Since I want to see how the whole message tagging system worked on TBird 3 (Shredder), so I went ahead downloaded and installed TBird 3 Alpha 2. This is it for the Thunderbird 3 Alpha builds. After I got Alpha 2 installed I changed over to the ‘Nightly’ Update Channel and downloaded Shredder/3.0b1pre. Cain’t say I am too thrilled with the new logo…

What’s New in Shredder Alpha 2

There were over 300 bug fixes in this release, many laying the groundwork for future changes. Some notable changes include:

Integration improvements

• Shredder can import mail from Mail.app on Mac OS X
• Shredder theme looks more native on OS X
• OS X Address Book integration on by default
• Improved accessibility for screen readers
• Outlook Express import now copies SSL and port settings

Other features

• IMAP delete and undo operations are faster
• Forwarded messages are inline by default
• Replies allow to quote only selected text
• Purge button added to toolbar optionally

Platform improvements

• Extension authoring made easier by assigning IDs to most XUL elements
• Windows x64 builds now possible
• Several improvements to junk scoring subsystem

You can download Shredder in several localized builds from Mozilla Messaging.