New beta of Thunderbird released
The second beta candidate of
Thunderbird 1.5 RC2 features several significant improvements. The changelog lists them all, but here are some that caught my eye:
- The automated update process is more prominent and more efficient.
- This release sorts address auto-complete results by how often you send email to each recipient. Clever!
- It can now spell-check as you type.
- Saved Search Folders can now search across multiple accounts.
- Integration with server side spam filtering.
- Filters for creating a Global Inbox.
Compared to
But the usual black marks remain: Butt-ugly (a badge of honour in some circles, I know). No
You can get Thunderbird 1.5 RC2 at the Mozilla web site.
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December 31st, 2005 at 8:02 am
butt-ugly??? To me Mail is much more “un-Apple” then ThunderBird!
What about consistency???? Every now and the a new design…
The same goes for Thunderbird en Safari. feature-wise it’s the same: much more features in the mozilla soft. then Apple…
December 31st, 2005 at 9:43 am
Sure, there’s something in what you say.
When it first appeared, Mail. 2.0’s interface was a shock. So most people got rid of the lozenges (Mail Stamps).
Since its appeareance though “the Mail-like look” has caught on so strongly - ecto, StickyBrain, iTunes (sort of), etc, etc - that a non-Mail-like app now almost seems non-standard.
January 12th, 2006 at 5:23 pm
[...] The release notes suggest that the final version almost exactly the same as the second beta release of two weeks ago. [...]