Thunderbird/Support/TB6UserChanges
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just because it's on this page doesn't mean it's in Thunderbird 6
User Visible Changes to Thunderbird 6
Roland is compiling this page in order to compile a list of what has to be documented for Thunderbird 6
Changes
(numbered for convenience only, not in order)
- tabbar background blocks lightweight theme image (with personas add-on not enabled - bug 573360 - Narrowly missed TB 5, I believe this will land in Thunderbird 6
- Clear Type and Direct2D preference changes - for full details refer to RSX11M's excellent summary of the prefs: gfx.font_rendering.cleartype_params.gamma, gfx.font_rendering.cleartype_params.enhanced_contrast, gfx.font_rendering.cleartype_params.cleartype_level, gfx.font_rendering.cleartype_params.pixel_structure, gfx.font_rendering.cleartype_params.rendering_mode
- Lots of Outlook import improvements e.g. Characters outside the default code page which is bug bug 207156 and also "Link error since new Outlook import code " aka bug 675893 which might land in TB6 or TB 7 or TB8
- Default mail client check should now work with newer linux distributions - [bug 624341]
- IMAP: When fetching headers from folders the newest headers are now fetched first [bug 464126]
- Windows 7 Integration: Support Windows 7 Jump lists (compose message, open address book from taskbar) - [bug 494138]
- All address book deletions now have a prompt to the user before deleting [bug 526541]
- Fixes to stop Thunderbird sometimes mistakenly marking messages as read (may be more obvious to Conversations users?) [bug 662792]
Thunderbird 5 and previous release regressions fixed in TB 6
- Right Click Menu not functioning in HTML "insert link" - I believe this fix landed in TB 6 bug 665538 which depends on bug 642420, WORKAROUND: Use Control V / Command V
- On Windows, when the default mail app prompt comes up, and the user checks the "enable windows search" checkbox, TB doesn't remember that setting. bug 669463 - REGRESSION - seems like an easy fix for TB 6
- REGRESSION on WINDOWS:drag and drop doesn't highlight the drop folder (works with Windows Classic Theme) - bug 668631 - FIX submitted, hopefully will land in TB 6
- PRINTING REGRESSION:
When printing messages with today's date, the date is not printed, just the time - REGRESSION: GS, [bug 669385] - WORKAROUNDS: MZ Date Display format Article, Printing Tools and ConfigDate add-on- patch landed in TB6, 7 & 8, please test in TB6 beta 3 and later builds -
(startup) crash due to unparseable URL [@ nsPop3Protocol::LoadUrl(nsIURI*, nsISupports*)] and [@ nsPop3Protocol::LoadUrl] (Mac) - is a top5 crash in TB5 but not in TB3- bug 617721, POSSIBLE REGRESSION patch landed in TB6, 7 & 8, please test in TB6 beta 3 and later builds menubar and toolbar icons when focused are hard to read with aero theme - [screenshot,bug 667248] - FIXED in Thunderbird 6 Beta 2-
New Account Wizard bad-input warnings are unreadable (gray-on-black) in Ubuntu 11.04 (e.g. "Please enter your name", "Double check this email address", "Username or password invalid") - Possible REGRESSION, bug 671904 FIXED in TB6 Beta 3,7 and 8 -
WINDOWS:drag and drop doesn't highlight the drop folder (works with Windows Classic Theme) - bug 668631- FIX landed in TB6, 7 and 8 -
WINDOWS REGRESSION:when unfocused, the Thunderbird menu bar is blurred (also happens in Firefox) - bug 677345- fixed in Thunderbird 6 Beta 3, PLEASE TEST!
Sources
(in no order, numbered for convenience only)
- Standard8's Thunderbird bugzilla rapid release tracking page
- excellent, unofficial Thunderbird 6 page from MozillaZine compiled (mostly) by the super helpful volunteer contributor RSX11M
- Thunderbird 5 Support Issues
- the above are great for Thunderbird changes, but open question: how do we track gecko changes that surface themselves to the user in Thunderbird?
See Also
- excellent, unofficial list of Thunderbird 5 changes on MozillaZine written primarily by RSX11M (thanks RSX!)
- Thunderbird/Support/TB7UserChanges