Thunderbird 3 released

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Post by keyist » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 7:20 PM UTC

Thunderbird 3 released
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Re: Thunderbird 3 released

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Post by keyist » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 7:23 PM UTC

Vimperator fans will want to monitor the Muttator add-on page for updates: http://www.vimperator.org/muttator

Re: Thunderbird 3 released

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Post by dustingetz » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 8:04 PM UTC

if its not better than gmail, i don't think anyone cares.

Re: Thunderbird 3 released

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Post by ericb » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 9:09 PM UTC

I just installed it. It looks substantially better due to a less cluttered interface, and search seems vastly improved. So far, I'm impressed.

Re: Thunderbird 3 released

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Post by shelfoo » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 9:17 PM UTC

ericb wrote: post #4

I just installed it. It looks substantially better due to a less cluttered interface, and search seems vastly improved. So far, I'm impressed.

There do seem to be some questionable UI pieces. I don't like the look of the reply/reply all buttons. They're especially bad if using the 3 pane (veritical view with message pane).

The tabs are pretty sweet though. I like having everything open in the same window vs a bunch of separate email windows.

Re: Thunderbird 3 released

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Post by RyanMcGreal » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 9:20 PM UTC

> The new attachment reminder looks for the word attachment (and other words like file types) in the body of your message and reminds you to add an attachment before hitting send.

I'm embarrassed to admit that this will help me considerably.

Re: Thunderbird 3 released

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Post by est » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 9:33 PM UTC

RyanMcGreal wrote: post #6

> The new attachment reminder looks for the word attachment (and other words like file types) in the body of your message and reminds you to add an attachment before hitting send. I'm embarrassed to admit that this will help me considerably.

I don't know if Thunderbird matches ICU languages e.g. Chinese with 附件

Re: Thunderbird 3 released

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Post by billybob » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 9:34 PM UTC

Just curious - what's the appeal of non-web-based email? I'm forced to use Outlook at work, but I can't imagine having to install something to get my personal mail, and having to back up my personal mail. Do people do this mostly because they're concerned about their data privacy, or because it's easier to work when you don't have internet access, or what?

Re: Thunderbird 3 released

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Post by ericb » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 9:39 PM UTC

billybob wrote: post #8

Just curious - what's the appeal of non-web-based email? I'm forced to use Outlook at work, but I can't imagine having to install something to get my personal mail, and having to back up my personal mail. Do people do this mostly because they're concerned about their data privacy, or because it's easier to work when you don't have internet access, or what?

My wife's old yahoo account got hacked. Watching yahoo's nonexistent "customer service" "help" her convinced me there is a giant hidden danger to webmail--she essentially had no recourse, no way to reclaim the address, no way to recover old emails, no way to stop this person from getting new emails she might receive, and no way to stop them from impersonating her.

Re: Thunderbird 3 released

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Post by dpcan » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 9:40 PM UTC

I'm in heaven.

I just performed the same search I spent 10 minutes on a couple days ago to see if the new search would have worked better under those circumstances, and I was able to narrow it down and find the missing message in under 2 minutes.

Fantastic work Thunderbird Team!!!!