Firefox 4 introduced the Firefox Button as a way to save space by eliminating the menu bar. The Firefox Button gives you access to a redesigned menu much like the ‘wrench’ button in Chrome. It’s a good idea but I always felt it needed some improvement. Below is a screenshot taken in the Aurora Release of Firefox 6 showing the normal layout: A couple things that bother me about the normal layout in regards to Mozilla’s theory that this would increase screen space. First, the button is huge compared to the wrench button in Chrome. Second unless the window is…

When I was setting up a test account on Linux Mint, I had no issues with Thunderbird’s account wizard in Thunderbird 3.1. However, when I tried to setup the same account in Thunderbird 5 or 7 it seemed the latest ‘improvements’ to the account wizard broke the automatic setup. Specifically the point where it attempted to verify the domain’s MX Records to get the correct server settings. I had posted about this in the Thunderbird Builds forum and was informed Bug 663971 had just been patched and to allow a couple days to hit both Miramar (Thunderbird 5) and Shredder…