Monthly Archives: December 2011

Thunderbird 12: Tabs on Top
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Posted on December 31, 2011 by

It has only taken Mozilla 8 (well, no 7 as there was no Thunderbird 5) Thunderbird releases to catch up with the UI change made in Firefox 4. The Daily builds of Thunderbird 12 now have the tab bar at … Continue reading →

Posted in Developmental Builds, General Thunderbird, Thunderbird 12 | 2 Comments

Thunderbird 9.0.1 Released
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Posted on December 24, 2011 by

Well, I didn’t see this coming, mainly because I use the Beta builds as my default Thunderbird build on my desktop machine. I do run the Release version of Thunderbird on my laptop, but since I am on break from … Continue reading →

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Thunderbird Release Update: December 24, 2011
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Posted on December 24, 2011 by

Just Released December 20th Thunderbird 3.1.17 Thunderbird 9.0 December 23rd Thunderbird 9.0.1 Thunderbird 10 Beta (10.0b1) Thunderbird 11 Earlybird (11.0a2) Coming Soon January 31st, 2012 Thunderbird 3.1.18 Thunderbird 10 Final Release Thunderbird 11 Beta (11.0b1)* Thunderbird 12 Earlybird (12.0a2)* Future … Continue reading →

Posted in Thunderbird 10, Thunderbird 11, Thunderbird 12, Thunderbird 13, Thunderbird 3.1 (Lanikai), Thunderbird 9 | Leave a comment

Thunderbird 10.0 Beta (10.0b1) Released
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Posted on December 23, 2011 by

Mozilla has merged Thunderbird 10 on the to the Beta developmental channel on December 23rd, 2011. Existing Thunderbird Beta users can update via Help > About Thunderbird. New users can get Thunderbird Beta from Mozilla’s Future of Thunderbird site. What’s … Continue reading →

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Thunderbird 3.1.17 Released
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Posted on December 21, 2011 by

Thunderbird 3.1.17 has been released on December 20th, 2011. Current Thunderbird 3.1.16 users can update via Help > About Thunderbird. This release addressed stability and security issues, see the Security Advisory. The next scheduled released is Thunderbird 3.1.18 on January … Continue reading →

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Thunderbird 9 Released
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Posted on December 21, 2011 by

Thunderbird 9 has been released on December 20th, 2011. Current Thunderbird 8.0.0 users can update via Help > About Thunderbird. Lightning users, after you have updated to Thunderbird 9.0, your calendars will be broken. To fix this go Tools > … Continue reading →

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Thunderbird Release Update: December 17, 2011
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Posted on December 17, 2011 by

Just Released None Coming Soon December 20th Thunderbird 9 Final Release Thunderbird 10 Beta (10.0b1)* Thunderbird 11 Earlybird (10.0a2)* Future Releases January 31st, 2012 Thunderbird 10 Final Release Thunderbird 11 Beta (11.0b1)* Thunderbird 12 Earlybird (12.0a2)* * As part of … Continue reading →

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Thunderbird Turns 7
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Posted on December 7, 2011 by

On December 7, 2004 Mozilla launched Thunderbird 1.0 and by the end of that week had over 1-million downloads. Seven years later there are around 15 to 20-million users world wide. I started using Thunderbird about a year later after … Continue reading →

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Several Mozilla Sites Down
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Posted on December 5, 2011 by

addons.mozilla.org (AMO) and several other Mozilla sites including Bugzilla, Sync and the Mozilla Support site are currently experiencing service issues. You can check the status here.

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Thunderbird Usage Survey Results
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Posted on December 5, 2011 by

During the month of November 2011, Mozilla conducted a Thunderbird usage survey. The survey was available via link on the Mozilla Thunderbird Start Page. The results were quite interesting: More than 70% Thunderbird users are men! Please, tell your wife, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bugs, General Thunderbird | 1 Comment