Mozilla Thunderbird 5 Released

[Airbot]

June 28, 2011

Mozilla has released Thunderbird 5.

   Information

What's New in Thunderbird

The latest version of Thunderbird has the following changes:

• More responsive and faster to start up and use
• Thunderbird is based on the new Mozilla Gecko 5 engine
• New Add-ons Manager
• Revised account creation wizard to improve email setup
• New Troubleshooting Information page
• Tabs can now be reordered and dragged to different windows
• Attachment sizes now displayed along with attachments
• Plugins can now be loaded in RSS feeds by default
• There are several theme fixes for Windows Vista and Windows 7
• Support for Mac 32/64 bit Universal builds (Thunderbird no longer supports PowerPC on Mac)
• Over 390 platform fixes that improve speed, performance, stability and security

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[IntelCoreI3]

thank you for info. to me the best way check email its by browser with Gmail add on to Firefox.

 

[JaidynM]

Don't use Thunderbird at the moment due to Mozilla going whack but thanks for the update, Airbot.

 

[Stormkitty]

Unfortunately, they decided firefox 4+'s glass theme needs to be in Thunderbird as well, as they added it to 5. If you don't like firefox's default theme, be prepared to install a theme or stick with 3.x.

 

[Buddahfan]

Update no problem.

However, if you previously had Thunderbird 3.1.11 and Thunderbird 5.0 Beta1 installed the 5.0 installation replaces the 3.1 installation but the 5.0 Beta1 remains on the computer, not the other way around with the Beta being updated and 3.1 remaining on your computer.

Personally I like the look that was there after the update a lot better than what was on 3.x

 

[mitchell64]

Unfortunately, they decided firefox 4+'s glass theme needs to be in Thunderbird as well, as they added it to 5. If you don't like firefox's default theme, be prepared to install a theme or stick with 3.x.

It didn't really take my fancy, in particular the white bleeding fonts



Still wont make me change, just gave it a quick cover up with a simple "Persona" each to their own.

 

[mr pc]

Doesn't support quickfolders, thunderbrowse, compact menu.

I love the way mine is set up at this time - very intuitive and clean, not sure if I want to bother just yet.

 

[Not Myself]

Doesn't support quickfolders, thunderbrowse, compact menu.

I love the way mine is set up at this time - very intuitive and clean, not sure if I want to bother just yet.

I wish I had known that TB 5 does not support QuickFolders 2.7, because my copy of that extension is working in my copy of TB 5.

Download and install https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/add-on-compatibility-reporter/?src=api , then test the extensions that it forces to work despite being theoretically incompatible.

I've found a couple of extensions that do not work after being forced to be compatible, at least one other than barely works. In addition, it would not be fair for me to state that even QuickFolders works completely, as I've not tested all of the features of that extension nor of the others that now seem to be working correctly.

 

[Airbot]

Doesn't support quickfolders, thunderbrowse, compact menu.

I love the way mine is set up at this time - very intuitive and clean, not sure if I want to bother just yet.

You mean quickfolders, thunderbrowse, compact menu don't support it. Not the other way around. It's up to the developers of the addons to add support, not Mozilla. Unless it's an addon by Mozilla itself.

 

[mr pc]

just reading it off the disclaimer when I go to update -

I understand the devs need to keep up and hope they will soon support it

 

[Schroff87]

Absolutely hate the new glassy look of TB! Thank goodness for the "office black" theme!! I wonder if the TB team actually spends any time using the software .. it's a pain to use with that excessive transparency!