Editors Note: Due to the slow release of Thunderbird builds, Release Recaps will not be published on a weekly basis. Released this Month Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 - March 16th Thunderbird 3.0.3 - March 1st Thunderbird 3.1b1 - March 9th Schedule this Coming Month Thunderbird 3.0.4 - March 30th Future Releases Thunderbird 3.1b2 - April 6th
Thunderbird 3.1 (Lanikai)
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Mozilla Messaging has released the first Beta of Thunderbird 3.1, code named Lanikai. This release includes: From the release notes: Several fixes to improve upgrading from Thunderbird 2. Several fixes for auto complete, tabs, and activity manager. Several design improvements and corrections to the interface. Stability and memory improvements. You can try Thunderbird 3.1 from Mozilla Messaging available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux in 25 languages. Source: Mozilla Links
Up until the release of Thunderbird 3, there was not an automated way to install extensions from within Thunderbird. In the older versions you had to download the add-on, find it on your computer, open Thunderbird’s Add-Ons Manager window and then drag the file into the window to install. Most 3rd party extension hosting sites do not offer the automated install for Thunderbird. You can setup your Thunderbird to have an ‘Install’ Button on the add-ons manager. It is turned off by default, but can be turned on via a very simple tweak in Thunderbird’s Config Editor. Thunderbird From the…
Adapted from Thunderbird How To Manage Profiles Your Thunderbird profile not only contains all your preferences and extensions but your e-mail folders and messages as well. Moving your profile is not that difficult. One thing to keep in mind though is your Thunderbird profile can get quite large depending on the size of the e-mail messages you have saved so you will need to copy it to a CD/DVD or Flash Drive. Step 1: Locate Your Profile Folder: On Windows 7, click the Windows Start button and type %APPDATA%\Thunderbird\Profiles\ in the Search box at the bottom of the Start…
This has to be by far the best extension I have seen for Thunderbird yet! I really hope this becomes a standard feature in TBird 3 as this makes viewing links in e-mail so, so easy! The extension installs a min-browser in the preview pane. When you are viewing e-mails the preview pane behaves as normal displaying the e-mail’s content. However, click on a link in the e-mail and it will load up the page right there in Thunderbird. Click image for full-size version Preview pane while viewing an e-mail Click image for full-size version Preview pane in ‘ThunderBrowser’ mode…