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Thunderbird 2 Alpha 1 in developers preview release
Get ready for the next release of Mozilla's Thunderbird email client. The new version is currently available in beta - Message tags
- Folder views
- Improved New Mail notification alerts
- New Windows installer
- Find as you type
- Add-ons manager for extensions and themes
- Extension system updates for enhanced security
I haven't used Thunderbird since an early release; this is really making me want to try it out again. Do you use Thunderbird regularly? If you don't, will you be willing to try this new release once it comes out?
Update: My mistake, it was Thunderbird 2 Beta 1 that was released this week. As noted by Claus.
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Subscribe to commentsClausDec 14th 2006 2:23PM
Actually....
I think that the latest release version for Thunderbird 2.0 is now at Beta 1 release, not Alpha 1.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/releases/2.0b1.html
Your link: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/releases/2.0a1.html
Am I missing something?
DeanoDec 14th 2006 2:45PM
I will try this out but I'm not hopeful. I'm still awaiting the Firefox of email clients but Thunderbird never seems to nail it.
If they did then I could get my mate off Outlook Express, which for all it's faults IS easy to use and navigate.
They just need to hone the essential features and make them accessible and take a few pages out of Gmail's book.
resourceDec 14th 2006 2:59PM
They're working on Beta 2 buddy.
Beta 1 is pretty good.
I'm looking forward to tabbed Thunderbird in version 3.
scottDec 14th 2006 3:32PM
I use Thunderbird for all of my POP mail EXCEPT at the office, which is an Exchange shop so I'm roped into Outlook there. I was hoping they'd integrate a calendar with T-bird this time out. It's nice to be able to manage several e-mail accounts in Thunderbird, but it's basic messaging and not much more. I probably won't leap into the Beta, but when they release v.2 I guess I'll upgrade. Tabbed messaging would be nice, but I'm hoping the tags will help make browsing/threading easier. It would be nice to have a desktop version of GMail that could pick up non-Google POP accounts. Being able to store/manage as a conversation would be nice.
AmandaDec 14th 2006 5:17PM
I use Thunderbird as my mail client, super easy to create multiple address and as a RSS reader, wouldn't go back to Outlook Express or Outlook.
Sean HackbarthDec 14th 2006 8:16PM
Thunderbird is my e-mail client of choice. Although the spam filter isn't that great a learn for me it's better than Outlook Express. Tags might be nice. I just want better spam filtering.
ThomasDec 14th 2006 8:00PM
I'm a Thunderbird user at work. It's feature packed and works well. :)
MartinDec 15th 2006 7:19AM
Hello,
I use Thunderbird 2 Alpha and it work nice
Sanjay GoelDec 16th 2006 1:27PM
I used Thunderbird when my company provided me an IMAP account. There aren't any good IMAP clients available and thunderbird just seemed to be better than the rest including outlook.
Its certainly better than all the outlook expresses of the world but still can't beat the exchange-outlook combo that my company switched onto.