The Rumbling Edge

Changelog for previous release (Thunderbird 1.5 Beta 1)
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Last updated 15 Oct 05.

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 Beta 2 has been released. There are no new major features over 1.5 Beta 1.

Improvements over Thunderbird 1.5 Beta 1:

New feature:

• 276632: make autocomplete be more like google suggest (make it most popular results come first)

Major bugfixes:

• 246966: Thunderbird does show blank page for some mails, due to problems with storing the previous e-mail
• 307875: Crash if I select the correct spell "hello" from context menu
• 309590: thunderbird crashes when I delete some messages from folder (not imap)
• 310305: Message Filters Delete Text
• 264544: Templates deleted after sending
• 270743: First launch account creation doesn't honor unchecking [ ] Download messages now option
• 281847: [Linux] clicking mailto: link and "send link" fail to bring up mail compose
• 292568: Message-Edit Message As New then File-Save (template or draft): deletes original message
• 300136: Full update archives may need to contain remove commands
• 301649: Invalid local image filenames cause forwarded-inline messages to spin indefinitely on send.
• 302095: Security warning dialog appears unnecessarily on View | Message Source.
• 303152: Options ->Update , "when updates are found" is always enabled
• 304904: Necko should refuse to look up invalid hostnames containing "%"
• 306551: popuplist is too small in filter manager dialog - usability blocker
• 307185: [Security fix] URLs passed on the command line are parsed by the shell (bash).
• 307225: Language packs for Firefox 1.5 Beta need chrome.manifest files in order to install

UI changes:

• 254564: Buddy icons not shown
• 303146: Shortcut for Paste as Quotation (control-shift-V) missing
• 308142: Language dropdown on compose window 'Spell' icon should show language variant
• 308677: "Match all" accesskey broken and duplicated
• 309214: Unlabeled controls on newsgroup Subscribe dialog when using filter.
• 309415: message views and quick search interact strangely
• 310226: "new mail alert" popup isn't height enough (got smaller in latest builds)

RSS-related fixes:

• 300983: RSS Reader unable to parse feeds which contain xmlns parameters pointing to missing files
• 306997: this rss feed cannot be added to thunderbird
• 307380: Multipart Article: body (summary) charset is invalid ("NaN")
• 307625: OPML export and import seem to have different assumptions about (default) character sets

Build configuration issues:

• 306355: Don't put important configuration in mail/config/mozconfig
• 308308: Extensions.rdf is no longer needed
• 310569: 64-bit unsafe cast in nsMsgIncomingServer.cpp
• 310615: bump Firefox / Thunderbird version on Mozilla 1.8 branch to 1.4.1

Mac-specific:

• 307436: app update window is too narrow to fit the UI
• 307323: New mail plays both the system beep and the notification sound
• 307999: The width of the font panel is short on OS X and GNOME.

Miscellaneous fixes:

• 266679: Thunderbird consumes excessive file-handles and memory
• 289126: INTERNAL ERROR on Browser End: Could not get the JVM manager; System error
• 295726: Disable presence URL check
• 305032: edit commands not available to subsequent instances on startup
• 305375: Alerts service not built on non-Win32 platforms (gtk1/2)
• 307028: auto-save happens even if message is currently being sent
• 307303: migration wizard APIs need updated
• 308321: Detaching attachment should remove any Content-Transfer-Encoding header
• 309080: Thunderbird icon is defective
• 310139: Editing mime-type handlers fails with a missing handler
• 310772: Update version number for l10n branch build repackaging
• 310833: Template builder doesn't free constructed content when menulists are in use

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