Mozilla Messaging team has released Thunderbird 3.0 Alpha 2 code named Shredder. Shredder Alpha 2 is a developer preview release that is being built on top of the next generation of Mozilla’s layout engine, Gecko 1.9. Shredder Alpha 2 is being made available for testing purposes only and is intended for developers and testing community.
What’s new in Alpha 2:
- Integration improvements
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- Shredder can import mail from Mail.app on Mac OS X
- Shredder theme looks more native on OS X
- OS X Address Book integration on by default
- Improved accessibility for screen readers
- Outlook Express import now copies SSL and port settings
- Other features
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- IMAP delete and undo operations are faster
- Forwarded messages are inline by default
- Replies allow to quote only selected text
- Purge button added to toolbar optionally
- Platform improvements
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- Extension authoring made easier by assigning IDs to most XUL elements
- Windows x64 builds now possible
- Several improvements to junk scoring subsystem
There were over 300 bug fixes in this release. You can download alpha 2 here.
Here are some of the known issues with alpha 2:
- All Systems
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- There will not be any automatic updates to this developer preview.
- Ensure extensions either come from a secure server using the HTTPS protocol or
are digitally signed, or they will fail to install. - The “Move To” sub-menu is empty (bug 432088)
- Microsoft Windows
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- Make sure Windows 95/98 compatibility mode is disabled for the Thunderbird executable. The setting will be inherited from previous Thunderbird installations if the original directory is over-written. Certain issues will go away once the compatibility mode is disabled. (Bug 381922)
Source: Mozilla Messaging.