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Mozilla Sunbird is a free, open source, cross-platform calendar application developed by the Mozilla Foundation and many volunteers. Announced in July 2003, Sunbird is a standalone version of the now discontinued Mozilla Calendar Extension. The latest version is 0.5. Version 0.3 of Sunbird, and its "sister project", Lightning, were scheduled to be released simultaneously in late September 2006, but a release candidate was not made until October. Mozilla Sunbird is described as "...a cross platform standalone calendar application based on Mozilla's XUL user interface language." Since version 0.3, Sunbird has lost its compatibility to Windows 98. Version 0.3 of Sunbird is also available in a portable version.
On June 15, 2004, the Sunbird developers asked the Mozilla community to submit possible new default themes and logos for Sunbird. Three proposed Sunbird logos were submitted to a community vote; Mark Carson's entry was declared the winner on August 12, 2004. Mark Carson and Chris Cook also developed a theme for Windows and Linux, derived from the "winstripe" theme of Firefox. In late 2004, a Mac theme was developed by Matthew 'lilmatt' Willis, similarly derived from the "pinstripe" theme of Firefox.
Version 0.5 was released June 27, 2007 and includes support for Google Calendar via an extension.
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