Important: At least in the Thunderbird 11 Daily builds, you will need to manually update Lightning by going the the Calendar Versions page then down and install the correct version. As mentioned earlier this week Mozilla Lightning, the Thunderbird Calendar add-on had been updated for Thunderbird 8. The Calendar Versions page on MDN now shows new versions (with an entirely new numbering scheme) of Lightning for the upcoming (channel merges are still in progress) Thunderbird 9 Beta, Thunderbird 10 Earlybird and Thunderbird 11 Daily builds. As odd as the old numbering scheme was, it did sort of make sense (compared…
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Lightning, the integrated Calendar add-on for Thunderbird has been updated for the upcoming Thunderbird 8 release on November 8th. Lightning 1.0 only works on Thunderbird 8 Beta or Release version. Since this has already hit AMO users moving from Thunderbird 7.0 to 8.0 will be notified of the update when Thunderbird performs a first run add-ons check (note: you may be updated to Lightning 1.0rc3 initially). Thunderbird 7 user can still add Lightning, but will need to add Lightning 1.0b7 from the Version History section on the Lightning AMO page. At this time there are no Lightning updates for Thunderbird…
Just Released Thunderbird 8 Beta 1 - October 5, 2011 Thunderbird 8 Beta 2 - October 12, 2011 Thunderbird 8 Beta 3 - October 20, 2011 Coming Soon November 8th Thunderbird 3.1.16 Thunderbird 8 Final Release Thunderbird 9 Beta * Thunderbird 10 Earlybird* Future Releases December 20th Thunderbird 3.1.17 Thunderbird 9 Final Release Thunderbird 10 Beta (10.0b1) * Thunderbird 11 Earlybird (11.0a2) * January 31st Thunderbird 3.1.18 Thunderbird 10 Final Release Thunderbird 11 Beta (11.0b1)* Thunderbird 12 Earlybird (12.0a2)* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule, dates listed for Earlybird and Beta builds reflect when the code merge…
For those who want more screen space, Thunderbird 9 (scheduled for release on December 20th) will give you the ability on Windows to hide the Menu Bar (File, Edit, View) like you can now in Firefox. Just like in Firefox, you can press the ALT key or F10 to temporarily display the Menu Bar. To permanently restore, press ALT then go to View > Toolbars > Menu Bar. Alternatively, if you still have the Mail Toolbar enabled, you can right-click and select Menu Bar as well. If you want to try to Thunderbird 9 Earlybird or 8 Beta,they can be…
With the recent releases of Thunderbird to the Daily, Earlybird and Beta channels, there are updates for both Lightning and Provider for Google Calendar (gdata-provider) add-ons. You can not at this time update via the Thunderbird add-ons manager, you will need to manually download and install the correct version for both add-ons in order to get your calendar working again in your developmental version of Thunderbird. Thunderbird 7 users are able to use the most up to date version of these add-ons which should have already been updated. For those using Thunderbird 8 Beta, Thunderbird 9 Earlybird or Thunderbird 10…
Just Released Thunderbird 3.1.15 - September 27th Thunderbird 7.0 - September 27th Thunderbird 7.0.1 -September 30th Thunderbird 9 Earlybird - September 30th Coming Soon Thunderbird 3.1.16 - TBA Thunderbird 8 Beta - Early October 2011 Thunderbird 9 Beta - November 8th* Thunderbird 10 Earlybird - November 8th* Future Releases Thunderbird 9 Final Release - December 20th Thunderbird 10 Beta - December 20th* Thunderbird 11 Earlybird - December 20th* * 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…
Mozilla has pushed out Thunderbird 9 to the Earlybird Channel on September 30th. This release is for testing/preview purposes. No release notes are available at this time. Thunderbird 8 Aurora users can update via Help > About Thunderbird or can download Thunderbird 9 Aurora from here. Final Thunderbird 9 release is scheduled for December 20th, 2011.
Just Released Thunderbird 3.1.14 - September 6th Thunderbird 6.0.2 - September 6th Thunderbird 7 Beta 2 - September 6th Coming Soon Thunderbird 7 Beta 3 - TBA Thunderbird 3.1.15 - September 27th Thunderbird 7 Final Release - September 27th Thunderbird 8 Beta - September 27th* Thunderbird 9 Earlybird - September 27th* Future Releases Thunderbird 8 Final Release - November 8th Thunderbird 9 Beta - November 8th* Thunderbird 10 Earlybird - November 8th* * 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…
After some minor delays, Mozilla has pushed out Thunderbird 7.0 on the Beta Channel on August 26th. Also on August 17th, Thunderbird 8.0 was pushed out the Earlybird Channel and Thunderbird 9.0 out to the Daily Channel. You can move to the next version within your channel (Thunderbird 8 Daily to Thunderbird 9 Daily) by going to Help > About Thunderbird (or Earlybird or Daily). If you want to update manually you can get the builds here: Beta - Thunderbird 7.0 Earlybird/Aurora - Thunderbird 8.0 Daily/Shredder - Thunderbird 9.0
Just Released Thunderbird 6 Beta 2 - August 2nd Thunderbird 6 Beta 3 - August 10th Coming Soon 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…