Knowing Fedora (Core 6), I won’t see Thunderbird 2.0 anytime soon, so I decided to get it via upstream. Some initial comments.<\/p>\n
No x86_64?<\/b> New stuff<\/b> New mail notification that pops up, looks a little like AVG scanning your email on Windows, but it actually shows useful information, and will be a productivity boost. I notice that it also doesn’t only appear in the workspace Thunderbird is running in, but in the current active workspace. This may become a nuisance when in the zone for work, and you’re getting mail every 10 minutes.<\/p>\n Compacting folders? I can select an option to do it automatically from now on. Yet another dialog that won’t bug me on occassion.<\/p>\n When Thunderbird detects new messages in the folder, it normally dispalys such a folder differently. On mouse overs now work wonders, as it shows summaries of what the new messages are.<\/p>\n Google Support<\/b> Gmail support is such that your mail gets POP-ed down by default, but its also kept on the server. You sort of get the best of both worlds. What obviously doesn’t work, is label support – you tend to get a lot of messages in your Inbox. Then comes the problem of also archiving your messages offline. Its not streamlined, say like IMAP, which is something Google should really consider enabling.<\/p>\n In conclusion…<\/b> Technorati Tags: thunderbird<\/a>, thunderbird 2.0<\/a>, extensions<\/a>, new UI<\/a>, usability<\/a>, google<\/a>, gmail<\/a><\/p>\n
Thunderbird only says Linux i686. In fact, its a 32-bit binary, as opposed to what Fedora provides in 64-bit form.file thunderbird-bin
thunderbird-bin: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU\/Linux 2.2.5, stripped
file \/usr\/lib64\/thunderbird-1.5.0.10\/thunderbird-bin
\/usr\/lib64\/thunderbird-1.5.0.10\/thunderbird-bin: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU\/Linux 2.6.9, stripped
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Running it<\/b>
Just copy it to \/usr\/lib\/thunderbird<\/tt>, and it currently runs via \/usr\/lib\/thunderbird\/thunderbird<\/tt>. \/usr\/bin\/thunderbird<\/tt> clearly needs to be edited to allow for using Thunderbird 2.0. A good way to get it going:mv \/usr\/bin\/thunderbird \/usr\/bin\/thunderbird-1.5
ln -s \/usr\/lib\/thunderbird\/thunderbird \/usr\/bin\/thunderbird
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Extensions<\/b>
Some of them that I use, don’t work. QuickQuote (to select part of a message, and hit reply, and only that gets quoted, ala Evolution), Remove Duplicate Messages, Sync On Arrival (important when using IMAP). I am confident that we’ll see them very soon.<\/p>\n
The new visual interface is very slick. It looks rather professional, and I am thrilled by it. <\/p>\n
Gmail support within the accounts field, means I’ll actually be reading my GMail accounts a lot more. Its interesting to have Google integration built right in, because getting the Google Calendar syncing<\/a> to Thunderbird 2 is also not a problem.<\/p>\n
I’ll play with this a lot more, as I use Thunderbird on Linux and OS X for daily use. I prefer the regular theme now, over the CrossOver theme on the Mac. I dearly miss Sync on Arrival. And I just got annoyed by the new message notification pop-up, as it came up while I was typing this entry! (You can disable it in Preferences, if need be.)<\/p>\nShare this:<\/h3>