Wow! What an amazing week it's been for the Mozilla Thunderbird email application. We released on Tuesday, and in the first three days we've already got 14 localizations -- for each of Mac, Windows, and Linux, we've been all over the press, and just this morning, we broke half a million downloads. This release is breaking all previous Thunderbird records!
If you haven't made the switch, take a few minutes this weekend to do so. You won't be disappointed. You can find a nifty guide to help you through the simple migration process over at MozillaNews.
And in case there were folks out there who didn't realize it, Thunderbird provides a powerful RSS reading interface. All the power of your mail interface -- with filtering, searching, organizing, etc. for reading your RSS feeds. It's wonderful. Make the switch today!
Posted by asa at December 10, 2004 09:03 AMIt's good to see the Firefox type of interest reflected in Thunderbird. I have to admit on being asked that told someone it wasn't as polished as Firefox.
But I was trying to ensure they weren't disappointed if they tried it. As do think the configuration and settings could be a little clearer. Though hopefully for most people they aren't starting from scratch and can use the import tools for settings.
Me personally I love it, before 0.4 or 0.5 (Can't remember when i started using Thunderbird now) I was a outlook 2000 use and I don't miss it at all. In fact after using Ximian Evolution on my nix box I had for a long time looked for a windows alternative and until Thunderbird never really found one.
It is the best option for the average windows user. Only real fault i have with it is the nuisance of downloading my localised dictionary every time i upgrade. Hardly a big deal
Posted by: Paul on December 10, 2004 10:51 AM