn't your problem, please look for errors in the error console. Also, make sure that you use version 0.3.3 or above with Thunderbird 3!
damnit
Hi,
sorry. I somehow missed this point. I guess you get somehow get pi*** with users like me not able to read properly ;-)
Thanx.
Good Job
Well done. I appreciate having this add-on.
Many Thanks!
I've been using thunderbirthday since quite some time, and i'm happy that i could reactivate it for TB3 now! Hopefully, your work will be integrated one day for everybody (of course, after LIghtning has been integrated)!
blausand
ThunderBirthDay 0.3.3
Thank you for your work.
Time/Russia
Thunderbirtday
I just want to say THANK YOU for your work. I really do appriciate this addon for TB!
Ruediger
Groemitz / Germany