SillyDog701

[Don_HH2K]

Mozilla has released version 2.0 of the Thunderbird e-mail client.

What's New in Thunderbird 2

* Message Tags: Create your own tags for organizing email. Messages can be assigned any number of tags. Tags can be combined with saved searches and mail views to make it easier to organize email.
* Visual Theme: Thunderbird 2's theme and user interface have been updated to improve usability and maximize screen real estate.
* Session History Navigation: Back and Forward buttons allow navigation through message history.
* Advanced Folder Views: Customize the folder pane to show favorite, unread or recent folders.
* Easy Access to Popular Web Mail Services: Gmail and .Mac users can access their accounts in Thunderbird by simply providing their user names and passwords.
* Improved Support For Extensions: Extensions can now add custom columns to the message list pane in addition to storing custom message data in the mail database.
* Improved New Mail Notification Alerts: New mail alerts include information such as the subject, sender and message preview text.
* Folder Summary Popups: Mouse over a folder with new messages to see a summary of the new messages in that folder.
* Saved Search Folder Performance: Search results for saved search folders are now cached, improving folder loading performance.
* Find As You Type: Finds and highlights message text as you type.
* Improved Filing Tools: Recent folder menu items for moving and copying messages to recently used folders. Move / Copy again functionality.
* Updates to the Extension System: The extension system has been updated to provide enhanced security and to allow for easier localization of extensions.
* New Windows installer: Based on Nullsoft Scriptable Install System, the new Windows installer resolves many long-standing issues.
* Windows Vista Support: Many enhancements and fixes for Windows Vista.

The Rumbling Edge has an extensive list of new features and bugfixes available in 2.0.

Download links for Thunderbird 2.0 (en-US):

• :win: Thunderbird 2.0 (Windows)
• :tux: Thunderbird 2.0 (Linux i686)
• :X: Thunderbird 2.0 (Mac OS X Universal)

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[humpd]

When I click on the check for updates feature in TB, it says there are none available. Is this a completely new build and, if so, do I have to uninstall TB 1.5.0.10 first?

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3

[Mandrake]

It's generally safe to simply install over the old version of Thunderbird.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3

[Fulvio]

I have been testing TB2.0 for long time, and I, finally, installed it in a different folder. I am, also, using a separate profile. Initially, I was having some problem with TB2.0beta not closing, so that I could not open 1.5.0.10 (or whatever I had), but they have minded their business.
However, it should be no problem installing on top, although uninstalling 1.5.0.10 is a better idea, since the profile is not removed.
I like to have both, just in case.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20070222 SeaMonkey/1.1.1

[humpd]

Why doesn't TB see this new TB as an update when I use the check for updates option in help?

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3

[James]

It may not be on their server yet. Just a guess.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3

[Fulvio]

I kept both 1.5.0.10, and 2.0. I have made 1.0 my default, and found out that it behaves if I open it from its shortcut. I have a different set of ADDons/Extentions in 1.5.0.10, but I find that if I open 2.0 from the FF2.0.0.3, it will use the 1.5.0.10 extentions, many of which are not compatible. All in all 2.0 seems ok, but it does not play well with its elder ( or, may be, it likes its older brother's toy!).

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3

[humpd]

I replaced 1.5... with it and all is working fine. I like it. Is there a way to have it show an icon of some sort, in addition to the sound, to notify you of mail? Just wondering, no big deal.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3

[Fulvio]

No different than before. I never bother with the sound, because I am, always, playing some music. The settings are in the same place, except that you select Tools|Options|General|when new messages arrive show an alert.

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