The future of ReminderFox and Firefox addons

[Tom Mutdosch]

Happy New Year to all!

I wanted to take a minute talk a bit about the future plans of Firefox addons. At the end of 2017 starting with Firefox 57, Mozilla plans to discontinue support for addons that use their native UI components, and will only allow newer addons developed as WebExtensions (HTML5).  This affects many addons, ReminderFox included. https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2016/11/23/add-ons-in-2017/

This means that unless the add-on authors rewrite their addons from scratch using the new APIs, Firefox will no longer allow the add-on to be used. (Note that this only affects Firefox; the Mozilla Thunderbird email client will continue to work with existing addons.)

What this means for current ReminderFox users on Firefox?  We have no plans to rewrite ReminderFox. The codebase is quite complex and very UI dependent, so most of it would need to be rewritten entirely. As this is a passion project done in our spare time, we don't have the time currently to do a complete rewrite. 

So by the end of 2017 with the release of Firefox 57 (currently scheduled for end of November, early December 2017), you’ll likely want to switch over to another calendar/reminder system. You can transfer your reminders and events easily to another calendar. (I am personally planning to probably just use Google Calendar exclusively at that point). See below for details of how to export reminders. (*)

We have enjoyed working on this project and collaborating with the ReminderFox community over these last 12 (!!!) years. We’ll continue to keep the project updated for as long as Mozilla still allows these native addons (through the end of 2017 for Firefox, and indefinitely for Thunderbird). We just want to thank all of our users for your support and love over the years! My favorite part of working on this project is how involved (and super-nice!) the user community is. So many great discussions, helpful tips for new users, and lots of contributions and suggestions that improved ReminderFox throughout the years. Special shout-out to super-members Paul and Colin for ALL your support! It truly has been a wonderful experience.

Thank you all from the whole ReminderFox team!

Tom, Dan, and Guenter

(*) You can transfer reminders in several ways:

1) You can sync your current reminders with a remote calendar service, such as Google Calendar:  http://www.reminderfox.org/remote-calendar-n/ 

2) You can also export your calendar file and import into another calendar (like Outlook or Mozilla Lightning: http://www.reminderfox.org/documentation-user-guide-sharing-reminders/

[Colin Law]

That is indeed a great shame. RF adds significant value to Google
Calendar. It is to yourselves from us that the thanks are due.

Colin

[John Augustin]

Thanks to all of you, especially my friend Guenter for all you've done and your continuing assistance.  I has been a joy to use this well done app.  I hoe my limited help has helped make RF an even better product.  I will continue to use it via Thunderbird if at all possible.

John Augustin
Cincinnati OH

[msel...@gmail.com]

One thought from me: Maybe you can move your add-on to Pale Moon browser. This browser will support xul further and the version 2.1.5.5 works fine with Pale Moon version 27.0.3.

Greetings and good luck, Maria

[Rolf Pedersen]

Happy New Year!
Some quirks aside, I've enjoyed using the many well-crafted capabilities of ReminderFox for quite a long time.
I might be hanging on to older versions of Seamonkey and RF beyond the end of 2017 but who knows how things will look, then?
Thanks and good luck.
Rolf

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[Jason Schmeckpeper]

Loved the program and have been using for years

[Irwin Klein]

Could I keep Firefox 56,possibly renamed, just to run ReminderFox?

I spent a lot of time researching calendar apps and selected Wunderlist. The very first event I enter turned up shortcomings that make Wunderlist unacceptable. 

On Sunday, January 1, 2017 at 2:09:13 PM UTC-5, Tom Mutdosch wrote:

[Tom Mutdosch]

Hi there,

Yes, you could certainly do that, or use the Mozilla Thunderbird mail client (which will continue to run all addons, including ReminderFox).

-Tom

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[dsa...@gmail.com]

I'm late to this, but I will probably stay on an earlier version of FF as long as possible so that I won't lose ReminderFox. I don't like Google Calendar, or any of the other calendar add-ons I've found. FF is messing everything up by doing this, and since a lot of my needed add-ons will no longer work, I'll probably be switching to Chrome. I only stayed on FF for certain add-ons, most of which won't work anymore after v.57. I'll stay on v.56 as long as possible, until they take it away.

Thank you for a great add-on that I have loved using.

[John Augustin]

As Tom said, run RF with T-Bird. Works great.

[Colin Law]

Also I believe it will work with the Pale Moon browser which is a fork
of FF. I shall be trying that.

Colin

On 21 August 2017 at 15:40, John Augustin <jbac...@gmail.com> wrote:
> As Tom said, run RF with T-Bird. Works great.
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[dsa...@gmail.com]

On Monday, August 21, 2017 at 10:40:41 AM UTC-4, John Augustin wrote:
> As Tom said, run RF with T-Bird. Works great.

I have no idea how to do that. I will check it out.

[dsa...@gmail.com]

I've heard good things about PaleMoon, and it works on 64-bit too, right?

[Maria Seliger]

Reminderfox works very well with Pale Moon 27.4.1. I use it daily on
Windows and on Ubuntu. No problem there.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Greetings
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[Deborah Aldridge]

Forgive my ignorance, but what are sdk add-ons? I'm not sure PaleMoon will work for me, since that list doesn't have some of the add-ons I use regularly and rely on. Are those the only ones who work with PaleMoon? I'm pretty fed up with FF overall, actually, and if I'm going to have to learn new add-ons, I might as well go to Chrome.

On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Maria Seliger <maria-...@t-online.de> wrote:

Hello,
Pale Moon will not support web extensions! They will stick with the old
add-on system (but they don't support Firefox sdk-add-ons). They have also
a side where Pale Moon add-ons can be downloaded.
https://addons.palemoon.org/extensions/

[John Augustin]

Thunderbird is an add-on just as in Firefox and works exactly the same way.

[Maria Seliger]

[Colin Law]

On 22 August 2017 at 15:42, Deborah Aldridge <dsa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Forgive my ignorance, but what are sdk add-ons? I'm not sure PaleMoon will
> work for me, since that list doesn't have some of the add-ons I use
> regularly and rely on. Are those the only ones who work with PaleMoon? I'm
> pretty fed up with FF overall, actually, and if I'm going to have to learn
> new add-ons, I might as well go to Chrome.

Don't worry about sdk addons, they are not the same as extensions such
as reminderfox, adblock and so on. Most of the FF extensions work in
palemoon in my experience. It is easy to give it a try and see.

Colin

>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Maria Seliger <maria-...@t-online.de>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>> Pale Moon will not support web extensions! They will stick with the old
>> add-on system (but they don't support Firefox sdk-add-ons). They have also
>> a side where Pale Moon add-ons can be downloaded.
>> https://addons.palemoon.org/extensions/
>> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Greetings
>> Maria Seliger
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>> study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer software, and to defend the
>> rights of Free Software users.”
>> http://www.fsf.org
>
>

[nat...@gmx.de]

How about a crowdfunding campain for funding a port to FF 57 ?
Have you considered that already?

[gne...@web.de]

Hi Natra (?),

thanks for dropping your lines :-).

Don't know if Tom tried to go with such a solution. But basically money isn't all to solve a situation. It also requires such nasty thing like time :-( !

You know we have build Reminderfox in our spare/private time as a "nice-to-have" project, but situation has very much changed over time. At least currently my focus isn't calendar.

My personnel installation is with FX 52.x/RmFX and will be changed to TB/RmFX as soon as I can upgrade FX to current release versions. Also the combination with RmFX/fruux/Android works very well, so no real pressure to change things.

Have a good time .. keep going with RmFX ;-)

Guenter

[nat...@gmx.de]

Hi Guenter

Thanks for your explainations.

The fantastic thing for me about RmFX is that I can create a reminder from within Firefox so easily and with the URL automatically attached. I guess this won't be possible with the TB-RmFX Add-on, right?

Thanks
Natraj

[gne...@web.de]

Hi Natraj,

if you use the "Add reminder to Reminderfox" which is available on the FX context menu you create a new reminder with the url directly added to the RmFX URL box.
(Yes, I also use that to collect interesting pages and create an event or add it to "Todo's").

That "feature" will not be that easy with RmFX/TB. On that installation you have the same menu item, but the reminder will be created for the message you have opened.
No question you could add an url-string also with creating a reminder on RmFX/TB ... but that needs some more click and initially you need to copy the the url on FX. (A Drag&drop would be the solution, but that's not implemented, sorry).

Guenter

[terence....@gmail.com]

Oh no. Just upgraded to Windows 10 and been struggling to find a replacement to Mini-Minder. ReminderFox has all the functionality and more, plus is easy to use for a non techy like me. So thank you to ReminderFox team. Sorry I couldn't use it for more than a month. No more donations from me!

[John]

Is there a way to sync the reminders after already upgrading to the new Firefox? Obviously I can no longer go in the program and sync them, as the add-on is now disabled. Perhaps something in the file system I can open, even if it means doing it manually?

[Joyce]

On Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at 11:19:21 AM UTC-6, John wrote:
> Is there a way to sync the reminders after already upgrading to the new Firefox? Obviously I can no longer go in the program and sync them, as the add-on is now disabled. Perhaps something in the file system I can open, even if it means doing it manually?

I would also like to know the answer to this question. I did not realize that Firefox Reminders was going away before I upgraded my Firefox.

[town...@gmail.com]

Very sorry RF is going. I've only used it for a year but it was great.

[pau...@rugby.vg]

Hi Tom,

Reminderfox has been a fantastic add-on to Firefox, great shame that Firefox 57 has now destroyed that :(

Reminderfox still runs under Thunderbird 54 so I have just copied across the .ics file to carry on running.  No doubt it will stop running in future versions of Thunderbird but for now it gives a little breathing space to find an alternative calendar.

Thanks for all your hard work.

Cheers,

Paul

[gingerpi...@gmail.com]

On Sunday, January 1, 2017 at 2:09:13 PM UTC-5, Tom Mutdosch wrote:
> Happy New Year to all!
>
> I wanted to take a minute talk a bit about the future plans of Firefox addons. At the end of 2017 starting with Firefox 57, Mozilla plans to discontinue support for addons that use their native UI components, and will only allow newer addons developed as WebExtensions (HTML5).  This affects many addons, ReminderFox included. https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2016/11/23/add-ons-in-2017/
>
> This means that unless the add-on authors rewrite their addons from scratch using the new APIs, Firefox will no longer allow the add-on to be used. (Note that this only affects Firefox; the Mozilla Thunderbird email client will continue to work with existing addons.)
> What this means for current ReminderFox users on Firefox?  We have no plans to rewrite ReminderFox. The codebase is quite complex and very UI dependent, so most of it would need to be rewritten entirely. As this is a passion project done in our spare time, we don't have the time currently to do a complete rewrite. 
> So by the end of 2017 with the release of Firefox 57 (currently scheduled for end of November, early December 2017), you’ll likely want to switch over to another calendar/reminder system. You can transfer your reminders and events easily to another calendar. (I am personally planning to probably just use Google Calendar exclusively at that point). See below for details of how to export reminders. (*)
>
> We have enjoyed working on this project and collaborating with the ReminderFox community over these last 12 (!!!) years. We’ll continue to keep the project updated for as long as Mozilla still allows these native addons (through the end of 2017 for Firefox, and indefinitely for Thunderbird). We just want to thank all of our users for your support and love over the years! My favorite part of working on this project is how involved (and super-nice!) the user community is. So many great discussions, helpful tips for new users, and lots of contributions and suggestions that improved ReminderFox throughout the years. Special shout-out to super-members Paul and Colin for ALL your support! It truly has been a wonderful experience.
>
>
> Thank you all from the whole ReminderFox team!
>
>
> Tom, Dan, and Guenter

> How to print out my list.  In The instructions it says to see print,I cannot find a print on my version.

[zee]

Thanks RF team and best of luck in the future.

[cuzn...@gmail.com]

I only wished you had indicated/warned us of the deletion of Reminderfox as part of the upgrade (?) in order to have made some contingency plans. There is all sorts of panick going on here at the loss of data . I will now have warn friends to whom I have recommended FF that this now part of the deal. A really poor show.  

[gNeandr]

On 16.11.2017 16:18, cuzn...@gmail.com wrote:
> I only wished you had indicated/warned us of the deletion of Reminderfox as part of the upgrade (?) in order to have made some contingency plans. There is all sorts of panick going on here at the loss of data . I will now have warn friends to whom I have recommended FF that this now part of the deal. A really poor show.

Sorry about the inconvenience, but starting with Jan.2017 we posted a
very clear statement in our Forum to describe the situation and problems
coming up. And the main part of this "really poor show" (as you name it)
isn't our share.
Please bear in mind you have the chance for an ongoing experience with
Reminderfox going with Thunderbird just to name one route.

Günter
Reminderfox Team

[CS]

If I've already updated to FF57, is there any way to migrate the reminders that I had in Firefox to Thunderbird?

Thanks for all your hard work!

[L...@wonderpuppy.net]

What Mozilla has done is a crime. I have been ridiculously dependent on ReminderFox for years now. Its usefulness and simplicity is unsurpassed. I am so very sorry to see it disabled Firefox. Running it on Tbird isn't nearly as convenient for me so I'm not sure what I'll do yet, other than avoid FF 57 like the plague for now. Thanks for all your hard work for so long!!

[wh...@att.net]

On Thursday, November 16, 2017 at 11:04:17 PM UTC-5, CS wrote:
> If I've already updated to FF57, is there any way to migrate the reminders that I had in Firefox to Thunderbird?
>
> Thanks for all your hard work!

They might be in Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\vb007v2r.default\reminderfox as the reminderfox.ics file. I posted a question elswhere and am waiting for a reply.

Can someone more knowledgeable post here if that is correct?

[Paul Swain]

CS wrote on 17/11/2017 1:23 PM:

If I've already updated to FF57, is there any way to migrate the reminders that I had in Firefox to Thunderbird? 

Hi!

This is pretty easy.

First, find the reminderfox.ics file in your Firefox profile.  If you're not sure where your Firefox profile is, put about:profiles in the URL bar, this will show you where your current profile is.

Then, once you've installed ReminderFox in Thunderbird, you can use the import function in the ReminderFox options to import the reminderfox.ics file - see http://www.reminderfox.org/optionsdialog/#data

For the future, it's worth regularly backing up the reminderfox.ics file.  If you don't have a regular back up process, you could set a reminder in ReminderFox to remind you to do this. :-)  The back up function in ReminderFox is explained at http://www.reminderfox.org/optionsdialog/#backup


Paul
 

[citi...@gmail.com]

On Thursday, November 16, 2017 at 10:04:20 PM UTC-6, L...@wonderpuppy.net wrote:
> What Mozilla has done is a crime. I have been ridiculously dependent on ReminderFox for years now. Its usefulness and simplicity is unsurpassed. I am so very sorry to see it disabled Firefox. Running it on Tbird isn't nearly as convenient for me so I'm not sure what I'll do yet, other than avoid FF 57 like the plague for now. Thanks for all your hard work for so long!!

Hello. How can you "avoid" FF 57 at all? Mine got upgraded automatically. Is there a way to downgrade it? Or download a previous version from somewhere and then prevent it from being upgraded? I have not been following this group, and got this nasty surprise this morning: no RF! Thanks a lot.

[utera...@gmail.com]

>
> I only wished you had indicated/warned us of the deletion of Reminderfox as part of the upgrade (?) in order to have made some contingency plans. There is all sorts of panick going on here at the loss of data . I will now have warn friends to whom I have recommended FF that this now part of the deal. A really poor show.

Same here!!!! I wish they gave us some warning they would stop supporting Reminderfox. I relied on Reminderfox as well.

[Dan Lee]

Hello

Starting with Firefox Quantum (version 57), Mozilla is ditching the old addon framework (which they call “Legacy addons”) and only supporting addons using a new web-based framework.

Unfortunately long-story short: as this is a passion side-project, we do not have the time and resources to do a complete rewrite of ReminderFox to make it work with the new framework at this time.  Please see this thread for further background:  https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/reminderfox/ZX3Hsm3R1jU/MU0S50LhEAAJ

What can you do?

1) One option is to install Firefox ESR (Extended Service Release) which will continue to work with legacy addons into next year.   https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/?q=English%20(US)

You could run that and continue to run ReminderFox, but even then it will only be a short-term solution.  You could at least print out your ReminderFox reminders or export them to ICS format which allows you to import into another calendar app (MS Outlook, Google calendar, et c.).  

You can also run Pale Moon (a version of Firefox which supports legacy addons) or Mozilla Thunderbird mail client, where ReminderFox will continue to run.

2) Grab your reminder data (it should not be lost, even though ReminderFox is not showing in the latest Firefox), and import it into another calendar or reminder app. 

If you just want to get ahold of your reminder data to import into another program, you can find it as part of your user profile directory. For example, on Windows7:

c:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\{someRandomNumber}.default\reminderfox\reminderfox.ics

3) Find another alternative add-on that runs on current Firefox Quantum and has the capabilities that you need.

One example is: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/reminders/

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?? no user comment

[pandora...@gmail.com]

I was really unhappy that you are not on Firefox.... however, I just discovered I can add you to my Thunderbird, so I am a reasonably happy camper again.

[rperdo...@gmail.com]

On Sunday, January 1, 2017 at 2:09:13 PM UTC-5, Tom Mutdosch wrote:
> Happy New Year to all!
>
> I wanted to take a minute talk a bit about the future plans of Firefox addons. At the end of 2017 starting with Firefox 57, Mozilla plans to discontinue support for addons that use their native UI components, and will only allow newer addons developed as WebExtensions (HTML5).  This affects many addons, ReminderFox included. https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2016/11/23/add-ons-in-2017/
>
> This means that unless the add-on authors rewrite their addons from scratch using the new APIs, Firefox will no longer allow the add-on to be used. (Note that this only affects Firefox; the Mozilla Thunderbird email client will continue to work with existing addons.)
> What this means for current ReminderFox users on Firefox?  We have no plans to rewrite ReminderFox. The codebase is quite complex and very UI dependent, so most of it would need to be rewritten entirely. As this is a passion project done in our spare time, we don't have the time currently to do a complete rewrite. 
> So by the end of 2017 with the release of Firefox 57 (currently scheduled for end of November, early December 2017), you’ll likely want to switch over to another calendar/reminder system. You can transfer your reminders and events easily to another calendar. (I am personally planning to probably just use Google Calendar exclusively at that point). See below for details of how to export reminders. (*)
>
> We have enjoyed working on this project and collaborating with the ReminderFox community over these last 12 (!!!) years. We’ll continue to keep the project updated for as long as Mozilla still allows these native addons (through the end of 2017 for Firefox, and indefinitely for Thunderbird). We just want to thank all of our users for your support and love over the years! My favorite part of working on this project is how involved (and super-nice!) the user community is. So many great discussions, helpful tips for new users, and lots of contributions and suggestions that improved ReminderFox throughout the years. Special shout-out to super-members Paul and Colin for ALL your support! It truly has been a wonderful experience.
>
>
> Thank you all from the whole ReminderFox team!
>
>
> Tom, Dan, and Guenter
>
>

> (*) You can transfer reminders in several ways:
> 1) You can sync your current reminders with a remote calendar service, such as Google Calendar:  http://www.reminderfox.org/remote-calendar-n/ 
> 2) You can also export your calendar file and import into another calendar (like Outlook or Mozilla Lightning: http://www.reminderfox.org/documentation-user-guide-sharing-reminders/

If FF already updated how can I get to RF to get my TO-DOS to import to another calendar?

[Dan Lee]

Hello

If you want to get ahold of your reminder data to import into another program, you can find it as part of your user profile directory. For example, on Windows7:

c:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\{someRandomNumber}.default\reminderfox\reminderfox.ics

The 'reminderfox.ics' file has your data in it, and calendar programs usually have a way to import the .ics file.

Dan

[lou...@gmail.com]

ReminderFox is one of the tools that kept me organized and sane thru these years - have also turned a few people on it the system as well,

The RF Team has been a real partner, and friend in their professional manner and sense of humor.

Tomorrow begins my search for another system - the bar has been risen!

Wish you all the best

[tgsh...@gmail.com]

On Sunday, January 1, 2017 at 2:09:13 PM UTC-5, Tom Mutdosch wrote:
> Happy New Year to all!
>
> I wanted to take a minute talk a bit about the future plans of Firefox addons. At the end of 2017 starting with Firefox 57, Mozilla plans to discontinue support for addons that use their native UI components, and will only allow newer addons developed as WebExtensions (HTML5).  This affects many addons, ReminderFox included. https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2016/11/23/add-ons-in-2017/
>
> This means that unless the add-on authors rewrite their addons from scratch using the new APIs, Firefox will no longer allow the add-on to be used. (Note that this only affects Firefox; the Mozilla Thunderbird email client will continue to work with existing addons.)
> What this means for current ReminderFox users on Firefox?  We have no plans to rewrite ReminderFox. The codebase is quite complex and very UI dependent, so most of it would need to be rewritten entirely. As this is a passion project done in our spare time, we don't have the time currently to do a complete rewrite. 
> So by the end of 2017 with the release of Firefox 57 (currently scheduled for end of November, early December 2017), you’ll likely want to switch over to another calendar/reminder system. You can transfer your reminders and events easily to another calendar. (I am personally planning to probably just use Google Calendar exclusively at that point). See below for details of how to export reminders. (*)
>
> We have enjoyed working on this project and collaborating with the ReminderFox community over these last 12 (!!!) years. We’ll continue to keep the project updated for as long as Mozilla still allows these native addons (through the end of 2017 for Firefox, and indefinitely for Thunderbird). We just want to thank all of our users for your support and love over the years! My favorite part of working on this project is how involved (and super-nice!) the user community is. So many great discussions, helpful tips for new users, and lots of contributions and suggestions that improved ReminderFox throughout the years. Special shout-out to super-members Paul and Colin for ALL your support! It truly has been a wonderful experience.
>
>
> Thank you all from the whole ReminderFox team!
>
>
> Tom, Dan, and Guenter
>
>
> (*) You can transfer reminders in several ways:
> 1) You can sync your current reminders with a remote calendar service, such as Google Calendar:  http://www.reminderfox.org/remote-calendar-n/ 
> 2) You can also export your calendar file and import into another calendar (like Outlook or Mozilla Lightning: http://www.reminderfox.org/documentation-user-guide-sharing-reminders/

What a RUDE Awakening this morning (11/19/17). That FF was going to have a MAJOR release was complete News to me - and I have been using FF since the beginning. That FF was going to throw out RF was a cold shower. I have built my life around RF not sure that any of the "alternatives" will suffice.

Tom, Dan, and Guenter, thank you for saving me from worry and hundreds in 'Late Payment Fees' over several years!

[Colin Law]

If you install firefox-esr then reminderfox should work as long as the
current esr is supported, which is around another 6 months I think.

Colin

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[Jean-Michel Meyer]

Hello, I moved to Waterfox for the moment https://www.waterfoxproject.org/ and ReminderFox woks with it.

[Colin Law]

On 20 November 2017 at 15:30, Jean-Michel Meyer <lia...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, I moved to Waterfox for the moment https://www.waterfoxproject.org/
> and ReminderFox woks with it.

Is that only for the Mac? It does not say that but only has download
for the Mac.

Colin

[Rolf Pedersen]

https://www.waterfoxproject.org/downloads

I've got it installed and briefly tested with RF on Mageia 6 linux but
not using it as still using Seamonkey and not caring to complicate
things any more, ATM. ;)

Rolf

[Terry Carter]

Thanks Jean-Michel. Installed Waterfox, added RF and it automatically transferred my reminders across from Firefox. Bit confused now. Should I be using Seamonkey instead?

 

Terry

 

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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[Jean-Michel MEYER]

There is a Windows version ;-) It’s this version I use
https://www.waterfoxproject.org/downloads

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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 15:39:32 +0000
Subject: Re: [reminderfox] Re: The future of ReminderFox and Firefox addons

[proje...@googlemail.com]

Am Sonntag, 1. Januar 2017 20:09:13 UTC+1 schrieb Tom Mutdosch:
> Happy New Year to all!
>
> I wanted to take a minute talk a bit about the future plans of Firefox addons. At the end of 2017 starting with Firefox 57, Mozilla plans to discontinue support for addons that use their native UI components, and will only allow newer addons developed as WebExtensions (HTML5).  This affects many addons, ReminderFox included. https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2016/11/23/add-ons-in-2017/
>
> This means that unless the add-on authors rewrite their addons from scratch using the new APIs, Firefox will no longer allow the add-on to be used. (Note that this only affects Firefox; the Mozilla Thunderbird email client will continue to work with existing addons.)
> What this means for current ReminderFox users on Firefox?  We have no plans to rewrite ReminderFox. The codebase is quite complex and very UI dependent, so most of it would need to be rewritten entirely. As this is a passion project done in our spare time, we don't have the time currently to do a complete rewrite. 
> So by the end of 2017 with the release of Firefox 57 (currently scheduled for end of November, early December 2017), you’ll likely want to switch over to another calendar/reminder system. You can transfer your reminders and events easily to another calendar. (I am personally planning to probably just use Google Calendar exclusively at that point). See below for details of how to export reminders. (*)
>
> We have enjoyed working on this project and collaborating with the ReminderFox community over these last 12 (!!!) years. We’ll continue to keep the project updated for as long as Mozilla still allows these native addons (through the end of 2017 for Firefox, and indefinitely for Thunderbird). We just want to thank all of our users for your support and love over the years! My favorite part of working on this project is how involved (and super-nice!) the user community is. So many great discussions, helpful tips for new users, and lots of contributions and suggestions that improved ReminderFox throughout the years. Special shout-out to super-members Paul and Colin for ALL your support! It truly has been a wonderful experience.
>
>
> Thank you all from the whole ReminderFox team!
>
>
> Tom, Dan, and Guenter
>
>
> (*) You can transfer reminders in several ways:
> 1) You can sync your current reminders with a remote calendar service, such as Google Calendar:  http://www.reminderfox.org/remote-calendar-n/ 
> 2) You can also export your calendar file and import into another calendar (like Outlook or Mozilla Lightning: http://www.reminderfox.org/documentation-user-guide-sharing-reminders/

#
unfortunately both methods don't work with google calendar. It is not possible to post the response code from google. fortunately it still works in thunderbird.

[leor...@gmail.com]

This is really sad that Reminder Fox is no more going to be available within Firefox 57. Never got this understanding earlier as well. Would want to thank Tom, Dan, and Guenter for Reminder Fox. It was one great addon which helped me a lot. No idea, which service can help me like Reminder fox did.

[alexande...@gmail.com]

On Sunday, January 1, 2017 at 2:09:13 PM UTC-5, Tom Mutdosch wrote:
> Happy New Year to all!
>
> I wanted to take a minute talk a bit about the future plans of Firefox addons. At the end of 2017 starting with Firefox 57, Mozilla plans to discontinue support for addons that use their native UI components, and will only allow newer addons developed as WebExtensions (HTML5).  This affects many addons, ReminderFox included. https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2016/11/23/add-ons-in-2017/
>
> This means that unless the add-on authors rewrite their addons from scratch using the new APIs, Firefox will no longer allow the add-on to be used. (Note that this only affects Firefox; the Mozilla Thunderbird email client will continue to work with existing addons.)
> What this means for current ReminderFox users on Firefox?  We have no plans to rewrite ReminderFox. The codebase is quite complex and very UI dependent, so most of it would need to be rewritten entirely. As this is a passion project done in our spare time, we don't have the time currently to do a complete rewrite. 
> So by the end of 2017 with the release of Firefox 57 (currently scheduled for end of November, early December 2017), you’ll likely want to switch over to another calendar/reminder system. You can transfer your reminders and events easily to another calendar. (I am personally planning to probably just use Google Calendar exclusively at that point). See below for details of how to export reminders. (*)
>
> We have enjoyed working on this project and collaborating with the ReminderFox community over these last 12 (!!!) years. We’ll continue to keep the project updated for as long as Mozilla still allows these native addons (through the end of 2017 for Firefox, and indefinitely for Thunderbird). We just want to thank all of our users for your support and love over the years! My favorite part of working on this project is how involved (and super-nice!) the user community is. So many great discussions, helpful tips for new users, and lots of contributions and suggestions that improved ReminderFox throughout the years. Special shout-out to super-members Paul and Colin for ALL your support! It truly has been a wonderful experience.
>
>
> Thank you all from the whole ReminderFox team!
>
>
> Tom, Dan, and Guenter
>
>
> (*) You can transfer reminders in several ways:
> 1) You can sync your current reminders with a remote calendar service, such as Google Calendar:  http://www.reminderfox.org/remote-calendar-n/ 
> 2) You can also export your calendar file and import into another calendar (like Outlook or Mozilla Lightning: http://www.reminderfox.org/documentation-user-guide-sharing-reminders/

Here's my (temporary) solution. Along with FF57 I've installed Thunderbird with a Reminderfox extension. Imported the RF .ics files and reduced the Thunderbird window to a minimum. It sits along side FF and all my reminders are active. It uses only about 250mb of memory. Not an elegant but it works.

[Jean-Michel MEYER]

Well, use the one you like?:-) It’s your choice.

Jean-Michel MEYER, dit Li-An (merci de ne pas utiliser cette adresse email
pour m’envoyer de message à caractère politique ou sociétal)

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[a_...@web.de]

ReminderFox belongs to the add-ons of the "old type" as they are marked in FF56 I will go on using still for a while. When I learned on the hard way the meaning of the mark "old add-on type" which decorates since months most of my chosen extensions, since FF had automatically updated to V57, I switched off the autoupdate function as a first step.
From https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/56.0.2/ I downloaded then the latest version supporting the old add-on type for Windows and installed it. So I will continue on using ReminderFox under Windows. :-)
Those who are more experienced under Linux than me will be able to do so for the Linux version, too.
Thank you for your useful and handy FF extension you had provided with ReminderFox.

[artde...@gmail.com]

I wanted to join with the others and thank you for all the work you have done with RF. It is an awesome add-on and I depend on it daily. I also join with others who mentioned allowing it to work with Pale Moon browser. I installed your add-on to the Pale Moon browser and restored my backup. It appears to be working just fine. I truly like the fact that it is simple but covers all the bases in keeping a calendar. Thanks again...

[pren...@gmail.com]

Well since I liked Reminder Fox more than Fire Fox I will stop using Firefox

[nobody...@gmail.com]

Is the current source code for ReminderFox Open Sourced? Saw what looked like older code on mozdev. If the the source code was freely available, maybe some one/people could make a quantum version. This is such a great piece of work that it seems such a shame for it to slink off into the shadows without a fight!
Thanks for all of your great work!
Robby in NC

[lady...@gmail.com]

PLEASE HELP Distressed Lady Recovering from Brain Fracture Get REMINDERFOX Back

Hallo Tom, Dan, and Guenter,

PLEASE HELP a distressed lady recovering from a fractured brain, who lost her memory for nearly a year and all her tech savvy.. I am very ill and confused.

I desperately needed REMINDERFOX for many things every day, because of my damaged memory. I have read every reply and the live links within trying to get my REMINDERFOX back
without success, I just dont understand. I also do not understand the instructions of how to move my REMINDERFOX to something else to make it work again.

But if it does will it mean I get all my reminders back. They are my lifeline on what I have to do every day. I and my damaged memory will never get fully better again, so I need you to explain it to me in a VERY SIMPLE way

I have always used FFox and have donated more than once to them and to you guys for REMINDERFOX over the years

I sincerely hope you can help me...

Sorry to take your time and thank you

Barbara

[John Skelton]

Can anyone tell me how I can UNSUBSCRIBE to these ReminderFox emails?  Months ago I somehow signed up to receive information about the future problems concerning ReminderFox, but I no longer want additional information.  I forget how I signed up, and I don't know how to stop them - HELP!

Thanks.

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[Colin Law]

Go the the Visit This Group link which is at the bottom of every page
and you can unsubscribe there.

Colin

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[Tom Mutdosch]

Hi there,

Thanks for asking. Yes it is open-sourced.  The latest source is hosted on GitHub.

https://github.com/tommut/reminderfox

I think much of the logic could be preserved; it's really the pieces touching the UI and some of the scaffolding bits that would need rewritten for Quantum.  I don't mean to make light of it however; it would still be a pretty big undertaking I think.

Thanks,

Tom in NC

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[LOU PIOMBINO]

Thank you ReminderFox Team - said before how much I will miss your application!! I've tried looking for a replacement and gave up - will review Google calendar but from what I remember it is very limited but appreciate letting me know your intension.

All the best!!
Lou

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[Terry Carter]

 

 

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

 

From: Terry Carter
Sent: 28 November 2017 17:15
To: lady...@gmail.com
Subject: RE: [reminderfox] Re: The future of ReminderFox and Firefox addons

 

Barbara,

 

I’m not tech savvy at all.

 

I saw that Waterfox was mentioned as a browser that supported Reminderfox.

 

I downloaded Waterfox (which look and acts like old Firefox). During the install phase there is the option to select a browser to copy your settings from (I think that Firefox was the default but not sure). I selected copy my settings from Firefox. Waterfox installed correctly and all my ReminderFox reminders were there.

 

I had to reinstall Reminderfox in Addons because it was marked as disabled.

 

Worth a try and I hope it works as well for you as it did for me.

 

Terry

 

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

 

From: lady...@gmail.com
Sent: 28 November 2017 15:05
To: ReminderFox
Subject: [reminderfox] Re: The future of ReminderFox and Firefox addons

 

On Sunday, 1 January 2017 19:09:13 UTC, Tom Mutdosch  wrote:

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[fergus...@gmail.com]

[fergus...@gmail.com]

A total mess - have many,many reminders in Reminder Fox, which are no longer active, due to unwanted update of Firefox. Can I revert to old firefox and restore them?

[Colin Law]

As has been discussed at length in this thread and others there are
several alternatives - Firefox-esr, Pale Moon, another browser
alternative that I can't remember the name of, Thunderbird and other
calendar apps that are compatible with the data format used by
Reminderfox.

Colin

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[Terry Carter]

From: Terry Carter
Sent: 01 December 2017 11:06
To: Ladybbird Can
Subject: Re: FW: [reminderfox] Re: The future of ReminderFox and Firefoxaddons

 

I didn't uninstall Reminderfox. I just went to Addons in Waterfox and added Reminderfox. It installed itself and I was delighted to find all my reminders were there. Hope it works for you.

Terry

 

On 1 Dec 2017 08:51, "Ladybbird Can" <lady...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks so much for helping me Terry, I downloaded Waterfox but Reminderfox was still disabled. Do you mean I have to first remove Reminderfox then reinstall it in Add-ons to get all my reminders back ?

 

Barbara

[lady...@gmail.com]

OM Good Lord above.. I rebooted and when I opened Waterfox again, my REMINDERFOX and my reminders were there...YAHOOOOOO... You are my hero Terry & I can never thank you enough.

Before you solved this for me in such a simple way I suffered another angina attack (connected to the accident when I fractured my skull), as I simply couldnt remember what I had to do each day and it really worried and distressed me a lot.
I couldnt understand all the tech stuff folk were posting to resolve it, but YOU solved it for me

You really are superb....

Barbara xxxxxxxxxxxx aka Ladybbird on here & on Skype....

[lady...@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, 29 November 2017 11:34:21 UTC, Terry Carter wrote:
>  
>  

[andrewke...@gmail.com]

On Sunday, January 1, 2017 at 1:09:13 PM UTC-6, Tom Mutdosch wrote:
> Happy New Year to all!
>
> I wanted to take a minute talk a bit about the future plans of Firefox addons. At the end of 2017 starting with Firefox 57, Mozilla plans to discontinue support for addons that use their native UI components, and will only allow newer addons developed as WebExtensions (HTML5).  This affects many addons, ReminderFox included. https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2016/11/23/add-ons-in-2017/
>
> This means that unless the add-on authors rewrite their addons from scratch using the new APIs, Firefox will no longer allow the add-on to be used. (Note that this only affects Firefox; the Mozilla Thunderbird email client will continue to work with existing addons.)
> What this means for current ReminderFox users on Firefox?  We have no plans to rewrite ReminderFox. The codebase is quite complex and very UI dependent, so most of it would need to be rewritten entirely. As this is a passion project done in our spare time, we don't have the time currently to do a complete rewrite. 
> So by the end of 2017 with the release of Firefox 57 (currently scheduled for end of November, early December 2017), you’ll likely want to switch over to another calendar/reminder system. You can transfer your reminders and events easily to another calendar. (I am personally planning to probably just use Google Calendar exclusively at that point). See below for details of how to export reminders. (*)
>
> We have enjoyed working on this project and collaborating with the ReminderFox community over these last 12 (!!!) years. We’ll continue to keep the project updated for as long as Mozilla still allows these native addons (through the end of 2017 for Firefox, and indefinitely for Thunderbird). We just want to thank all of our users for your support and love over the years! My favorite part of working on this project is how involved (and super-nice!) the user community is. So many great discussions, helpful tips for new users, and lots of contributions and suggestions that improved ReminderFox throughout the years. Special shout-out to super-members Paul and Colin for ALL your support! It truly has been a wonderful experience.
>
>
> Thank you all from the whole ReminderFox team!
>
>
> Tom, Dan, and Guenter
>
>
> (*) You can transfer reminders in several ways:
> 1) You can sync your current reminders with a remote calendar service, such as Google Calendar:  http://www.reminderfox.org/remote-calendar-n/ 
> 2) You can also export your calendar file and import into another calendar (like Outlook or Mozilla Lightning: http://www.reminderfox.org/documentation-user-guide-sharing-reminders/

Reminder Fox still works with Seamonkey.

Andy

[mj_je...@yahoo.com]

Please post a note regarding the Waterfox option on your main page and info pages.

[doem...@gmail.com]

Hi, I kept the old version of firefox so i could keep reminder fox. Firefox keeps crashing< so I downloaded Thunderbird calendar And Reminder fox there. I imported the backup files to Thunderbird.All the reminders imported for January and February 2018. After that, there are very few reminders for March thru the end of the year. I tried adding all the reminder again to see if they would go until the end of the year.  It does not work they all end in February and do not carry one to the end of the year. I love your program, but I'm lost as to how to fix this problem.  Any help would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely
Dominick

[lou...@gmail.com]

On Sunday, January 7, 2018 at 9:28:22 AM UTC-5, DOE of Malibu wrote:

Bit the bullet and just installed Waterfox (didn't like what some were saying about Pale Moon's slight lack of security).  EVERYTHING WENT GREAT - WFox loaded Reminderfox automatically and I now have my reminders back after not being able to use these last few weeks!!

Give it a try.... so easy....

[clas...@gmail.com]

To the developers: thank you! for all your work providing a terrific, intuitive, useful and FUN extension program.. I have loved using Reminder Fox for years. Your efforts were and are much appreciated.

ATTNETION: FOR ALL THE NON-TECHNICALLY minded FF users looking for an easy, (albeit temporary) solution to retrieve your missing/disappeared Reminder Fox items after you updated to Firefox 57: I had success using the following simple "System Restore" process in Windows 7. PLEASE BE AWARE however that using System Restore can cancel the update/s of other programs you have routinely or automatically updated in Windows since your update to Firefox 57 occured.

Here's the process for Windows 7: Go to control panel, click System; click System Protection in the upper left corner.

Click System Restore. Most Windows users will have automatic, system generated "automatic restore points" as well as other restore points from the updates listed in the dialog box. Furthermore, you can click the box that says "show more restore points" to see any additional earlier restore points still listed and available in Windows.

If you know spproximate date you updated to Firefox 57 & "lost" your Reminder Fox items, you may find a restore point which precedes that date.

You can then proceed to restore your computer to that earlier restore point date and Firefox will "revert" to its earlier FF 56 version (before the FF 57 update) in which Reminder Fox still works. Your Reminder Fox items will be available for use with entries intact (AS LONG AS YOU DON'T RE-UPDATE TO FIREFOX 57).

You will ALSO need to at least temporarily turn off your automatic updateS of the Firefox browser.

You will then need to BE SURE TO RE-UPDATE ALL YOUR OTHER regular WINDOWS UPDATES such as security patches, etc. Just don't update your Firefox browser and you will be able to use ReminderFox in the previous Firefox 56 version, AT LEAST TEMPORARILy. You can research a new calendar program meantime.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU CAN RETRIEVE YOUR existing Reminder Fox items by doing simple screen captures, so you'll then have a record of what's upcoming if you find it too dificult to do the firefox profiles.ics transfer, etc.

I've been using my "old" REMINDER FOX in Firefox 56 for about the past eight weeks since performing a System Restore to "get rid of" the Firefox 57 version on my Windows 7 PC and Reminder Fox is working fine. Plus I was able to retrieve all of my Reminder Fox items past for 2017 and future for 2018 by screen-captures and saved them to a simple word document.

Though it's a bit of a hassle and labor intensive, it works, and it's far better than losing all your essential future reminders.

Though I still have to find a new calendar program, I'm very glad that I did NOT permantently lose all the upcoming reminders I had in my Reminder Fox after the extension was disabled in FF 57.

[Colin Law]

Note that it is risky to use an old version of a browser as it will
not have all the security updates and may leave your system open to
attack. Have a look at Waterfox, it is based on Firefox but will
continue to support the old-style extensions and does get security
updates. it will automatically import your reminders from Firefox.

Colin

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[aongh...@gmail.com]

On Sunday, January 1, 2017 at 9:09:13 PM UTC+2, Tom Mutdosch wrote:
> Happy New Year to all!
>
> I wanted to take a minute talk a bit about the future plans of Firefox addons. At the end of 2017 starting with Firefox 57, Mozilla plans to discontinue support for addons that use their native UI components, and will only allow newer addons developed as WebExtensions (HTML5).  This affects many addons, ReminderFox included. https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2016/11/23/add-ons-in-2017/
>
> This means that unless the add-on authors rewrite their addons from scratch using the new APIs, Firefox will no longer allow the add-on to be used. (Note that this only affects Firefox; the Mozilla Thunderbird email client will continue to work with existing addons.)
> What this means for current ReminderFox users on Firefox?  We have no plans to rewrite ReminderFox. The codebase is quite complex and very UI dependent, so most of it would need to be rewritten entirely. As this is a passion project done in our spare time, we don't have the time currently to do a complete rewrite. 
> So by the end of 2017 with the release of Firefox 57 (currently scheduled for end of November, early December 2017), you’ll likely want to switch over to another calendar/reminder system. You can transfer your reminders and events easily to another calendar. (I am personally planning to probably just use Google Calendar exclusively at that point). See below for details of how to export reminders. (*)
>
> We have enjoyed working on this project and collaborating with the ReminderFox community over these last 12 (!!!) years. We’ll continue to keep the project updated for as long as Mozilla still allows these native addons (through the end of 2017 for Firefox, and indefinitely for Thunderbird). We just want to thank all of our users for your support and love over the years! My favorite part of working on this project is how involved (and super-nice!) the user community is. So many great discussions, helpful tips for new users, and lots of contributions and suggestions that improved ReminderFox throughout the years. Special shout-out to super-members Paul and Colin for ALL your support! It truly has been a wonderful experience.
>
>
> Thank you all from the whole ReminderFox team!
>
>
> Tom, Dan, and Guenter
>
>
> (*) You can transfer reminders in several ways:
> 1) You can sync your current reminders with a remote calendar service, such as Google Calendar:  http://www.reminderfox.org/remote-calendar-n/ 
> 2) You can also export your calendar file and import into another calendar (like Outlook or Mozilla Lightning: http://www.reminderfox.org/documentation-user-guide-sharing-reminders/

Having spent three days trying to transfer my calender to another place, having always used Firefox - even sending you money - part of my pitiful disability pension, I STILL can not get your site anywhere.

I do hope you enjoy the few dollars I send you, thinking that I would get the site back but of course there is no site back - enjoy the few dollars - I really needed those but I guess you lot are not 76 year old severely disables, SO ENJOY THE FEW PENNIES I SENT YOU.

I am even more disgusted that you did not have the courtesy to inform us and are STILL asking for money without providing service.

And like an idiot I send you more money this morning hoping the site back.

Are you all now laughing all the way to the bank? LEAVING AN OLD WOMAN WITH NO FOOD AND A SICKLY DOG? You disgust me.

[Guenter]

Hello dear Lady,

sounds there is a little frustration, and I'm sorry about that.

Think we started Reminderfox some when back 14 years ago, always improving the app and supporting our users. For sure we are not able to have followed all requests, but I think we have got good (to excellent) responses/feedback. This is also because other users have contributed to this forum and I see there are only very few 'un-answered' or 'un-solved'  requests/questions.

And it's not only true for the past, after the big technical move of Mozilla away from their legacy technology we are working hard to get the next Reminderfox release ready which will support Firefox up to version 56 and continue to support Thunderbird (right now up to the Nightly version60).

So I'm very much surprised to hear you run into problems and didn't got a satisfying solution. I just checked your (email) name with the forum records and didn't found a match. Is it the first time you post to our Forum? If yes, here is my/our 'Welcome'. Please let's know what your current problem is (sorry, I can't understand it from your today's post (see below)).

Looking forward for your reply.

Günter
Reminderfox Team

On 06.02.18 21:02, aongh...@gmail.com wrote:

On Sunday, January 1, 2017 at 9:09:13 PM UTC+2, Tom Mutdosch wrote:

Happy New Year to all!

... 

Thank you all from the whole ReminderFox team!

Tom, Dan, and Guenter

(*) You can transfer reminders in several ways:
1) You can sync your current reminders with a remote calendar service, such as Google Calendar:  http://www.reminderfox.org/remote-calendar-n/ 
2) You can also export your calendar file and import into another calendar (like Outlook or Mozilla Lightning: http://www.reminderfox.org/documentation-user-guide-sharing-reminders/

[addre...@gmail.com]

On Sunday, January 1, 2017 at 2:09:13 PM UTC-5, Tom Mutdosch wrote:
> Happy New Year to all!
>

> I wanted to take a minute talk a bit about the future plans of Firefox addons. At the end of 2017 starting with Firefox 57, Mozilla plans to discontinue support for addons that use their native UI components, and will only allow newer addons developed as WebExtensions (HTML5).  This affects many addons, ReminderFox included. https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2016/11/23/add-ons-in-2017/
>
> This means that unless the add-on authors rewrite their addons from scratch using the new APIs, Firefox will no longer allow the add-on to be used. (Note that this only affects Firefox; the Mozilla Thunderbird email client will continue to work with existing addons.)
> What this means for current ReminderFox users on Firefox?  We have no plans to rewrite ReminderFox. The codebase is quite complex and very UI dependent, so most of it would need to be rewritten entirely. As this is a passion project done in our spare time, we don't have the time currently to do a complete rewrite. 
> So by the end of 2017 with the release of Firefox 57 (currently scheduled for end of November, early December 2017), you’ll likely want to switch over to another calendar/reminder system. You can transfer your reminders and events easily to another calendar. (I am personally planning to probably just use Google Calendar exclusively at that point). See below for details of how to export reminders. (*)
>
> We have enjoyed working on this project and collaborating with the ReminderFox community over these last 12 (!!!) years. We’ll continue to keep the project updated for as long as Mozilla still allows these native addons (through the end of 2017 for Firefox, and indefinitely for Thunderbird). We just want to thank all of our users for your support and love over the years! My favorite part of working on this project is how involved (and super-nice!) the user community is. So many great discussions, helpful tips for new users, and lots of contributions and suggestions that improved ReminderFox throughout the years. Special shout-out to super-members Paul and Colin for ALL your support! It truly has been a wonderful experience.
>
>

> Thank you all from the whole ReminderFox team!
>
>
> Tom, Dan, and Guenter
>
>
> (*) You can transfer reminders in several ways:
> 1) You can sync your current reminders with a remote calendar service, such as Google Calendar:  http://www.reminderfox.org/remote-calendar-n/ 
> 2) You can also export your calendar file and import into another calendar (like Outlook or Mozilla Lightning: http://www.reminderfox.org/documentation-user-guide-sharing-reminders/

So often upgrades just cause problems. FoxReminders was sooo good. I can't figure out how to import my reminders to Outlook, I don't know where the Reminder file is.
Is it possible to have re-write Reminder so it is a stand alone program? The suggested alternatives are horrible. Anyway thanks for such a great program and wishing you future success. ~Richard

[Colin Law]

You have not said what you used to use with reminderfox. If it was
Firefox then Waterfox is a drop-in replacement and you will hardly
notice the difference. Install Waterfox and when you first run it it
will offer to import everything, including reminders, from FF.

Colin

[Colin Law]

On 12 February 2018 at 09:44, Juli Aonghais <aongh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Waterfox is for MAC - not Microsoft.

Please remember to reply to the list not just to the previous poster.
Reply All is what you want for most email clients.

Reminderfox is certainly not just for Mac. I do not use a Mac. See
https://www.waterfoxproject.org/downloads for downloads for Windows,
Mac, Linux and Android.

>
> None of the other suggestions work.

I think by that you mean that you could not get them to work, which is
not the same thing at all.

Colin

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[Juli Aonghais]

I apologise for my error in not replying to the list.  Regarding the other suggestions you are correct.  I could not get them to work.  Not even Google Calendar or Thunderbird.

I have also just tried to download Waterfox without success.

Unfortunately it appears that I am completely computer illiterate.

>> reminderfox+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.

[Colin Law]

On 12 February 2018 at 11:02, Juli Aonghais <aongh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I apologise for my error in not replying to the list. Regarding the other
> suggestions you are correct. I could not get them to work. Not even Google
> Calendar or Thunderbird.
>
> I have also just tried to download Waterfox without success.

Tell us what happened when you tried to download waterfox and no doubt
someone will be able to help. I presume you started by clicking on
the link that says Waterfox 56.0.4 setup. What happened then?

Colin

[Juli Aonghais]

I clicked on the link that says Waterfox 56.0.4 setup. A box came up saying it was a Binary File etc then said "Would you like to save this file?" - so I clicked on Save File, which is the usual thing I do for such files - but I cannot find it anywhere.  Not under Documents, not under Downloads.  I have gone through all the lists [also the thumbnails] and Waterfox is nowhere on my computer.

dDownloads, not under

[Thomas Sherer]

Waterfox definitely does work on Windows, as I have been using it successfully for a number of weeks now.

Julie, as you are probably aware, usually there is a specified Directory where 'Save File?' save. It is usually Downloads, however, can be different depending upon what was setup originally with the system. Try using Windows Explorer's search option of Today.

If not, the 'Save' may have failed. Try looking for a previous version in WaterFox's archive (or Google search), and attempting to download that one.

I downloaded a version prior to 56, it has auto-updated mine now to 56.0.4.1.

Tom

Tom

"If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy!"  - Proverb

[Juli Aonghais]

I finally managed to download Waterfox - have pinned it to the Start Bar, but when I try to do anything all I get is a page which says "Waterfox Start Page" with a blue icon in the centre of a blank page, with no instructions as to how to use the thing.

I have wasted so much time for absolutely nothing.  It is 7.58pm now and the coffee I made this morning is untouched and stone cold.  I have not had anything to eat either.

And all for an empty page with a blue icon in the middle..

There must be someway to use it, but how?   I will not use Windows Explorer - I have everything on Firefox - including this useless Waterfox with its blue icon.

[Colin Law]

On 12 February 2018 at 18:00, Juli Aonghais <aongh...@gmail.com> wrote:

I finally managed to download Waterfox - have pinned it to the Start Bar, but when I try to do anything all I get is a page which says "Waterfox Start Page" with a blue icon in the centre of a blank page, with no instructions as to how to use the thing.

I have wasted so much time for absolutely nothing.  It is 7.58pm now and the coffee I made this morning is untouched and stone cold.  I have not had anything to eat either.

And all for an empty page with a blue icon in the middle..

There must be someway to use it, but how?   I will not use Windows Explorer - I have everything on Firefox - including this useless Waterfox with its blue icon.

I presume you mean you will not use Internet Explorer, a sentiment with which I agree.

Assuming you have found the file waterfox...setup.exe then you shouldn't pin it anywhere, you need to double click the file or right click it and select run (or run as administrator possibly).  This is the normal technique for downloading and installing s/w on Windows.  That should then install it.

Colin

[Juli Aonghais]

Yes I did not mean Internet Explorer - everything is stored on File Explorer.  I finally gave up at midnight, and this morning tried once more according to your instructions, which again did not work.

I will not bother again.  I would like to be able to drink my coffee before it gets cold - which  is already almost cold, and would like to eat something today, so no way am I going to waste any more time messing about with Waterfox.  I can not do it.  All I get is that blue icon in the middle of a white page, with "Waterfox Start Page" on the top.

And that is totally useless. 

[Colin Law]

On 13 February 2018 at 09:46, Juli Aonghais <aongh...@gmail.com> wrote:

Yes I did not mean Internet Explorer - everything is stored on File Explorer.

Sorry, I have no idea what that sentence means.

 

  I finally gave up at midnight, and this morning tried once more according to your instructions, which again did not work.

I will not bother again.  I would like to be able to drink my coffee before it gets cold - which  is already almost cold, and would like to eat something today, so no way am I going to waste any more time messing about with Waterfox.  I can not do it.  All I get is that blue icon in the middle of a white page, with "Waterfox Start Page" on the top.

And that is totally useless. 

That is up to you obviously.  If you want to carry on so we can get to the bottom of this then I suggest posting a screenshot of what you are seeing. Otherwise all I can suggest is that you try and find someone locally who knows a little about computers to help you get waterfox installed.

Colin

 

[Juli Aonghais]

"File Explorer" is where Windows 10  keeps all files - that is what Windows 10 calls it so what else am I supposed to name it?

I live on a small agricultural Moshav where very few people speak English, let alone have computers, so the chances of finding someone locally who knows even a fraction about computers is less than nothing.  Most have smart phones [I do not] but that will not help.  I have followed your instructions word for word,  and if I can download other programs I do not know why I cannot download this one.

I got as far as the installation Wizard - followed that - and then it said to close Waterfox before it would finish the installation.  Great.  Close Waterfox and it is back to the beginning.  Again. I honestly do not think I can mess around any longer trying to get this program to work as it is driving me round the bend.

Only once did I have a minor problem with ReminderFox and Guenter very kindly helped me sort it out.  That was when I was using RF to keep important details about my epileptic dog.  He might remember that - I doubt many ReminderFox users also had an epileptic dog.. 

[Colin Law]

Having apparently installed it then Waterfox should appear in the start menu or whatever is the equivalent in Windows 10. Are you sure you are not trying to run the installer again instead of now starting Waterfox?

I am doing my best to help, but I have not used Windows for 10 years so it is not the easiest of tasks to help.  I have not encountered any other instance of people having problems installing Waterfox.  Note that I am nothing to do with Waterfox, I am just a bystander trying to help you get it going.

By the way, Windows does not keep it files in File Explorer. File Explorer is just one application that allows you to explore the files.

Colin

[Colin Law]

So it appears you have completed the install. Are you sure you are not then trying to run the installer again rather than running Waterfox itself? I suggest you delete the setup.exe file so that it cannot cause confusion.   Waterfox should now appear in the Start menu or whatever is the equivalent in Windows 10.

Note that I am just trying to help, which I am not finding particularly easy as I have hardly used Windows at all for ten years.  Also note that I am just a bystander trying to help you, I am nothing to do with Reminderfox or Waterfox, and the problems you are having are nothing to do with Reminderfox.  It does not appear that you are particularly grateful for the efforts to help.

As I said previously it would be very useful if you could post a screenshot of what you are seeing, without that it is difficult to understand what is going on.

By the way File Explorer is not where Windows keeps its file, it is just an application that allows you to explore the file system.  There are others you could use if you don't like file explorer.

[Juli Aonghais]

I have deleted the setup exe file and tried to install it again more than a few times.  Each time I just get the same thing.  A white page with the blue icon in the middle of it.  There is no way I can get the thing to work.

Thank you for your kind attempts to help me but I am obviously too stupid to install it so that it works.. 

[Colin Law]

Once again, please post a screenshot of what you are seeing - the white page with a blue icon.

I meant for you to delete the setup and then see if waterfox is installed, but you say you have installed it more times - how did you do that if you deleted the setup file? The reason for that was that you said that it said it had installed, but then went round again, which I presumed meant that it tried to install again.

Do you understand the difference between downloading, installing, and running a program?

Colin

[Juli Aonghais]

Yes  I do know the difference between downloading, installing, and running a program.  I just cannot get this one to work and I am not staying up until midnight yet again trying  to get this one to work. 

What I meant is that I deleted the setup then tried to install the program again.  When the same thing happened I deleted the setup again and then tried to install the program again. 

I prefer not to post screenshots as they show all the programs that I have open, and I would rather people not know the  programs I use.

Thank you for taking the time to try to help me.  I really am grateful for your help but I think it is time for me to give up on Waterfox. 

Juli

[shot...@gmail.com]

On Sunday, January 1, 2017 at 1:09:13 PM UTC-6, Tom Mutdosch wrote:
> Happy New Year to all!
>
> I wanted to take a minute talk a bit about the future plans of Firefox addons. At the end of 2017 starting with Firefox 57, Mozilla plans to discontinue support for addons that use their native UI components, and will only allow newer addons developed as WebExtensions (HTML5).  This affects many addons, ReminderFox included. https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2016/11/23/add-ons-in-2017/
>
> This means that unless the add-on authors rewrite their addons from scratch using the new APIs, Firefox will no longer allow the add-on to be used. (Note that this only affects Firefox; the Mozilla Thunderbird email client will continue to work with existing addons.)
> What this means for current ReminderFox users on Firefox?  We have no plans to rewrite ReminderFox. The codebase is quite complex and very UI dependent, so most of it would need to be rewritten entirely. As this is a passion project done in our spare time, we don't have the time currently to do a complete rewrite. 
> So by the end of 2017 with the release of Firefox 57 (currently scheduled for end of November, early December 2017), you’ll likely want to switch over to another calendar/reminder system. You can transfer your reminders and events easily to another calendar. (I am personally planning to probably just use Google Calendar exclusively at that point). See below for details of how to export reminders. (*)
>
> We have enjoyed working on this project and collaborating with the ReminderFox community over these last 12 (!!!) years. We’ll continue to keep the project updated for as long as Mozilla still allows these native addons (through the end of 2017 for Firefox, and indefinitely for Thunderbird). We just want to thank all of our users for your support and love over the years! My favorite part of working on this project is how involved (and super-nice!) the user community is. So many great discussions, helpful tips for new users, and lots of contributions and suggestions that improved ReminderFox throughout the years. Special shout-out to super-members Paul and Colin for ALL your support! It truly has been a wonderful experience.
>
>
> Thank you all from the whole ReminderFox team!
>
>
> Tom, Dan, and Guenter
>
>
> (*) You can transfer reminders in several ways:
> 1) You can sync your current reminders with a remote calendar service, such as Google Calendar:  http://www.reminderfox.org/remote-calendar-n/ 
> 2) You can also export your calendar file and import into another calendar (like Outlook or Mozilla Lightning: http://www.reminderfox.org/documentation-user-guide-sharing-reminders/

How can I open my reminder fox so I can copy the dates down...I have depended on reminder fox too long and now I do not have a hard copy of my important dates...I am a little computer stupid so please simplify it as much as possible. Thank you ahead of time.

[Colin Law]

On 5 March 2018 at 21:55, <shot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...

> How can I open my reminder fox so I can copy the dates down...I have depended on reminder fox too long and now I do not have a hard copy of my important dates...I am a little computer stupid so please simplify it as much as possible. Thank you ahead of time.

If you install Waterfox then it will offer to import your reminders
from your Firefox profile. Alternatively you can look at the
reminderfox.ics file which is in a reminderfox subfolder of your
firefox profile. Google will tell you where that is if you don't
know (it depends on which operating system you are using). The data
in that file is not designed for looking at by humans but you should
be able to work it out. Also you could import that into any calendar
application that supports ics files.

Colin

[Juli Aonghais]

Colin - I am very grateful for your help but I cannot install Waterfox.  And I do not know how to look at reminderfox ics file because I do not know where my Firefox profile is.

May I please explain?  I used ReminderFox for my epileptic dog for her medication.   Well, at least she is at peaceI still need reminders for dates of medications and vaccinations etc for my new little one.  I cannot remember all these?  ReminderFox could be set to tell me the day before - I even had to use it for her food.

And I can not install Waterfox.  Nor can I find my Firefox profile.  I am an old woman - and I can not contact my computer guy as he is on holiday in South Africa.  He was always able to get into my computer by remote control but he is on holiday and I cannot contact him. 

I will give anyone permission to get into my computer by remote control if they can help me.  I do not do banking or anything  online so it does not matter.

Ask Guenter - he had copies of Pereg's medication a few years back when I had problems with ReminderFox.  How did he have all her details?

Please help me Colin - I have tried so hard to install Waterfox and I just can not.  And I can not go back to hand-writing dates down because I can not hold a pen.  I am partial quadraplegic and use speech computer.

[Paul Swain]

Juli Aonghais wrote on 8/03/2018 10:48 PM:

And I can not install Waterfox.  Nor can I find my Firefox profile.  I am an old woman - and I can not contact my computer guy as he is on holiday in South Africa.  He was always able to get into my computer by remote control but he is on holiday and I cannot contact him. 

Hi!

Here is the way to find your Firefox profile:

1.  Open a new tab in Firefox.

2.  Type about:support in the address bar and press <Enter>.  A page like this will be displayed:

3.  Click on the <Open Folder> button in the Profile Folder section - see the red arrow in the picture above.

This will open the profile folder.

4.  Find the reminderfox folder in the profile folder and open it.

5.  Find the reminderfox.ics file in the reminderfox folder.

You now have access to all the reminders that you created in Reminderfox and you should be able to import them into another calendar programme.  Colin should be able to help you with that.

Good Luck!

Paul

[Colin Law]

Juli

Do you know which version of Windows you are using? It might be XP for
example. It should tell you when it starts up.

Colin

On 9 March 2018 at 07:55, Juli Aonghais <aongh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Colin - you are so kind. But I do not understand it. I am just a stupid
> old woman who whould have been Soylent Green years ago. This email address
> with which I used for Reminderfox is not my main one, it was used for
> ReminderFox and a few other thing. Yes, FireFox is my browser but this
> email address is not my IP one. which is a Thunderbird one, and that has
> gone crazy. I cannot sort it - my computer guy is away. I am stuck.
>
> It does not matter. I am very grateful to you but I just do not understand
> any of it. Nor do I understand why I cannot install Waterfox. And I cannot
> find anywhere for a list or forum of then.
>
> I know it is not the fault of the original RF people, but I cannot write or
> see well, only type, and now I have no online reminder for things. and I
> really do need them.
>
> I just do not know what to do.
>
> I do not understand these things. My computer guy would get into my
> computer by remote control and sort problems - everything has gone tom tit
> now and I do not know what to do.
>
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 5:28 PM, Colin Law <cla...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Good point, about not being able to find your profile from Reminderfox.
>>
>> I googled for you using
>>
>> where is my firefox profile
>>
>> and it came up with this as the first hit -
>> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
>> I don't know why you had difficulty searching for it. You should find
>> a reminderfox folder in there and you want the file reminderfox.ics
>>
>> As for the lack of help from others please remember that none of this
>> is the fault of the reminderfox team. The Firefox organisation
>> decided to change the way they do plugins and that is why RF no longer
>> works. As for the problems you are having trying to install Waterfox
>> then they are even less to do with the Reminderfox team. Perhaps you
>> would be better asking about that on a Waterfox list or forum if there
>> is one.
>>
>> Colin
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8 March 2018 at 14:25, Juli Aonghais <aongh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Colin - ReminderFox is dead. I can not open it because it does not
>> > exist
>> > any more.
>> >
>> > There is no ReminderFox window so no Options.
>> >
>> > So I am - how can I put it politely - Well I can not, can I.
>> >
>> >
>> > and I can not install WaterFox.
>> >
>> > Google Calendar is no use.And now I am stuck because there is no way of
>> > noting when Tikva is due for injections and pills because I can not
>> > write
>> > so I have to have it on my computer - if ReminderFox is dead, which it
>> > is,
>> > and WaterFox cannot be installed, I am up the pole.
>> >
>> > And nobody from what was a wonderful site, REMINDERFOX seems to give a
>> > flying fart. Only you, Colin seems to care, and I am very grateful to
>> > you.
>> >
>> > But how the hell am I going to keep a note of reminders now? How am I
>> > going
>> > to know when Tikva's shots and things are due?
>> >
>> > On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 3:34 PM, Colin Law <cla...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi Juli
>> >>
>> >> As I think I stated before I don't use Windows so connecting remotely
>> >> would not be much help to you. Similarly I don't know where the
>> >> profile is as I don't use Windows. However if you open the main
>> >> Reminderfox window and go into Options then on the General tab the top
>> >> item should tell you where the reminderfox.ics file is.
>> >>
>> >> Colin

>> >> >> reminderfox...@googlegroups.com.