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Thunderbird 0.6! Screenshots inside!

Posted on | May 3, 2004 |

The 0.6 version of Thunderbird, the open source email and news reader from Mozilla.org, was released today. This is the first release to feature the Pinstripe theme and Jon Hicks’ spiffy new icon art. Mac users will also appreciate the new mail notification badge in the dock. Try it out! Keep in mind that this is beta software, but it has come a long way since the last release.

Here are some screenshots:

Main Window, classic view
Main Window, vertical view
Message window
Compose window
Junk Mail controls
Preferences window

Category: Thunderbird

Comments

8 Responses to “Thunderbird 0.6! Screenshots inside!”

  1. Jon Hicks
    May 3rd, 2004 @ 3:37 pm

    I’m using the vertical view all the time now. Superb job on the pinstripe theme - its even better than Firefox!

  2. Kevin
    May 3rd, 2004 @ 3:51 pm

    Thanks Jon. One of the things Stephen and I found when we dove into the Thunderbird theme is that there are a lot more bits. Firefox’s interface is simple by comparison. We were both kind of burnt out on the icons after going back and forth on them for months.

  3. Jon Hicks
    May 4th, 2004 @ 5:07 am

    I can imagine, it looks like a huge undertaking. Anyway, you can be content that you chaps got it absolutely right!

  4. Kevin
    May 4th, 2004 @ 7:07 am

    That fiver I promised you is in the mail Jon :)

  5. Andrew Treloar
    May 5th, 2004 @ 10:57 pm

    Any update on providing icons for the offline folder selection dialog? I have to switch to an alternative theme to see what I have selected for offline sync, which is a bit of a bore…

  6. Nilesh's Weblog
    June 7th, 2004 @ 2:05 am

    The Fox and the open bag

    The Firefox visual identity team has decided on changing the default theme of Firefox in preparation of the impending 1.0 release. As often in the open source community, this has caused some furor in the mozilla dev community with people taking sides w…

  7. Philip
    June 15th, 2004 @ 1:16 pm

    I really like the TB pinstripe theme, and how you built it to be flexible with theme changes (e.g., Shapeshifter). The ONLY thing I wish the theme had was the lines connecting e-mails in a thread. Is there any easy way to add that (maybe via userchrome.css)? Thanks!

  8. Philip
    August 7th, 2004 @ 9:16 pm

    Nearly two months and nothing on the thread lines? Does ANYONE know how to make those lines appear in TB pinstripe? Some users at Mozillazine suggested some userchrome modifications but those did nothing. Thanks again…