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Mozilla Thunderbird Gets Firefox-style Tabs

Posted by Zonk on from the now-if-they-can-make-lattes-i'll-be-set dept.

daria42 writes "A developer has added tabbed browsing of e-mail messages to Mozilla's Thunderbird e-mail client, mimicking one of the most popular features of the Firefox and Opera Web browsers." From the article: "It is unlikely the feature will be found in Mozilla's imminent release of Thunderbird 1.5 -- currently in testing -- but software developer Myk Melez has put test versions of Thunderbird online with the tabbed browsing feature included. However, there are doubts over the suitability of these downloads for production use as they are based on bleeding-edge 'unofficial' code. "

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  1. Thunderbird wish-list... by shic · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    1. Please, please, please can we get an updatable centralised (LDAP?) address book?
    2. I wish I could configure Thunderbird to refresh all my Imap folders periodically? I've dozens and without selecting each in turn they sometimes don't refresh with new mails delivered to a folder.
    3. I love the ease with which I can select between multiple sending email addresses - but I'd also like to be able to associate a particular email address with a particular destination address. This would make using the correct email address less error prone when posting to mailing lists... as well as avoiding confusing contacts who may only recognise me when I wear a specific "hat"

  2. Re:Sounds good to me. by AME · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    It's like Gay Marriage.

    Most people that I know who have a problem with Gay Marriage are not very concerned about what type of unions are legally recognized by the state or what benefits such unions have. Rather, the problem lies in the redefinition of the term "Marriage," which has had a well-understood meaning for a very long time.

    Tabbed emails take nothing away from folks who don't want to use that functionality

    Understand that I'm not talking about tabbed browsing, but your comparison to Gay Marriage, and compare that statement to this: "Using the term 'Free Software' in new ways takes nothing away from folks who want to use it to refer to its more traditional meaning." Well, not really.

    but there's a certain type of person who can't see beyond...

    Your characterization of Gay Marriage detractors is something of a strawman.

    Have I wandered far enough off topic?

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