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Thunderbird 0.7 Released

Posted by michael on from the freshmeat dept.

aeinome writes "Right on the heels of the release of Firefox 0.9 comes the official release of Thunderbird 0.7. Updates are similar to Firefox's, with new extension and theme managers and slight increases in speed. Be sure to read the release notes for the complete list of new features, and then download it from the Thunderbird homepage."

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  1. Mozilla by Sandman1971 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    My question is.... When will Firefox and Thunderbird be packaged together in a new full blown Mozilla release? Can't seem to find any info on the website regarding it.

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  2. Warning to Upgraders by fupeg · · Score: 3, Insightful
    From the release notes:
    Upgraders: DO NOT install Mozilla Thunderbird into a directory containing program files from a previous version. Overwriting files from a previous release WILL cause problems.
    They have an installer and yet they have this problem? How amateur is this? If this is the case, then the installer should delete the old directory or better yet, delete the files that are not overwritten and cause problems. I love Thunderbird, but this is pretty weak.
  3. Re:It's not. by mikefoley · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Which makes me wonder why so much effort is being put into confusing potential users.

    I love Mozilla. I switch alot of people to Mozilla. Why not put alot of the nice look and feel of Firefox and Thunderchicken into the Mozilla suite?

    Confuse less of your "customers" and satisfy the rest.

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  4. Re:Still Room for Improvement by rjhall · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well, that does work for me.
    But I ctrl-m to compose a message, and ctrl-shift-m doesn't do what you would (or, at least, *I* would) expect.

  5. HTML email sucks by BinLadenMyHero · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Parent is not trolling, HTML email is indeed bad etiquette. Just a matter of KISS. Anyway, why HTML email? Email is meant to send text messages. Attachments are fine if you want to transmit something else (like you can do in regular mail), but deliver the text as text (preferably 7-bit ASCII) so it's easier to read for everyone in any device.