Thunderbird 3.0 Alpha 1 to Arrive Next Month?
March 7th, 2008
If you’ve been following this site for awhile, you’ll know that I’m a big fan of the Thunderbird project. The software is free and very comparable to Microsoft Outlook. Ever since I first heard about Thunderbird 3.0, it instantly got my attention with the tabbed e-mails feature they were working on. Truthfully, over the past year I’d kind of forgotten about it because all Thunderbird news seemed to be bad news.
That all changed today when I began reading a post over at Ars Technica that Thunderbird 3.0 Alpha 1 is due sometime in April. While it looks like the calendar integration (Lightning) will not be included with this release, there should be some good stuff in store for us.
Anyone else looking forward to this release?











Tabbed emails would be a great addition to Thunderbird. However, I’m disappointed to hear that calendar management won’t be integrated further.
While I’m a big fan of open source and made the switch from IE to Firefox with ease, I still feel like Thunderbird has a way to go. I came from Outlook and I still miss its stronger calendar management. Lightning works but it still feels clumsy to me in comparison.
Nonetheless, tabbed emails sound great and I’m looking forward to Thunderbird 3.0. Maybe the 3.0 version of Lightning will integrate better.