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Originally launched as ''Minotaur'' shortly after '']'' (the original name for ]), the project failed to gain momentum. With the success of the Mozilla Firefox, however, demand increased for a mail client to go with it, and the work on Minotaur was revived under the new name of ''']''', and migrated to the new toolkit developed by the Firefox team. |
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==Early beginnings: A simple email and news client== |
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Significant work on Thunderbird restarted with the announcement that from version 1.5 onwards, the main Mozilla suite would be designed around separate applications using this new toolkit. This contrasts with the previous all-in-one approach, and will hopefully lead to more efficient and maintainable code, as well as allowing users to mix and match the Mozilla applications with alternatives. |
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The original Thunderbird logo was just a modified Firebird logo: with a simple shifting of ] value from red to blue. In 2004, together with the change of Firefox's ] by Jon Hicks, a more professional logo that is currently in use . |
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==Release history== |
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| Pinstripe theme for ], ] installer, better junk mail handling, ] IDLE and ] version 3 support. |
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|Message Tags. Folder Views including favorite folders. Improved new mail notification alerts. New Windows installer based on ]. ] in the message pane. New combined and improved Add-ons manager for extensions and themes. Updates to the extension system to provide enhanced security and to allow for easier localization of extensions. |
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==System Requirements== |
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Thunderbird 2 and 3 |
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* Windows 98 - Vista; 64 MB RAM |
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==Future development== |
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On ] ], the Project ] was announced for tightly integrating ] functionality (scheduling, tasks, etc.) into Thunderbird. Lightning is just a project name, but not a product name. Lightning 0.1 was released on ], ]. The current version is 0.9, which was released on ], ]. |
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that "future versions of ] will be based upon the same technology platform as the open source Mozilla Thunderbird email program." The project is code-named . An unofficial is accessible via web or newsreader. |
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On ] ], the ] announced that Thunderbird would be developed by an independent organization, because the ] (the for profit portion of Mozilla) is focusing on Mozilla Firefox development. This change is being done in order to stimulate development in Thunderbird, which has been neglected during the Mozilla focus on ].<ref>{{cite news |first=Thomas |last=Claburn |title=Mozilla Gives Thunderbird E-Mail The Boot |url=http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201201609 |work=Internet section |publisher=] |date=27 July 2007 |accessdate=2007-07-31 }}</ref> |
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On ] ], ] started operations as a subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation responsible for the development of email and similar communications. Its initial focus is the upcoming version of Thunderbird 3. |
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== See also == |
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