Archive for the ‘Thunderbird’ Category

Introducing Evolution Contacts Integration for Thunderbird

If you’ve been using Ubuntu One contacts, Google Contacts, or local address books through GNOME Evolution on Ubuntu Oneiric, you can now access those contacts from within Thunderbird with our new EDS Contacts Integration add-on! Want to give this add-on a try?  Visit the project page. Got some feedback on this add-on?  All feedback can [...]

Thunderbird Conversations now stable

We released Thunderbird Conversations 2.0 a few days ago! Thunderbird Conversations, as the name implies, is a Thunderbird addon that equips your favorite email client with a conversation view. We worked on both Thunderbird and Conversations, hence the two simultaneous releases: Thunderbird Conversations 2.0 goes with Thunderbird 5.0. Naturally, a lot of bugs were uncovered [...]

Ubuntu Unity Messaging Menu Updated!

The Ubuntu Unity Messaging Menu integration extension has been updated, and now supports both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures! But there’s a catch:  in order to use this extension, you have to use Thunderbird 3.3 or higher.  Instructions for getting Thunderbird 3.3 on Ubuntu Natty are here. (Note:  the instructions are for Ubuntu Maverick, but the [...]

Ubuntu Unity Launcher Integration Updated

The Ubuntu Unity Launcher extension for Thunderbird was originally restricted to 32-bit architectures.  This latest update eliminates this restriction:  the extension now runs on any architecture that Thunderbird can run on. There is, however, a catch:  the extension is now only compatible with Thunderbird 3.3 or higher. Here are instructions to install Thunderbird 3.3 via [...]

More Ubuntu Unity Integration for Thunderbird…

If you’re using Ubuntu Natty Narwhal, you’ll be happy to know that we’re stepping up our campaign to integrate Thunderbird with the Ubuntu Unity shell.  Our new extension lets Thunderbird leverage the Unity Launcher. Interested?  Then come check out Unity Launcher integration for Thunderbird! Got some feedback? We’d love to hear it! All feedback can [...]

OpenSearch updated

A new version of Thunderbird’s OpenSearch add-on is available. This is a bug fix release with the following improvements: Fixed a bug forcing you to select a search engine after installation. Added restoration of search tabs on restart. You can grab the add-on at the OpenSearch project page. Please leave any feedback in this thread [...]

Announcing Search in Thunderbird

Welcome to our first release of the new OpenSearch add-on. OpenSearch lets you search the web from within Thunderbird. As well as showing up in global search results, you can access OpenSearch from the Message Menu, or the context menu: Select some text, then click Message -> Search The Web…, and Thunderbird will open a [...]

About:Support moving to Thunderbird product

Thanks for all the about:support Thunderbird add-on feedback, especially from Eric Moore! Siddharth Agarwal, developer of the about:support add-on code, is about to start the process of landing about:support in the main Thunderbird product i.e. converting it from an add-on to a core part of the next release of Thunderbird, codenamed Miramar (Miramar is still [...]

Mute Thread

One thing that has been requested over the years from Thunderbird users is the ability to mute an individual email thread, so that once you’ve decided you don’t care about a particular conversation, you don’t have to wade through more messages in it as they continue to arrive. A Prototype In order to provide relief [...]

2756 bugs found.

In the realm of mailnews, there are a few parts of the code that don’t really get all the attention they deserve. One of them is the compose window. > jcranmer: libmime and compose are pretty much the two areas that I refuse to do research in > bwinton: jcranmer: That’s a pretty good policy [...]

Installation

All of our add-ons are listed in the official addons.mozilla.org site.

To install any of these add-ons in Thunderbird, follow these steps.
(In Thunderbird)

  1. 1. Open the Tools menu
  2. 2. Select Add-ons
    to open the add-ons dialog
  3. 3. Click on the Get Add-ons
    tab to open search page
  4. 4. Click in the Search
    All Add-ons text box
  5. 5. Search for the add-on
    name click on Install in the results

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