I'm looking for a freeware, Thunderbirdesque reminder prog

April 8, 2009 4:48 AM

Please help me find a small (in size and resource usage), freeware reminder programme.

I'm looking for a programme that will remind me to do things, that has the following features:

1] A customisable alarm and visual reminder similar to Thunderbird's new message popup. Unlike Thunderbird, I'd like this message to stay until I deal with it.
2] Can set reminders on a calendar like view, also being able to choose the time of the reminders appearance.
3] A snooze feature for the reminders. If the reminder appears, and I don't deal with it, it will flash the window/sound the alarm every n minutes until I deal with it.
4] Being able to tick a box that says "dealt with" to the programme would be nice.
5] Suitable for a very old laptop (128mb RAM, 800mhz CPU) running Win2k AND for a 1 year old PC running XP.
6] Preferably an HTML interface on the reminder, so if I included an http:// link in the reminder text, I could click on the link and be taken to the relevant site.
7] It being something I could stick on a thumb drive (by design or serendipity) would be extremely helpful.

I specifically don't want something I have to be connected to the internet to use. I also don't want it to be

Personal recommendations are very welcome.

posted by Solomon to computers & internet (5 comments total)

Have you tried the Lightning calendar extension for Thunderbird (also available as the standalone app Sunbird)?

It supports calendar events and tasks with reminders that you can dismiss or snooze, and the tasks can be marked as completed. The only feature it lacks is the HTML parser--you can add a location and a description, but only as plain text.
posted by camcgee at 8:54 AM on April 8

The freeware version of EssentialPIM might be worth a look.
posted by y6y6y6 at 9:52 AM on April 8

This is almost certainly overkill, but what I use, with most of the features you ask for, is Emacs org-mode + remember + agenda/appointment + a python script...this gives me the ability to schedule tasks for a given time, view all events in a calendar format and gives a popup when the appointment is scheduled.

Installing and configuring Emacs just for this almost certainly isn't worth it, but if you already use Emacs, this works quite well-After using this technique for a couple months, I don't know how I lived without it.
posted by james.nvc at 1:49 PM on April 8

Maybe Rainlendar would do the trick for you. If the latest version seems to be taking too much resources for your liking, try Rainlendar 0.22.1
posted by Sharcho at 6:05 AM on April 9

If you're running Firefox regularly, try the extension Reminderfox.
posted by IndigoRain at 10:55 PM on April 9