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Tabs in Thunderbird - Status Update #2
NOTE: This post is no longer updated. Please head to this post for updated Thunderbird 3 information. Thank you!
With the release of Thunderbird 2 a few weeks back, one of the lead developers, David Bienvenu, has begun some work on implementing tabs in Thunderbird, a much-requested feature of application usability. (Code is in trunk builds from 2007-06-27 onwards; please note that trunk builds are unstable and are only meant for development purposes.)
As mentioned previously in my previous "Tabs in Thunderbird - Status Update" on 19 Feb 2006, "The advantages of using tabs over windows is applicable to both applications as using tabs have been shown to reduce memory usage, taskbar clutter and increased accessibility etc.", the details of which I won't go into here.
The bugs tracking this development are 218999 and 297379; the latter more for Myk Melez's work previously. Let us hope that Thunderbird 3 will incorporate tabs to bring it on par with its sister application Firefox, but there is no guarantee it will be in though. It is a good sign that progress is being made.
Please remember that all these are still work-in-progress, and David welcomes any help that anybody wants to offer, from testing to hacking to UI improvements.
On a side note, we are approaching 50 million downloads of Thunderbird since 1.0 release. We should hit this figure by mid-to-end July 2007.
NOTE: This post is no longer updated. Please head to this post for updated Thunderbird 3 information. Thank you!
Filed under 'Thunderbird Trunk' | Posted on 29 Jun 2007 (Fri) by Gary Kwong at 12:35 AM (GMT+8)
2007-06-27 Sunbird 0.5 builds
Calendar:
- Fixed: 382395 - Mexican Holiday Calendar
Common:
- Fixed: 384726 - Todo items are duplicated (ICS Calendar only)
Lightning-only:
- Fixed: 383163 - Missing file sun-lightning.dtd in localized lightning.xpi
Sunbird & Lightning 0.5 final has been released. This will be the last post for the 0.5 nightlies category.
No outstanding bugs.
Lightning vanilla .xpi: - Please download 0.5 final builds instead.
Official
Windows .xpi
Official
Linux .xpi
Official
Mac .xpt
Sunbird builds: - Please download 0.5 final builds instead.
Official
Windows, Official
Windows installer
Official
Linux (i686)
Official
Mac (Universal binary)
Filed under 'zz - Sunbird 0.5 nightlies' | Posted on 29 Jun 2007 (Fri) by Gary Kwong at 12:06 AM (GMT+8)
2007-06-27 Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 builds
XULRunner:
- Fixed: 380398 - appversion manifest flag is broken in certain situations
No outstanding bugs.
Official
Windows, Official
Windows installer (discussion)
(2007-06-26 build)
Filed under 'zz - Thunderbird 1.5 (Gecko 1.8.0.x)' | Posted on 28 Jun 2007 (Thu) by Gary Kwong at 11:49 PM (GMT+8)
2007-06-27 Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 builds
Functionality:
- Fixed: 268034 - Mail imported from Mozilla 1.x dumps messages in wrong mailboxes, when multiple accounts on same mail server
- Fixed: 323373 - fails to import all SMTP servers from mozilla suite/netscape 7.2
- Fixed: 333277 - null description in helper version info leaves Download Actions blank
- Fixed: 363008 - "Rebuild index" results in doubled message count
UI improvements:
- Fixed: 348395 - twisty in header pane (next to email addresses) when there shouldn't be?
- Fixed: 380661 - switching sort between multiple custom columns doesn't work
XULRunner:
- Fixed: 373972 - If opening file for writing error occurs during installation, text in displayed dialog is not interpreted correctly. Text contains line breaks ('\r\n'). These are ignored and displayed as plain text.
- Fixed: 380398 - appversion manifest flag is broken in certain situations
Miscellaneous fix:
- Fixed: 385385 - in-product links to AMO should be https:// (and not http://)
Outstanding bugs: (6)
- Since 20 Jun 06: 342154 - No more confirmation dialog of attachment correctly saved if attachment file type listed as "save to disk" and "save without asking" option is checked
- Since 20 Nov 06: 361279 - standalone mesage window: Unable to Retrieve Message when 'Retrieve Headers Only' applied
- Since 21 Nov 06: 361417 - Crtl-Shift-A is no longer selecting the entire thread
- Since 07 Jan 07: 366255 - Exception thrown in nsIEditor.inlineSpellChecker when opening/closing the compose window
- Since 29 Jan 07: 368617 - Account setting "OK" button not saving data.
- Since 24 Apr 07: 378635 - Tracking Bug: Bugs to Fix in TB2.0.0.x before offering a major update
Filed under 'Thunderbird 2.0 (Gecko 1.8.1.x)' | Posted on 28 Jun 2007 (Thu) by Gary Kwong at 11:33 PM (GMT+8)
2007-06-18 Sunbird 0.5 builds
Calendars:
- Fixed: 384301 - Kenya Holidays calendar available here
- Fixed: 384554 - Kazakhstan Holidays Calendar
- Fixed: 384776 - Bulgarian National Holiday written in Bulgarian language
Common:
- Fixed: 375873 - Tracking bug for L10n issues regarding Sunbird/Lightning 0.5 release
- Fixed: 380164 - Tracking bug for 0.5 RC1 Cleanup
- Fixed: 384218 - 0.5 Relnote 'other issues' not quite right on CalDAV items
Common (Provider: CalDav - ICS/Webdav - Local Storage - WCAP):
- Fixed: 382840 - Alarms in ics files don't fire when scheduled - but do fire after editing
Lightning-only:
- Fixed: 383263 - Wrong install.rdf in lightning-wcap.xpi and wcap-enabler.xpi - not installable on Linux/Mac
Sunbird & Lightning 0.5 RC 2 has been released for testing.
Outstanding bugs: (2)
- Since 04 Jun 07: 383163 - Missing file sun-lightning.dtd in localized lightning.xpi
- Since 16 Jun 07: 384726 - Todo items are duplicated (ICS Calendar only)
Lightning vanilla .xpi:
Sunbird builds:
Filed under 'zz - Sunbird 0.5 nightlies' | Posted on 20 Jun 2007 (Wed) by Gary Kwong at 11:16 AM (GMT+8)
2007-06-18 Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 builds
No checkins during this period.
No outstanding bugs.
Filed under 'zz - Thunderbird 1.5 (Gecko 1.8.0.x)' | Posted on 20 Jun 2007 (Wed) by Gary Kwong at 10:56 AM (GMT+8)
2007-06-18 Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 builds
No checkins during this period.
Outstanding bugs: (6)
- Since 20 Jun 06: 342154 - No more confirmation dialog of attachment correctly saved if attachment file type listed as "save to disk" and "save without asking" option is checked
- Since 20 Nov 06: 361279 - standalone mesage window: Unable to Retrieve Message when 'Retrieve Headers Only' applied
- Since 21 Nov 06: 361417 - Crtl-Shift-A is no longer selecting the entire thread
- Since 07 Jan 07: 366255 - Exception thrown in nsIEditor.inlineSpellChecker when opening/closing the compose window
- Since 29 Jan 07: 368617 - Account setting "OK" button not saving data.
- Since 24 Apr 07: 378635 - Tracking Bug: Bugs to Fix in TB2.0.0.x before offering a major update
Filed under 'Thunderbird 2.0 (Gecko 1.8.1.x)' | Posted on 20 Jun 2007 (Wed) by Gary Kwong at 10:49 AM (GMT+8)
2007-06-08 Sunbird 0.5 builds
Calendars:
- Fixed: 383034 - Updated spanish holidays calendar for Mozilla Calendar project website
- Fixed: 383470 - Russian public holidays
- Fixed: 383596 - French holiday calendar
Common (Provider: CalDav - ICS/Webdav - Local Storage - WCAP):
- Fixed: 375528 - Lightning resends Event to email alias on "Add To Calendar"
Lightning-only:
- Fixed: 383124 - Bump version number for lightning-wcap to 0.5
Sunbird & Lightning 0.5 RC 1 will most likely not be the final 0.5. An RC 2 may be released instead.
Outstanding bugs: (4)
- Since 09 May 07: 380164 - Tracking bug for 0.5 RC1 Cleanup
- Since 01 Jun 07: 382840 - Alarms in ics files don't fire when scheduled - but do fire after editing
- Since 04 Jun 07: 383163 - Missing file sun-lightning.dtd in localized lightning.xpi
- Since 04 Jun 07: 383263 - Wrong install.rdf in lightning-wcap.xpi and wcap-enabler.xpi - not installable on Linux/Mac
Lightning vanilla .xpi:
Sunbird builds:
Filed under 'zz - Sunbird 0.5 nightlies' | Posted on 10 Jun 2007 (Sun) by Gary Kwong at 2:21 AM (GMT+8)
2007-06-08 Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 builds
No checkins during this period.
No outstanding bugs.
Filed under 'zz - Thunderbird 1.5 (Gecko 1.8.0.x)' | Posted on 10 Jun 2007 (Sun) by Gary Kwong at 2:04 AM (GMT+8)
2007-06-08 Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 builds
Miscellaneous fix:
- Fixed: 373404 - improve palmsync error checking and logging, and feedback to the hotsync manager
Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 will be released *when it's ready*. As Scott MacGregor goes, "2.0.0.4 was tagged when Firefox 2.0.0.4 was tagged. The build team may have cycles to start making a build for us to test next week or the week after. So it'll be a couple weeks at least until we release a 2.0.0.4."
Outstanding bugs: (6)
- Since 20 Jun 06: 342154 - No more confirmation dialog of attachment correctly saved if attachment file type listed as "save to disk" and "save without asking" option is checked
- Since 20 Nov 06: 361279 - standalone mesage window: Unable to Retrieve Message when 'Retrieve Headers Only' applied
- Since 21 Nov 06: 361417 - Crtl-Shift-A is no longer selecting the entire thread
- Since 07 Jan 07: 366255 - Exception thrown in nsIEditor.inlineSpellChecker when opening/closing the compose window
- Since 29 Jan 07: 368617 - Account setting "OK" button not saving data.
- Since 24 Apr 07: 378635 - Tracking Bug: Bugs to Fix in TB2.0.0.x before offering a major update
Filed under 'Thunderbird 2.0 (Gecko 1.8.1.x)' | Posted on 10 Jun 2007 (Sun) by Gary Kwong at 1:48 AM (GMT+8)
2007-06-03 Sunbird 0.5 builds
Calendars:
Common:
- Fixed: 382155 - Incomplete SUNBIRD_0_5_RELEASE tagging of l10n files
- Fixed: 382225 - Add mk, nb-NO, pa-IN, pt-BR, and sv-SE to calendar/locales/shipped-locales
Sunbird & Lightning 0.5 RC 1 have been released for testing. Lightning WCAP builds are available here as well.
Outstanding bugs: (3)
- Since 09 May 07: 380164 - Tracking bug for 0.5 RC1 Cleanup
- Since 01 Jun 07: 382840 - Alarms in ics files don't fire when scheduled - but do fire after editing
- Since 04 Jun 07: 383124 - Bump version number for lightning-wcap to 0.5
Lightning vanilla .xpi:
Sunbird builds:
Filed under 'zz - Sunbird 0.5 nightlies' | Posted on 5 Jun 2007 (Tue) by Gary Kwong at 1:31 AM (GMT+8)
2007-06-03 Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 builds
No checkins during this period.
No outstanding bugs.
Filed under 'zz - Thunderbird 1.5 (Gecko 1.8.0.x)' | Posted on 5 Jun 2007 (Tue) by Gary Kwong at 12:55 AM (GMT+8)
Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 Released
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Released on 14 Jun 07, and this changelog was last updated on 15 Jun 07.
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 has been released. Release notes are available. This post lists the improvements in Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 over 2.0.0.0. This list encompasses almost every single known fix that went into this release. Do check out the known issues as well.
The Gecko 1.8.x branch (Thunderbird 2.0.x series) will not include any groundbreaking features that Gecko 1.9 brings, since it is based on Gecko 1.8. Additionally, in order to synchronize the version numbering with Firefox, the 2.0.0.1 - 2.0.0.3 numberings were dropped in favour of 2.0.0.4.
Impact key for security issues listed on the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories webpage:
- Critical: Vulnerability can be used to run attacker code and install software, requiring no user interaction beyond normal browsing.
- High: Vulnerability can be used to gather sensitive data from sites in other windows or inject data or code into those sites, requiring no more than normal browsing actions.
- Moderate: Vulnerabilities that would otherwise be High or Critical except they only work in uncommon non-default configurations or require the user to perform complicated and/or unlikely steps.
- Low: Minor security vulnerabilities such as Denial of Service attacks, minor data leaks, or spoofs. (Undetectable spoofs of SSL indicia would have "High" impact because those are generally used to steal sensitive data intended for other sites.)
Changes in 2.0.0.4: (23)
Security issues: (3)
- Fixed: MFSA 2007-12 - Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.0.12/1.8.1.4) (Moderate)
- Fixed: MFSA 2007-15 - Security Vulnerability in APOP Authentication (Moderate)
- Fixed: 332771 - delayed S/Mime verification broken when message opened in separate window
Crash: (1)
- Fixed: 377125 - crash in PrepareAndDispatch when calling nsIMsgQuote::QuoteMessage from javascript
Build configuration: (4)
- Fixed: 376418 - Add ko to the 1.8 branch for future thunderbird 2 point releases.
- Fixed: 378533 - Remove xmlextras.xpt
- Fixed: 378762 - Add echo-variable-% for client.mk vars
- Fixed: 378958 - Move NSPR pull-tag for 1.8.1.4 and 1.8.0.12
Filter-related: (1)
- Fixed: 355537 - If Action includes adding a TAG, the filter does not work on incoming mail - must be run manually
Functionality: (3)
- Fixed: 183722 - missing hotsync log entry on both PC and Palm to indicate Mozilla Address Book Sync
- Fixed: 378147 - Installing thunderbird 2.0 breaks HTML message BODY filtering
- Fixed: 378942 - Restore ability to pass in a url at the command line and have it load in the start page
Installer: (1)
- Fixed: 376675 - Don't package regxpcom.exe
UI improvements: (6)
- Fixed: 367533 - Dictionary Options tab has issues when there is no dictionary
- Fixed: 368041 - Marking thread as Read on IMAP doesn't mark all messages read
- Fixed: 368112 - Messages lost when multiple messages moved between local mail folders
- Fixed: 377178 - "Go > Mail Start Page" just hide mail headers
- Fixed: 377778 - Reply All doesn't fill in the cc fields anymore
- Fixed: 377900 - RFC 4314 IMAP ACL delete rights are not honored
XULRunner: (2)
- Fixed: 329394 - XUL textbox in XHTML page: focusing gives document.commandDispatcher has no properties
- Fixed: 379722 - Starting Firefox or Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 prints "Handling command line!"
Mac-specific: (2)
Filed under 'Thunderbird Releases' | Posted on 4 Jun 2007 (Mon) by Gary Kwong at 11:51 PM (GMT+8) | Comments (8)
2007-06-03 Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 builds
No checkins during this period.
Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 will be released *when it's ready*. As Scott MacGregor goes, "2.0.0.4 was tagged when Firefox 2.0.0.4 was tagged. The build team may have cycles to start making a build for us to test next week or the week after. So it'll be a couple weeks at least until we release a 2.0.0.4."
Outstanding bugs: (6)
- Since 20 Jun 06: 342154 - No more confirmation dialog of attachment correctly saved if attachment file type listed as "save to disk" and "save without asking" option is checked
- Since 20 Nov 06: 361279 - standalone mesage window: Unable to Retrieve Message when 'Retrieve Headers Only' applied
- Since 21 Nov 06: 361417 - Crtl-Shift-A is no longer selecting the entire thread
- Since 07 Jan 07: 366255 - Exception thrown in nsIEditor.inlineSpellChecker when opening/closing the compose window
- Since 29 Jan 07: 368617 - Account setting "OK" button not saving data.
- Since 24 Apr 07: 378635 - Tracking Bug: Bugs to Fix in TB2.0.0.x before offering a major update
Filed under 'Thunderbird 2.0 (Gecko 1.8.1.x)' | Posted on 4 Jun 2007 (Mon) by Gary Kwong at 11:50 PM (GMT+8)
