Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by shgysk8zer0 on Oct. 8, 2014 ·

With the latest update, Google Tasks finally works! It also allows multiple calendars and task lists to be setup at once.

Only 4 stars though despite the improvements because offline support seems to have been removed.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.32). 

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by dr_white on Aug. 13, 2014 ·

TB ver: 31.0 on Windows 7 64-bit

This extension was only syncing in one direction previously: events created in Google Calendar would appear in Lightning (but only if you exited and restarted TB). With the 0.32 update the syncing is completely broken. Frankly I don't understand why TB doesn't include support for what is probably the most popular calendar service.

TB ver. 35.x to 38.5.0: as another user reported, I'm constantly getting the "event changed on server" prompt that you can't bypass. Clicking "reload" does nothing - the prompt reappears in about two second. Clicking "submit" gets you past the prompt until the next TB session..then its back. This is maddening!

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.32). 

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Trapper on Aug. 11, 2014 ·

Aug. 11, 2014 - Linux Mint 13 MATE TBird 31.0 .... Provider for Google had absolutely no difficulties importing 6 of my google cals into TBird. Syncing between google cal and TBird works correctly for me with all cals.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.32). 

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by DrMartinus on July 30, 2014 ·

Hi,

I'll give 5 stars once this is fixed. I'm using Kubuntu 14.04. A few days, TB was updated and all addons, but this Add-on gives me the creeps since then. Thunderbird becomes unusable. It waits minutes for somthing to happen, then opens a window, which takes another minute, to tell that a script which is part of this add-on has problems or so, and clicking on the "stop script" button takes another minute to respond. This goes on and on. After disabling the add-on, TB works fine again. But I have no calendar data. Lightning is no good if I can't sync it with my Google calendars.
The error message in the console says:
"Zeitstempel: 30.07.2014 16:06:55
Warnung: getAttributeNodeNS() sollte nicht mehr verwendet werden. Verwenden Sie stattdessen getAttributeNS().
Quelldatei: resource://calendar/modules/calXMLUtils.jsm
Zeile: 32", calendar-unifinder is the script's name. I've no idea if that helps to solve the problem. It took me ten minutes to get the error console opened and this message extracted...
An update:
I switched to the distro Manjaro (based on Arch Linux), where I encounter the same problem. The calendar-unifinder.js script is reported to not to respond, while memory usage of TB increases continually (from about 200 MB to 2 GB and more). When stopping the script, memory usage decreases for a while, but then it starts to build up again, TB reports the script doesn't answer (same script, same line), it takes a while to make it stop, so I disabled it again. Calendar Tweaks is disabled, Lightning works just fine, but this addon doesn't.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.32). 

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

by jpxsat on July 12, 2014 ·

I'm being able to use this perfectly on my Windows 7 machines, but it's not being possible to sync calendars if Thunderbird is running on top of Windows 8.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.25). 

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by AVP on June 24, 2014 ·

Works! Kubuntu 14.04, Thunderbird 24.6.0

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.25). 

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Jakob on June 20, 2014 ·

Works! on Linux Mint 17, Thunderbird 24.6.0
Thanks!

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.25). 

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by __andrea__ on May 27, 2014 ·

Six months ago this problem came up, still unresolved.
My calendars are completely frozen, no way to roll-back, forums and support says TB 24.1.1 + Lightning 2.6.3 + Provider 0.25 are ok, but they are a piece of a junk together.
Tried again today, and after 1 hour I restarted Thunderbird in safe mode, disabled this damned "provider", adn staying without calendars. Well done!

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Glockman on May 26, 2014 ·

It's just great. Just a suggestion: Copy the 'how to' from the wiki to this page so it's easier to configure the addon.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.25). 

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by gliberat on May 23, 2014 ·

A great concept for but It does not work. I installed it but, as other reviewers note, Thunderbird will freeze upon the restart. After starting TB in safe mode and disabling the add on, I was able to use Thunderbird again. I'm sure it was useful in the past, but it no longer works on Thunderbird 24.6, Lightning 2.6.6, Provider 0.25.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.25). 

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by agentnine21 on May 14, 2014 ·

i use this with postbox and it's a good idea ... until it just stops working. this (in concert with lightning) pulls in my calendars and i'm able to use it pretty much flawlessly for about a day after installing. then, suddenly none of my events appear on the calendar. they are all still in my google calendar. all of my calendars are still listed in the postbox calendar window, with the boxes checked, indicating i want them shown ... but the calendar itself is totally blank. if i remove and reinstall it, everything comes back. for a day. then 'poof' it's gone again.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.25). 

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by remo_phd9 on May 8, 2014 ·

This is very useful addon For Thunderbird.This addon co-works with Lighting addon in order to Synchronizing Lighting calendar with Google calander.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.25). 

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by Ken Freeland on May 2, 2014 ·

THis add-on has been very useful for me for a couple of years...then Thunderbird updated itself to version 24.5.0 just yesterday...now this app crashes Thunderbird. I'd write another review with five stars if this developer fixes the bug, but it seems pretty useless at the moment for Windows 7 users...anyone else have this problem, or is it just me?

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Marts on May 1, 2014 ·

Since moving to the Mac universe and the iOS universe I have searched in vain for something to sync Outlook for Mac calendars across machines. Enter Thunderbird, Lighning Calendar and Provider for Google Calendar.

Works great. A bit fiddly to set up, but once done, works well. Offline functionality still a bit wonky as it seems that all data is loaded from the "cloud" on startup of T'Bird. Maybe wrong, but that's how it seems.

Now my cals on the Mac Mini, Macbook Air, iPhone and iPad are all sync'ed. No need for the basic "iCal" on the MacOS platform which is somewhat basic.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.25). 

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by gozoc on April 20, 2014 ·

I like this add-on and "need" it ... well done.
But, i wish, it will be more developed. More little functions and possibilitys.
how ever ... thanks for this add-on.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.25). 

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

by Jjb54 on April 11, 2014 ·

Wow - talk about BAD INSTRUCTIONS from the developer of this. . o O ( sigh )

I was correct (for the most part on my thoughts - that the instructions were seriously missing something.)

Follow the instructions from the below LINK and it will work! :D I just had my calendar get ALL my appointments and such from Google Calendar!!

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/using-lightning-google-calendar

Again - follow it carefully and it will work.

I'm still giving it a LOW RATING - because the developer should have known this from the start and/or at least LINKED us to this site.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by Serge_del on April 2, 2014 ·

Tried to use it. The doc said:
1 Open your Google Calendar -- OK!
2 Click on the Settings link located in the box at the right of the page. -- OK!
3 Click on the calendar you want to use with Thunderbird Lightning or Sunbird. -- I've just one ?
4 Click on either of the two XML buttons shown at the bottom. -- Never seen an XML button!

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.25). 

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

by Ralf on March 16, 2014 ·

Does work but... completely stalls Thunderbird on startup IF connected to the internet. starting with disabled internet-connection first, than enable the net, everything works fine for me. Win 7, TB 24.3.0, Lightning 2.6.4.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.25). 

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

by Thanos on March 4, 2014 ·

Would give 5* but I have loist my nice reminders when I enter my GMAIL schedule. Weird is I register a new event on my GMAIL but I get no reminders , no matter hwo I try.
I would appreciate a fix to thisplz :)
Previous TB and lightning versions worked excellent!

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.25). 

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by maiemi on March 1, 2014 ·

since the last lightning and thunderbird update (I am using kubuntu), thunderbird ist freezing about five seconds after start, if this plugin is activated. After deactivateing this plugin, thunderbird is working well, again.
At the Blogsite of Philipp Kewish the last entry is from 2013, September, so I think, there is no longer support for this plugin.
I am very sad about this, because the plugin was the only one, to be able to synchronisize and handle offline the google calendar.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.25).