Mozilla has released Thunderbird 17.0.2 on January 8, 2013. Note: version numbering of Thunderbird is now going to follow that of the Thunderbird ESR branch. This updated will include minor bug and address a security issues. For organizations, Thunderbird 17.0.2esr has also been released. Depending on your settings (Tools > Options… > Advanced > Update Tab) you will be promoted within the next the 24-48 hours to update or can manually check via Help > About Thunderbird. You can also download (though as of press it still linking to the old Thunderbird 17.0 release via getthunderbird.com and install Thunderbird 17.0.2 this way. The next scheduled release will…
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” Some users of the Firefox web browser have reported issues with blurry fonts after updating it to the latest release version Firefox 17.0. The issue seems to only affect users running the Windows operating system … “…Note that Thunderbird 17.0 is likely affected by the same bug as well. …” Temporary solution ghacks.net/2012/11/24/firefox-17-0-1-to-fix-blurry-font-issue-in-the-browser/
There are a couple useful extensions that will undo the UI changes introduced in Thunderbird 17 as well as the changes to the tabs back with Thunderbird 11. Both of these will work together fine, or you can install on or the other depending on how you would like your Thunderbird UI to be setup. Rise of the Tools - Moves the tabs below the menu bar. Thunderbird still does not have a ‘Tabs on Top’ option that can be changed via the View Menu like that in Firefox. No Restart Needed Title Bar Tabs Cleaner - Restores the Windows Title…
UPDATE: There was a typo in the preference name published earlier the correct preference name is mail.tabs.drawInTitlebar. This works on all versions of Windows, not just XP There are some scattered reports that Windows XP users are having issues with the new ‘Draw Tabs in Title Bar’ feature as part of the updated UI aka Australia project. Something got botched with either Bug 771816 or 775793 resulting in a messed up and unusable UI. While Mozilla get this sorted out Windows XP users should be able to disable the ‘Draw Tabs in Title Bar’ feature (and restore the Title Bar)…
Lightning will auto-update to version 1.9 when Thunderbird checks add-on compatibility during the update. However, Goggle Calendar users will need to manually update to Provider for Google Calendar add-on to version 0.18 in order to get their Google Calendar(s) to work again in Thunderbird 17. To update go to Tools > Add-ons > Extensions > select Lighting and right-click and select Find Updates. After restart your Google Calendar(s) will show up in Thunderbird again.
Mozilla has released the next update for Thunderbird on November 20, 2012, with Thunderbird 17. Changes in this version include the new ‘menu button’ on the right side and tabs are now drawn in the title bar on Windows. Also with this version Mac OS X 10.5 is no longer supported. For more information see the Release Notes. Users will be prompted to update within 48-hours or can go to Help > About Thunderbird to update or manually download and update via the getthunderbird.com site. This is the last planned Thunderbird update for 2012, however if any security or stability issues…
Just Released None Coming Soon November 20th Thunderbird ESR 10.0.11 Thunderbird ESR 17.0 Thunderbird 17 Thunderbird 18 Beta (18.0b1)* Thunderbird 19 Earlybird (19.0a2)* Future Releases Early/Mid January 2013 Thunderbird ESR 10.0.12 (EOL) Thunderbird ESR 17.0.1 Thunderbird 18 Thunderbird 19 Beta (19.0b1)* Thunderbird 20 Earlybird (20.0a2)* EOL - End of Life, this build version will no longer be supported after this release. * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule,dates listed for Earlybird and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is set to begin. The actual release to that particular channel may vary by several days. See the Wiki…
Thunderbird 17 due for release on/around November 20th features a redesigned user interface. Like Firefox, Thunderbird is going to have a cleaner and simpler user interface. This means by default removing the Menu bar (which can be brought back temporarily via the ALT key and restored by going to View > Toolbars > Menu Bar) and using an App Button/Menu like Firefox. However, unlike Firefox it is not a ‘Thunderbird’ button and it is not at the top left. Instead it is a little button with 3 horizontal lines on the far right (yet another design ‘borrowed’ from Chrome which…
Just Released October 10th Thunderbird ESR 10.0.8 Thunderbird 16 October 9th Thunderbird 16.0.1 Thunderbird 17 Beta (17.0b1)* Coming Soon Thunderbird 18 Earlybird (18.0a2)* Future Releases November 20th Thunderbird ESR 10.0.9 Thunderbird ESR 17.0 Thunderbird 17 Thunderbird 18 Beta (18.0b1)* Thunderbird 19 Earlybird (19.0a2)* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule,dates listed for Earlybird and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is set to begin. The actual release to that particular channel may vary by several days. See the Wiki for more details.
On October 10th, 2012, Mozilla released Thunderbird 16. New in this release: Added box.com to the list of online storage services that are available for use with Thunderbird Filelink Silent, background updates Various updates and secuirty fixes Existing Thunderbird users should be offered the update shortly or can do so manually either by going to Help > About Thunderbird and following the prompts or downloading and installing Thunderbird 16 via the getthunderbird.com site. Lighting Users: Since Lightning add-on is tied to each specific version of Thunderbird, you will be prompted to update Lightning when Thunderbird restarts after the update. Thunderbird 10.08esr…