+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted December 21, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted December 21, 2011 Thunderbird is a free email application that's easy to set up and customize - and it's loaded with great features! What's New in Thunderbird 9.0 The latest version of Thunderbird has the following changes: Thunderbird is based on the new Mozilla Gecko 9 engine New opt-in system for users to send performance and usability data back to Mozilla to improve future versions of Thunderbird Additional support for Personas in the compose and address book windows Better keyboard handling for attachments Windows users can hide the menu bar (and show it with the "alt" key) Several user interface fixes and improvements Fixed several security issues Link: Mozilla Thunderbird website View: Release notes Download: Mozilla Thunderbird 9.0 (for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows) +Gary7 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperAFK Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Does the interface on the windows version still look like someone vomited all over it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArialBlue Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 To speed up the interface on low-end Windows systems, 1. Go to Tools -> Options -> Advanced 2. Click "Config Editor..." 3. Find "gfx.direct2d.disabled" and make sure this is "true" 4. Find "layers.prefer-d3d9" and set this to "true" 5. Restart. Thunderbird should feel snappier now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadishTM Veteran Posted December 21, 2011 Veteran Share Posted December 21, 2011 Thanks Meph (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadrack Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Does the interface on the windows version still look like someone vomited all over it? It looks like the same old interface sans-menu bar. They layout of the messages and the preview pane is very dated. I realize that they don't want to copy Outlook's layout, but I would probably use Thunderbird over Outlook if they did :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixated Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Have they actually put in any -EMAIL- features in the past... 2 years? Except for making the interface and adding new account process worse / more buggy than previously I can't remember a single significant change in TB since... forever. Talk about being left behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaara sama Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 No joke not cuz im fan boy of mozilla , but i love Thunderbird is totally awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Heartripper Subscriber¹ Posted December 21, 2011 Subscriber¹ Share Posted December 21, 2011 There are plenty of skilled designers there at mozilla still thunderbird looks like crap. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperAFK Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 It looks like the same old interface sans-menu bar. They layout of the messages and the preview pane is very dated. I realize that they don't want to copy Outlook's layout, but I would probably use Thunderbird over Outlook if they did :D Don't forget the incredibly ugly tabs and toolbar icons. The toolbar icons look like firefox 4 alpha. Really how hard would it be to update the toolbar icons, and copy the firefox button for the menu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gary7 Subscriber² Posted December 22, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted December 22, 2011 I have been using Outlook for over 10 years now. I thought I would give this a try. Outlook 2010 is now removed from my machine. It does not look like vomit to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randolph Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 i love thunderbird. i feel there is alot of unused space though :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gary7 Subscriber² Posted December 22, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted December 22, 2011 i love thunderbird. i feel there is alot of unused space though :/ That is just my empty inbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted December 22, 2011 MVC Share Posted December 22, 2011 If you want the old look of Thunderbird look you can get the theme here Classic TB2 https://addons.mozil...tb2/?src=search it works with 9.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Wagyu Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Wow, the default UI is really bad. Looks like the Mostly Crystal theme I normally use isn't being maintained anymore and stops at version 8 :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerFan Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Looks like it could really use a major overhaul to the UI. I do like the way it handles Gmail so much faster than Outlook. But before I could ever switch to it as a default mail app, they would have to add a basic, integrated calendar function. I know you can add in Sunbird / Lightning, but I'd like to see it become a more tightly integrated part of Thunderbird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwod Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Looks like it could really use a major overhaul to the UI. I do like the way it handles Gmail so much faster than Outlook. But before I could ever switch to it as a default mail app, they would have to add a basic, integrated calendar function. I know you can add in Sunbird / Lightning, but I'd like to see it become a more tightly integrated part of Thunderbird. Developers said it is not needed, or if you really think they should, file on bugzilla for it, or it you are desperate, code it yourself since it is open sourced. But as far as i can tell none of the Dev gives a shxt. On Mac, You should just use sparrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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