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3 stars
Version: Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0
"Some nice improvements but......"
Pros: Thunderbird 2.0 improves on the last version with the addition of message tags, a three column viewer, session history navigation, and advanced folder views. While these are nice none of the new features strike me as earth shaking improvements. That's ok for me because ground breaking state-of-the-art features aren't as important as having a smooth running glitch free piece of software loaded with just enough functions to make my emailing convenient. As for the bells and whistles, well, you can give them to the cows and traffic cops. Stick to basics and do it well.
Cons: All in all I would say Thunderbird 2.0 is a definite step up from v. 1.5, but the program is not without its' faults. The recently developed Lightning calendar extension that integrates with Thunderbird 2.0 is having teething problems, and some of the import/export functions don't work as smoothly as they should. Also, as you would expect from a new version, not all of the extensions that worked in T Bird 1.5 function in the new version yet. There are also some VERY IRKSOME shortcomings seen in previous versions that have yet to be addressed. 1.) When composing a new mail message it is a royal pain in the b_tt to change the font size. Often times you have to readjust the settings several times to get the size you want. Thunderbird should have a drop down menu where you see and select from a list that shows not only the font size number but also an example letter of that size? 2.) For the font type it would also be nice if, next to the font name, there was an example of that font. That would make changing fonts so much less painful. HINT HINT... it shouldn't be painful . These are very simple and needed changes that would make composing a message in this email client much easier. Instead of being hit or miss it would be a lot more professional. 3.) When I want to change the the background color (stationary?) Thunderbird 2.0 only gives me a choice of 70 colors. This palette is WAY TOO LIMITED! Often times I would like to use background colors that are much lighter and far less saturated. It would be so much better to be able to choose from the full color spectrum. Seventy colors?....YUCK! This is the graphic equivalent to stone knives and bear skins. Come on T Bird developers.... get with it!
I really hope these three suggestions become default features in the next update.
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Corporal Pete, believe it or not you can actually see many more than just 70 colors. How can you make such a stupid comment? No, I take that back; it's a moronic comment. What are you..... a color blind dog? A number of other email clients allow the user to choose from the full color spectrum. Why shouldn't Thunderbird users be entitled to that same feature? Next time please think before you speak.
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Hey Mr. Freeloader why don't you come up with more colors?? can U actually see more then 70 ???? YUCK.... poor bear...
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I am using a new installation of 98 Home in a system that is anti-virused and anti-mallwaired daily and the browser address bar suddenly expands filling the screen towards the right, obliterating the google address window and carrying all Yahoo-mail content to unreadability off the right hand side of the screen.
It effectively prohibits me reading my yahoo-email.
The same version in linux performs excellently and it is clear that this version down to 1.5 do not work with latest updates of windows XP-home.
I do almost all my work anymore with Netcaptor or on Ubuntu latest version which is far more user friendly than bloated winders
Mozilla has no evident way of issuing a complaint about this, nor does Yahoo
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