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Firefox and Thunderbird 12 via incrementals

Postby Fulvio » Thu 26 Apr, 2012 12:16 pm

I got both FF and TB12, using Help|About FF or TB|Check for Updates. The significant (7.1 and 5.1MB) incrementals were downloaded, and the new versions were installed, with no incident.
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Re: Firefox and Thunderbird 12 via incrementals

Postby Fulvio » Sat 05 May, 2012 1:42 pm

Yeah, there is a TB12.0.1, to parallel SM2.9.1.
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Re: Firefox and Thunderbird 12 via incrementals

Postby Fulvio » Tue 08 May, 2012 3:09 pm

And, is there a way to update the announcements?
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Re: Firefox and Thunderbird 12 via incrementals

Postby richard mitnick » Tue 08 May, 2012 3:16 pm

Hey Fulvio-

How are you?

I recently had occasion to again try TBird. I hd a problem with Outlook, since solved. I was amazed that TBird's import utility for address book(s) is still the same antiquated model used by Eudora. I settled on Windows Live Mail for the brief period that I was in need.
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Re: Firefox and Thunderbird 12 via incrementals

Postby James » Tue 08 May, 2012 8:15 pm

Indeed. Mozilla had promised to bring over the best aspects of Eudora and meld them into something awesome. Whatever happened to those aspirations?
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Re: Firefox and Thunderbird 12 via incrementals

Postby Fulvio » Wed 09 May, 2012 12:58 pm

I was using Eudora, almost exclusively, several years ago. Then, I drifted toward TB, but, I find Seamonkey as good, or better, and more practical. As for the Eudora features, I don't have a clue. I have not had to make any changes, in a while, so I am ok with what I use.
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Re: Firefox and Thunderbird 12 via incrementals

Postby James » Wed 09 May, 2012 8:23 pm

TB is "okay" for a personal email client. It's no Outlook and therefore will never be embraced by the corporate world. But for individuals, it's fine. My wife prefers Windows Live Mail. I bounce between the two but the truth is, most of my mail these days is on the web. When I'm at work, I use Outlook.

Whatever happened to the Penelope project? Did Mozilla just "give up"?

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Penelope
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Re: Firefox and Thunderbird 12 via incrementals

Postby Fulvio » Thu 10 May, 2012 7:09 pm

Whatever happened to the Penelope project?

The link you gave is not too informative, but a Search about Penelope yielded some information, especially, old faithful Wikipedia.
Pnelope is/was not integral part of Thunderbird, at any time, but rather an extention (add-on).
I have not been exposed to Office, at any time, and, when I got my first connection to the Internet, I was set up with Netscape, and consequently Mozilla. Thunderbird comes along for the ride, but I am doing fine with Seamonkey. At one time Eudora was my favorite program.
By the way the add-on could not be installed, because it it was not compatible with that version. If I cared, I would have tried to go around it, but, I, honestly, have wasted so much time today, that I don't care.
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