Lightweight Themes a.k.a Personas coming to Thunderbird 3.1

By Martin Kaba • Apr 16th, 2010 • Filed under: Email, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

There is every reason to believe that upcoming desktop email client Thunderbird 3.1 will support Personas lightweight theme. Thunderbird 3.1 final is scheduled for June 1, 2010, but we may not have to wait so long, it is probable that Personas will be pushed into Thunderbird 3.1 beta 2 scheduled for delivery on Tuesday 4th [...]

Thunderbird 3 Quick Filter Extension

By Martin Kaba • Apr 6th, 2010 • Filed under: Email, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

Click to enlarge Quick Filter is an extension for Thunderbird 3 that adds easy email filtering capabilities to the email client. The extension tends to recall the old quick search system of Thunderbird 2.0 but with more features. It adds an extra toolbar with Unread, Starred, Contact, Tags, Attachments search message types. With better search [...]

Sync UbuntuOne Contacts with your Mobile Phones

By Martin Kaba • Apr 6th, 2010 • Filed under: Email, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Web Utilities, Windows

Ubuntu One is testing a new feature that extends the existing Ubuntu One contacts synchronization capabilities to support mobile phones. Before, syncing your contacts via Ubuntu One was limited only to desktops – for example, you could view and edit your Evolution contacts via Ubuntu One. Now with the ‘Mobile Contacts Sync’ service paid Ubuntu [...]

Thunderbird 3.0.4 Update Available for all platforms

By Martin Kaba • Mar 30th, 2010 • Filed under: Email, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

Open source desktop email client, Thunderbird has been update to version 3.0.4 for all platforms. This update focuses on security and stability, a total of 82 bugs have been fixed – 19 were considered critical. Several fixes were also to the user interface. Thunderbird 3.0.4 is now available for download at Mozilla Messaging, with release [...]

Thunderbird 3.0.2 now Available for Update

By Martin Kaba • Feb 25th, 2010 • Filed under: Email, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows, portable

It took a total of 120 bugs fixes, of which 19 are marked critical to get Thunderbird 3.0.2 out into the wild. Users of Thunderbird email client can check for updates at Help -> Check for Updates. Particularly addressed in this release; fixes for Thunderbird 2 users upgrading to Thunderbird 3 and several fixes to [...]

Thunderbird 3.0.1 now Available for Download

By Martin Kaba • Jan 20th, 2010 • Filed under: Email, Ubuntu, Windows

For Windows, Mac and Linux: After the huge success, here comes the first security and stability update for Thunderbird 3, Mozilla’s desktop email client. Thunderbird 3.0.1 changelog (complete list of changes) is a list of 125 fixed bugs, 25 of which were critical bugs. Several fixes also regarded the user interface and attachment handling.

Lightning 1.0 beta1 now Available for Download

By Martin Kaba • Jan 13th, 2010 • Filed under: Email, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

Lighting 1.0 is around the corner, the first beta of Lightning 1.0 comes nearly 16 months after the last update v.0.9. Lightning is an extension that tightly integrates Mozilla’s Sunbird calendar into Thunderbird.

5 Essential Thunderbird 3 Extensions to Get Started

By Martin Kaba • Dec 11th, 2009 • Filed under: Email, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

For Windows, Mac and Linux: Mozilla finally freed Thunderbird 3, a major upgrade after 2 years and is already working on Thunderbird 3.1. But this new release has also put out of function (for now) many great Thunderbird extensions. These plug-ins still have to be updated. Those mentioned have been tested and are compatible with [...]

A line of Code that Opens Google Wave inside Thunderbird 3

By Martin Kaba • Dec 9th, 2009 • Filed under: Email, Linux Tips and Tricks, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

For Mac, Linux and Windows: This line of code exploits the Content Tabs feature in recently released Thunderbird 3. The Content Tabs feature allows you to display brows-able web content in a new Thunderbird tab – with this line of code created by Joshua Cranmer (Quetzalcoatal blog) you can open Google Wave right inside Thunderbird [...]