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New beta of Thunderbird released

thunderbirdThe second beta candidate of Thunderbird 1.5 was released last week.

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 Mail.app, its IMAP implementation and support for HTML using the Gecko engine are better without a doubt.

But the usual black marks remain: Butt-ugly (a badge of honour in some circles, I know). No AppleScript support. No integration with other Mac OS X apps.

You can get Thunderbird 1.5 RC2 at the Mozilla web site.

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3 Responses to “New beta of Thunderbird released”

  1. kermit says:
    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…

  2. Tim says:
    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.

  3. Hawk Wings » Blog Archive » Thunderbird 1.5 released says:
    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. [...]

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