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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. Interesting by voice_of_all_reason · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, if you drink enough thunderbird, everything has tabs, man...

  2. OH BOY! by utexaspunk · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's Lotus Notes! *shudder*

  3. Looks out of place by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Informative

    From the article it looks like they have replaced the preview pane with tabbed email views.

    That looks like it would be confusing - especially if the list above doesn't tally with which email is visible.

    I cannot quite see how this would help (tabbed browsing is easy to see the benefits), tabs for the sake of tabs seems pointless.

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  4. one use by harmanjd · · Score: 5, Interesting

    One Use I could see for this (maybe) is with an rss feed or newsgroup reader. You could have each topic in the rss feed open in a seperate tab. For a newsgroup, you could get each thread in a seperate tab.

    But for regular email? I don't open multiple email windows in thunderbird and never really had a desire to. So why would I need tabs?

  5. Following threads is easier by Shivetya · · Score: 5, Informative

    We have Lotus Notes at work. It is not uncommon for me to have more than two messages open at once, each under its own tab. Even my reply is under its own tab. Another example of a good use, I am reading an involved message and an urgent one comes to my attention. Open the new one in its tab and leaving the other's display undisturbed.

    Bringing OSS applications up to the level of current business applications is key to gaining acceptance. As with any other feature it should be selectable. Now there are many OSS packages that have features I would love to see in the commercial applications I use by feature movement is much easier one way than the other.

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  6. Re:What is so great about tabbed browsers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Who can I complain to if Firefox screws me

    Do you really think that you can complain to MS when IE screws you?
    The best of luck, my poor deluded friend.

  7. Re:Why? by Short+Circuit · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Even in GMail, with its excellent thread support, I sometimes find I want more than one email easily accessible.

    Usually, it's when I'm composing a message containing a composite of information from a number of past emails. Happens most when I'm coordinating between different people.

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