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Reviews for Provider for Google Calendar
1,656 reviews for this add-on
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
As the previous reviewer mentions, reminders are not working properly with this latest build for any calendar synced with google. There is also a 10 minute default reminder which cannot be removed -- although at the moment it is unclear whether this is a google issue or a thunderbird or a provider issue. all i can say for certain is that the 10 minute reminder cannot be removed from google calendar's site even with thunderbird disabled -- this however could still be caused by provider giving google a corrupted reminder of some sort.
Further information -- I can confirm that a newly created calendar does not face this issue -- there is something wrong with reminders on shared calendars -- and it may very well have nothing to do with provider access. I can also confirm that if you move an event to a non-shared calendar, the default incorrect reminder goes away.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Add-on.
We are 2 persons sharing a calendar.
There are minor bugs, but I can recommend it!
The supportteam are working for this Add-on.
Pay a visit to their homepage.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I am sorry to report this... I love Google Provider and Lightning... BUT... After installing Lightning 0.9 with Google Calendar Provider 0.5, the reminder alerts do not go off anymore for Google Calendar events after switching views (Calendar to Mail). They are removed from the calendar in Lightning, but they
are still active in Google. Home reminders alerts still work as expected.
All this worked perfectly well before upgrading to Lightning 0.9/Google Provider 0.5 (I have a laptop PC with Lightning 0.8 and Google Calendar Provider 0.4, and everything works as expected there).
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to Calendar, Update an event that is a Google Calendar event, set a
Reminder, save it.
2. Everything seems to work, a small bell is shown in the calendar page.
3. Switch the view to Mail.
4. Switch the view to Calendar.
5. All the small bells have disappeared! Home calendar events still have the
bell, though. It only affects events that are synchronized with a Google
Calendar.
Actual Results:
All the small bells have disappeared! Home calendar events still have the bell,
though. It only affects events that are synchronized with a Google Calendar.
Expected Results:
The reminders should still be there. Now they are all set to "No reminder" in
Thunderbird. However, they have been accurately updated in Google Calendar
(they still have the reminder set there, if you go and check them on the Google
Calendar web site).
This behavior happens after upgrading. I mean that the Google Calendar settings
were previously introduced. In fact, everything else seems to work pretty well
with the integration between Lightning and Google Calendar. It is just the
reminders that are no longer working. It is annoying since you rely on
reminders to be aware of events and tasks. Reminders are a MAJOR FEATURE of
calendaring software!
I don't know if the problem is with Lightning 0.9, with the Provider 0.5, or with Thunderbird itself... but the combination renders everything much less valuable...
Please see if you can fix this. Thanks a lot!!!!
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
very nice tool
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.5).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Unkomplizierte Möglichkeit, um den eigenen Google-Kalender in Thunderbird zu integrieren.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.5).Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Any chance to add an option about what alert will be syncronized with google? I find pop ups quite useless (personally) and would like to have the alerts syncronized with both mail and sms. It's an option on google calendar, but this extension doesn deal with it.
Other than that... thanks, great extension!
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I love this extension so much, just wish I had found it earlier. Long may it continue.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.4).Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Very usefull addon but still some bugs. f.example if u dont enter the right login and password the first time. The addon will keep asking u for it. Something must be wrong with password integration. So be carefull with that. Asside from that real nice addon. Keep up the good work!!!
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.4).This will be fixed with calendar 0.9 / provider 0.5. A new concept to allow disabling calendars completely kicks in, when you cancel the password dialog then the calendar is disabled.
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Very usefull addon but still some bugs. f.example if u dont enter the right login and password the first time. The addon will keep asking u for it. Something must be wrong with password integration. So be carefull with that. Asside from that real nice addon. Keep up the good work!!!
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.4).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Exactly what I needed
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.4).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Very nice, thanks a lot!!
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.4).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Everything in one place. Great interface, skinable, very easy to use, keeps perfect sync with Google Calendar. Recommended.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.4).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Exactly what I was looking for. Works perfectly.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.4).Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Well done but it lacks SMS notification selection, the MOST important feature in Google Calendar. As a result, not so useful as you can expect.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.4).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Yay! Exactly what I was hoping for. WAY easier than gcal daemon. THANK YOU!
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.4).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Awesome add-on. 5 out of 5.
I recently did a reinstall of Ubuntu and installed lightening from repository and it did not allow me to use this add-on.
I uninstalled repository lightening, installed lightening from Thunderbird add-ons, and voila! Provider for Google Calendar worked perfectly.
Please do not hound developer telling him there are bugs. It is the way I installed lightening!
Thank you Phillipp! Great Job!
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fácil de instalar y funciona perfecto. Entra por la nueva opcion de google y pon el link de XML, privado si no queres compartir
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.4).Rated 4 out of 5 stars
That's great. Finally I managed to sync my Calendar. I've tried GCALDaemon and did not work properly e.g. Thunderbird remains blocked.
Good job guys..
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Thanks ! I managed to sync GCal with lighting !
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.4).Rated 2 out of 5 stars
You should have the following clearly visible in the initial description for this plugin - "This version of the Provider for Google Calendar REQUIRES Sunbird/Lightning 0.8." -
Otherwise, people like me who install it will be left wondering why it doesn't work, and the uninformative message displayed is "Requires additional items'
Thanks.
I guess its different when on the Thunderbird page, but if you are on the Sunbird page, then it says "Works with 0.8 - 0.8". I'll see what I can do on the Thunderbird page.
Is the display of version numbers your only gripe? Personally I don't think that justifies a 2 star rating.
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