Man I used to love Thunderbird back in the day. Time to give it another go!
this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2023
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It's worth it, I'll only leave if it stops functioning which there's zero sign of happening as this is pretty much it's rebirth!
Nice!! I haven't used thunderbird in years. I wish my job didn't force us to use outlook.
just installed the beta, the UI looks much nicer, and the program has been working great so far!
I'm still running alpha over here, was it a seamless transition for ya?
I didn't have thunderbird installed before, so can't say about that
No worries! Thunderbird is where it's at though, so glad you're testing the waters.
Tab support in TB is one of the main reasons I like it. Are tabs still supported?
Yep, tabs seem to work just like before
I haven't used a local client since Outlook Express. Is it worth using with gmail?
I'd recommend it! Feels better than a web app imo. Especially if your have a couple different addresses.
I primarily use a private option for my primary email. But I have a couple which are gmail and I use Thunderbird for them. You can setup Thunderbird so it provides at least some privacy with gmail, which is better than nothing for me
I haven't used a local email client for 20 years or so, but after I installed thunderbird, I remembered why they are so great.
Searches are pretty much instant and it's easier to stay organized for some reason. :)
I'm really waiting for them to add Exchange support - that would be awesome.
Does it finally have a vertical display like Outlook? That's all I really want
It has 3 different layouts I believe. Try it :)
I have yet to install it, but from what I've heard they literally remade it, so I'd say its safe to assume it's an option if not on by default.
Sweet
Updated UI? Good. I went with emClient because Thunderbirds UI was so darn outdated looking. Also because the calendar and contacts plugins worked badly with gmail, resetting birthday dates and stuff.
Really looking forward to the new calendar, I love Thunderbird as a mail client but I've always found calendar and reminders to be quite unintuitive to use and I often had problems with CalDAV sync.