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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)

1. The new mail notification system will now ignore folders with the following flags: Drafts, Queue, SentMail, Templates and Junk. This is bug 661239 which I believe will land in TB 6
2. tabbar background blocks lightweight theme image (with personas add-on not enabled - bug 573660 - Narrowly missed TB 5, I believe this will land in Thunderbird 6
3. Clear Type and Direct2D preference changess - 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
4. Characters outside the default code page becomes ?'s when importing Outlook mail - bug 207156 which I believe landed in Thunderbird 6

Thunderbird 5 and previous release regressions fixed in TB 6

1. 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

Sources

(in no order, numbered for convenience only)

1. Standard8's Thunderbird bugzilla rapid release tracking page
   1. tracking nominations i.e. things we'd like in TB6 but not yet landed
   2. tracking for possible Thunderbird 6 inclusion
   3. Approval Requests
   4. Thunderbird 6 Changelog
   5. Gecko 6 Changelog
2. excellent, unofficial Thunderbird 6 page from MozillaZine compiled (mostly) by the super helpful volunteer contributor RSX11M
3. Thunderbird 5 Support Issues
4. 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