ReminderFox is an extension for Mozilla based applications like Firefox,
Thunderbird, Postbox or SeaMonkey, it displays and manages lists
of date-based reminders - Events and ToDo's.
ReminderFox does not seek to be a full-fledged calendar system. In fact,
the target audience is anybody that simply wants to remember important
dates (birthdays, anniversaries, etc) without having to run an entire
calendar application.
ReminderFox also has a lot of features to extend it's use also to not forget
such special reminders based on internet pages, published calendars,
mail messages or even entries to the addressbook.
Events
'Events' are reminders which have single occurance or may repeat
and have at least a start date/time. ReminderFox can add a notification
to an event, so the user will be warned in time.
A 'remind until completed' makes sure no reminder will be lost.
Todo's
'Todo' or also called 'task' are reminders, similar to the
'events'. An event will always have a date with it, the 'Todo' can
have a start and/or end date.
The user can define additional Task lists for grouping. For each such
list a separate Tab will be added to the ReminderFox List.
See also 'Options and Preferences'
Reminder List
The 'ReminderFox List' is the central to display and manage the reminders and
todo's.
It will be opened with a click onto the ribbon symbol on the statusbar
or using the context menu on it.
The list display organized with Tab's gives a table with reminders, todo's and user
defined todo lists.
Each Tab shows all relevant reminders with their attributes in columns. Which
attributes/columns has to be shown is user configurable.
The list display offers also search and filter functions. The user
can configure 'Views' based on attributes (date, category, notes etc) to
display subsets of the reminders on the list for a better overview.
Using the list the displayed reminders can be show as a web page,
printed, exported or send as information or invitation.
Notifications - Alerts / Alarms
Reminderfox offers two kinds of notifications:
'normal' notification, this will be issued by events stored to
the ReminderFox list with the stored date/ time and the setting for a
time period before the event which has been stored with the event
'alarm' which isn't stored to the ReminderFox list, but is
only valid during the actual session
Special Reminders
Events / Todo's can be stored based on different system based
information: WEB-pages / e-mail or part of them, addressbook entries
Reminders working with Messages
For e-mail applications like Thunderbird, Seamonkey and Postbox
ReminderFox offers different methods to use the reminder functions:
store a reminder with sending a message
add a reminder to a message stored in the folders
open a message from within a reminder or the list
open a reminder form a message which was tied to reminder
Sharing Reminders
ReminderFox works based on the standardized iCal/ICS format for
calendar applications defined with RFC 2445 *\. This makes it possible to
exchange events and todo's between ReminderFox and other, iCal based
calendar applications, e.g. Lightning/Sunbird, Google Calendar, MS
Outlook.
Syncing with PDA or Smartphones supporting the iCal
format is also possible using applications like FinchSync.
*\ RFC 2445 [iCAL/ICS] - specifies a core specification of objects,
data types, properties and property parameters.
Invitation with Reminderfox [iCal / iTIP]
ReminderFox differentiate between 'event information' and
'invitations'.
In this context 'event information' is the sending of
events / todo's using the e-mail system.
Reminders stored with ReminderFox can be send also as an 'invitation'.
Answers send by the attendee(s) with a [Accept] or [Decline] can be added to
the reminder/invitation.
Also invitations received from other users (calendar systems) can be
added to the ReminderFox list.
Options and Preferences
A wide variety of options helps to tailor your ReminderFox
experience to your liking.
FAQ (Frequent Asked Questions)
Some of the most commonly asked questions.
Troubleshooting
Having problems? View answers to some common issues.