One of the new features that is still on the Thunderbird 2.0 Road Map is ‘Tabbed Messages’.  The way this feature was suppose to work was allow you to open/view multiple messages in the preview pane switching between tabs.  Presently, each message when opened, opens in its own window. Take a look at this screen-shot from bugzilla bug 297379 to get an idea of how this would work.  There is another screen-shot showing an interesting idea on how to use tabs on the compose screen.  Unlike the first screen-shot,  the second one is from Sylpheed-Claws, which is an open-source mail client…

A new feature with Thunderbird 2.0 is the ability to Tag messages. You can assign one of these five color-coded ‘default’ tags to a message by selecting the message(s) from the folder’s message list and right-clicking and selecting ‘Tag’ from the context menu: To Do Important Later Personal Work But what if these five ‘default’ tags are not what you are looking for? At the bottom of tag sub-menu is the option ‘New Tag…’. A popup box will allow you to create your own custom tag and pick the associated color. Once a message is ‘tagged’, the text as displayed…

Thanks to Ryan at CyberNet for this info. Mozilla has released a ‘Pre-Beta 1’ version of Thunderbird 2.0. Pre-Beta is kinda funky name, likely this is a release-candidate for Beta 1 since the install folder was Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 Beta 1. Still hunting for release notes as well as an exact (other than mid-September) release date for the official ‘Beta 1’. There have been some changes since the last Alpha 1 Release back at the end of July. It looks as if Mozilla has given Thunderbird UI a bit of a visual refresh as well. First screenshot below shows the…

Along with Firefox 1.5.0.7, Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 has been released as well. The release notes for Thunderbird are a bit brief: Improvements to product stability. Several security fixes. The Mozilla and OSU OpenSource Labs FTP Servers appear to be overload at this time but you should be able to download Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 directly from the product page. Most users should be able to upgrade Thunderbird (if it hasn’t told you to do so already) as well as Firefox by going to the Help menu and selecting ‘Check For Updates…’

All looks good for Firefox and Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 to be released on Thursday, September 14th. Also the next milestone for Firefox 2.0 will be Release Candidate 1 scheduled for next Tuesday the 19th. I welcome comments, good, bad or whatever about these builds since I won’t be installing them. At this time I am running the most recent nightly (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1b2) Gecko/20060913 BonEcho/2.0b2 ID:2006091303) for Firefox and Thunderbird 2.0a1. Also, on September 19th, Firefox 2.0 RC1 should, be released. For more info about these releases see Firefox 2 RC1 And Firefox 1.5.0.7 Release Dates…

I’ve recently read in blog entry (taking a step backward) about folks who love the new functionality of Firefox 2.0b1/2, but who can’t live without their favorite extensions from 1.5.0.X which are not yet compatible in Firefox 2.0b1/2. Simple solution is the Nightly Tester Tool extension. This extension once installed will allow you to ‘make compatible’ most extensions that currently do not work in (or were never designed for) a newer version of Firefox (also works for Thunderbird). Now, a word of caution…while MOST extensions seem to work fine when forced to work with Firefox 2.0b2, some may not. I…

Firefox 1.5.0.7, the next release in the Firefox 1.5 build series has been delayed from the prior release date of September 7th to September 12th. Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (reminder folks there is not a 1.5.0.6 build (just as there were not 1.5.0.1 or 1.5.0.3 builds) of T-Bird) is due out on September 14th. For the latest information on the upcoming 1.5.0.7 releases check out the Firefox:1.5.0.7:Community. For more detailed info about the bugs fixed in this release see this article on CyberNet News. UPDATE: Firefox 1.5.0.7 was released on 09/14/06! See this entry for more details. Updated: 09/14/06

First, this isn’t really new news, the Thunderbird 2.0, Alpha 1 release has been out since July 27th. However, I been so busy testing, playing and but sadly NOT crashing FF 2.0, I’ve put Thunderbird on hold. Since I made Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 my default browser tonight (more on this soon), I decided to go ahead and get Thunderbird 2.0, Alpha 1 setup on my system. So, what’s new with Alpha 1? I wondered that myself so I took a look over at the Rumbling Edge’s Notable Bug Fixes and notice there are a few items.The most notable though…

Earlier this week Mozilla released version 1.5.0.5 of both Firefox and Thunderbird. If your Firefox and/or Thunderbird did not auto-updated to the new version, you can obtain the download by selecting from the Help Menu, ‘Check for Updates…‘ FF 1.5.0.5 Release Notes: Firefox 1.5.0.5 is a security update that is part of our ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers. We recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version. Improvements to product stability Added changes for Frisian locale (fy-NL) Several security fixes Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 Release Notes: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 provides stability and security enhancements that are…

What’s New in Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 Upgrade From Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 provides stability and security enhancements that are part of our ongoing program to provide a safer email experience for our users. We recommend that all Thunderbird users upgrade to this latest version. Here’s what’s new in Thunderbird 1.5.0.4: Universal Binary Support for Mac OS X which provides native support for Macintosh with Intel Core processors. Thunderbird supports the enhancements to performance introduced by the new MacIntel chipsets. Improvements to product stability. Several security fixes. See complete release notes