thoughts on mozilla

By the time this post is live, Thunderbird 3.1 will likely have shipped.

Code named “Lanikai” after the popular beach in Hawaii, Thunderbird 3.1 includes a number of new features including:

• Faster Search Results
• Quick Filter Toolbar
• New Migration Assistant
• Saved Files Manager
• Mail Account Setup Wizard
• Built on Gecko 1.9.2
• And more…

Thunderbird continues to receive pressure from Postbox, which is hard at work on version 2 and just shipped Postbox Express.

As part of the press around Thunderbird 3.1, Mozilla is trying to get donations for Kupu, a Hawaiian conservation group. This is the second in a line of upcoming fundraising activities as part of the “Mozilla Parks” project.

As expected, Thunderbird 3.0.5 shipped today, while Firefox 3.6.4 continued to struggle. Mozilla has chosen to not disclose the security bugs fixed in Thunderbird 3.0.5 until Firefox 3.5.10 ships, which will be in sync with Firefox 3.6.4.

The Thunderbird team opted to release before Firefox because their release includes a number of fixes that prep Thunderbird users for Thunderbird 3.1, which is very close to release.