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Feb 7, 2007View in Crawl 4
My *only* problem w/ TB is the huge cache/memory usage after leaving it open for hours at a time. Not a big enough problem to make me give it up though! Remove Duplicate Messages is my be-all end-all extension. Couldn't live w/ out it - or at least wouldn't want to.
The spam filter is the best part of Thunderbird. Who cares about gmail. I would much rather my desktop app flter my mail as opposed to a web based company.
Is there an extension that allows you to open Thunderbird RSS pages using Firefox's rendering engine? I know they're fairly similar programs, but last time I checked Thunderbird didn't allow you to navigate through websites that were located through RSS feeds.I ditched Thunderbird for GMail and Newsfox ( <a class="user" href="http://newsfox.mozdev.org/">http://newsfox.mozdev.org/</a> ), within which you can navigate RSS stories in a window divided into three frames; one for categories, one for the stories within, and another for the actual content. Since the sites open in a frame, you're able to navigate through them perfectly using saved usernames/passwords, cookies and javascript. If Thunderbird were to support those in the future it might be useful again as an RSS reader but at the moment I'm not holding a lot of hope, so I'm wondering if there's any extensions that can replicate this?Thunderbird is great for free email software especially considering the majority of the others that are around, but for personal use at least I'm finding GMail to be more useful. Perhaps they should pre-empt Microsoft and redesign the user interface to be more useful, perhaps in a similar way to Office 2007 (if that's legal, considering patents and such.) Just doesn't seem compelling for personal use.
Closed AccountFeb 7, 2007
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libertaoFeb 7, 2007
Hm, nope, still offers nothing over gmail for me.
pcgeek101Feb 8, 2007
These are some cool extensions, but Outlook works a lot better and doesn't have some of the quirkiness that Thunderbird does.
uncoolcentralFeb 8, 2007
My *only* problem w/ TB is the huge cache/memory usage after leaving it open for hours at a time. Not a big enough problem to make me give it up though! Remove Duplicate Messages is my be-all end-all extension. Couldn't live w/ out it - or at least wouldn't want to.
randazzoFeb 8, 2007
The spam filter is the best part of Thunderbird. Who cares about gmail. I would much rather my desktop app flter my mail as opposed to a web based company.
vurdalakFeb 8, 2007
And my favorites: - Signature Switch (<a class="user" href="http://mozext.achimonline.de/signatureswitch_about.php)">http://mozext.achimonline.de/signatureswitch_about.php)</a> - Buttons! (<a class="user" href="http://www.chuonthis.com/extensions/buttons.php)">http://www.chuonthis.com/extensions/buttons.php)</a> I've added "Labels" as dropdownbox on toolbar in TB 1.5 - extremely useful - Compact Folder Button (<a class="user" href="http://compactfolder.mozdev.org/)">http://compactfolder.mozdev.org/)</a> - don't forget to compact your folders never again - Mark All Read Button (<a class="user" href="http://www.linnhe.net/thunderbird/extensions.html)">http://www.linnhe.net/thunderbird/extensions.html)</a> - use it in news groups w/o enter the folder
Closed AccountFeb 8, 2007
Is there an extension that allows you to open Thunderbird RSS pages using Firefox's rendering engine? I know they're fairly similar programs, but last time I checked Thunderbird didn't allow you to navigate through websites that were located through RSS feeds.I ditched Thunderbird for GMail and Newsfox ( <a class="user" href="http://newsfox.mozdev.org/">http://newsfox.mozdev.org/</a> ), within which you can navigate RSS stories in a window divided into three frames; one for categories, one for the stories within, and another for the actual content. Since the sites open in a frame, you're able to navigate through them perfectly using saved usernames/passwords, cookies and javascript. If Thunderbird were to support those in the future it might be useful again as an RSS reader but at the moment I'm not holding a lot of hope, so I'm wondering if there's any extensions that can replicate this?Thunderbird is great for free email software especially considering the majority of the others that are around, but for personal use at least I'm finding GMail to be more useful. Perhaps they should pre-empt Microsoft and redesign the user interface to be more useful, perhaps in a similar way to Office 2007 (if that's legal, considering patents and such.) Just doesn't seem compelling for personal use.
dotancohenJun 8, 2007
The ability to scroll with the keyboard should be built into TB.
rantingrajJun 18, 2007
Wow!! Thanx for the education!!
lukeslytalkerJul 26, 2007
Good deal. Thanks