Mozilla/Mozilla Labs has released the 3rd Beta for the upcoming (August 16th) Thunderbird 6.0. Users already on the Beta Channel can go to Help > About Thunderbird to move up the Beta 3, otherwise can get Beta 3 here. New for Thunderbird 6 Beta include: Support for Windows 7 Jump lists Several fixes when importing email from Microsoft Outlook Default mail client check now works with newer Linux distributions Various other user interface fixes and improvements and numerous other bug fixes Thunderbird 6.0 Beta Release Notes
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Just Released Thunderbird 6 Beta - July 20th Coming Soon Thunderbird 6 Beta 2 - August 2nd Thunderbird 3.1.12 - August 16th Thunderbird 6 Final Release - August 16th Thunderbird 7 Beta - August 16th Thunderbird 8 Early Bird - August 16th Future Releases Thunderbird 7 Final Release - September 27th Thunderbird 8 Beta - September 27th Thunderbird 9 Early Bird - September 27th * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule, dates listed for Earlybird and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is to begin. The actual release to that particular channel may vary by several days….
Mozilla Labs will be pushing a second Beta for Thunderbird 6.0 on Tuesday, August 2nd. Bug fixes/patches included in this upcoming release include: The Aero Glass theme has been changed to try and make it easier to read. Bug 658534 (can’t collapse+expand folders).
There has been two updates to Lightning today, 1.0b5rc2 & 1.0b5rc3. These releases candidates addressed: Alarm window disappearing Misplaced beeps from the alarm system. Some calendars are no longer working (specifically, webcal:// calendars). Support for Thunderbird 5.0 and 6.0 The final release of 1.0b5 is expected in the next couple days and will have 10 bugfixes. For more information and to download the update click here. Lightning 1.0b4 will not work with Thunderbird 6.0 Beta, even if forced. However, the current RC builds of Lightning 1.0b5 do support Thunderbird 6.0 Beta and it appears will work the current Provider for…
Mozilla has released the first Beta for the upcoming (August 16th) Thunderbird 6.0 on the Communications Beta Channel. For those who were running Thunderbird 5.0 Beta, you will be offered an update to the 6.0 Beta version. Otherwise you can get it here. What’s New in Thunderbird Beta The latest version of Thunderbird Beta has the following changes: Support for Windows 7 Jump lists Several fixes when importing email from Microsoft Outlook Default mail client check now works with newer Linux distributions Various other user interface fixes and improvements and numerous other bug fixes
Just Released Thunderbird 7 Earlybird - July 6th Coming Soon Thunderbird 3.1.12 - August 16th Thunderbird 6 Beta - To Be Announced Thunderbird 6 Final Release - August 16th Thunderbird 7 Beta - August 16th Thunderbird 8 Early Bird - August 16th Future Releases Thunderbird 7 Final Release - September 27th Thunderbird 8 Beta - September 27th Thunderbird 9 Early Bird - September 27th * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule, dates listed for Aurora and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is to begin. The actual release to that particular channel may vary by several days….
I was able to get a hold of an unofficial Beta Release for Thunderbird 6 earlier today. I had no issues pasting via right-click into the link field on the link tab when inserting an image. So it appears this was a glitch within Thunderbird 5.0 only. As a reminder Thunderbird 6.0 will be released on August 16th.
I was alerted over in my Email Mafia Forum, that in Thunderbird 5.0 when you are adding an image it will not allow you to paste a link in the link filed on the link tab. After some testing I did confirm that you can not paste via right-click. However, you can click in to the field and do CTRL+V or SHIFT+INSERT to paste. What is really odd about this though, is the functionality works fine in Thunderbird 3.1.11 as well as Thunderbird 7.0a2 (Earlybird) and 8.0a1 (Daily). Unfortunately, since there are currently no builds out for Thunderbird 6 Beta,…
We incorrectly stated in the Thunderbird Merges Completed post that Thunderbird 6.0 Beta (6.0b1) was available. Currently there are no Beta builds (with the exception of Tinderbox Builds) for Thunderbird 6.0. Those who had been on the Beta channel with Thunderbird 5.0 were updated to the release version of Thunderbird 5.0. However, I am uncertain if and when the Beta builds for Thunderbird 6.0 are released if an update to Thunderbird 6.0 Beta will be presented. Should have more information in the next few days.
The merges for Thunderbird 6 onto the Beta Channel, Thunderbird 7 onto the Earlybird Channel as well as Thunderbird 8 onto the daily channel has been completed. You can move to the next version within your channel (Thunderbird 7 Daily to Thunderbird 8 Daily) by going to Help > About Thunderbird (or Earlybird or Daily). If you want to update manually you can get the builds here: Daily/Shredder ( Thunderbird 8 ) Earlybird (Thunderbird 7 ) Beta ( Thunderbird 6 )