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Thunderbird Will Phase Out Legacy Add-Ons, Will Support WebExtensions (bleepingcomputer.com)

Posted by msmash on from the next-up dept.

Catalin Cimpanu, writing for BleepingComputer: Mozilla announced last week plans to modernize Thunderbird's codebase, plans that include fixing some "technical debt" by incorporating the recent changes in the Mozilla engine into Thunderbird, adding a new user interface (UI), and phasing out old legacy add-ons that are built on the XUL and XPCOM APIs. The changes are part of Mozilla's new plan for Thunderbird development, a project that it left for dead in 2012, but later decided to reinvigorate in 2016.

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  1. My Add-ons by msc.buff · · Score: 4, Informative
    I use several add-ons in my daily Thunderbird usage:
    1. CompactHeader
    2. ConfigDate
    3. DKIM Verifier
    4. Enigmail
    5. Header Tools Lite
    6. LookOut
    7. Manually sort folders
    8. Nostalgy
    9. PrintingTools
    10. Remove Duplicate Messages (Alternate)
    11. Spamness

    I wouldn't mind if some add-ons were integrated (Enigmail, Nostalgy) but don't mess too much with the cored T-Bird.