Tips for dealing with different timezones?
Every time I plan on an event in a different timezone I'm confused how to put it in my calendar.
@douginamug I *really* miss Fastmail for this. As far as I can see, Thunderbird doesn't provide *any* sort of support for time zones except correctly showing events in whichever one you have set. I decided to switch to a provider with no (good) webmail and went to Thunderbird full time, and as much as it's gotten better, the calendar is the thing that really hasn't worked for me and that's made me consider going back. If you find a good solution, I'd love to know.
@sam so I found out that in the event panel, you can toggle "options -> show timezones" However the picker is quite nasty :/
@douginamug Somehow I have never seen that there and I can't imagine why there would be a whole option just to show or hide two extra tiny UI elements. Also why I can't just click on this map… I tried to click the map like 5 times and assumed it was just being buggy before I realized that it's not actually supposed to work that way. Thanks for pointing this out though!
@sam feels quite important to improve this bit!
-> remove optional showing, or at least have it on by default
-> have start and end time in the same time zone (I mean, do people ever want those in different time zones? )
-> have UTC timezones right at the top of the drop down
.... etc
found this issue about improving the thunderbird calendar timezones picker. 13 years old, but active again since last year
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=647632
big changes coming apparently: "dialogs and cramped pieces of UI will be nuked after 115"
@douginamug @sam Thanks for signing up for bugzilla and finding the bug! Following it is the best way to stay up to date on our progress - Calendar will be getting some needed love over the coming year, so thanks for being patient!
~Monica
@thunderbird @sam thanks for getting back Monica cool to know the thunderbird is not just broadcast.
Big appreciation for all the work you and team are doing.
@douginamug @sam Of course! We love putting our team's personality through here, and it's good to know the community appreciates it too.
And thanks for the thanks! It means more than you know.