De Mozilla Foundation heeft dinsdag de derde bèta van Thunderbird 3 uitgebracht. Mozilla Thunderbird is een opensource en crossplatform mail- en newsgroupclient met features zoals ondersteuning voor meerdere mail- en newsaccounts, een junkmailfilter, spellingcontrole en een aan te passen uiterlijk. Uiteraard kan de functionaliteit verder worden uitgebreid met behulp van zogenaamde extensions. De ontwikkelaars hebben in de nieuwe bèta de volgende wijzigingen doorgevoerd:
Developer Improvements
- Thread Pane and Tab Refactoring
See Thread Pane UI refactoring discussion for additional details.- Fixes For Extension Developers
See Thunderbird Extensions and Thunderbird HowTos for developer documentation.User Experience Improvements
- Tabbed Email Messages
Double-clicking or hitting enter on a mail message will now open that message in a New Tab window. Middle-clicking on messages or folders will open them in a Tab in the background. When quitting Thunderbird, visible tabs will be saved and will be restored when you open Thunderbird the next time. There is also a new Tab menu on the Tab toolbar to help you switch between Tabs.- New Message Summary View
Selecting multiple messages will give you a summary view of the emails you have selected.- Column Headings
The column headings that are displayed and the order in which they are displayed can now be set on a per-folder basis.- Smart Folders
The folder pane offers a Smart Folders mode which combines special mailboxes (e.g. Inbox) from multiple accounts together.- Improved Gmail Integration
Better recognition and integration of Gmail's special folders such as Sent and Trash including non-English versions of Gmail. Thunderbird also uses All Mail as the Archives folder.