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Java Forum / General / October 2005Thunerbird help... [not java related , but please help if you can!]
Hi all... I know this is not a java question, but after seeking help on the Thunderbird newsgroup, I was not able to get an answer to my question. So since i know there are a lot of smart people in this group, I thought of asking here. here is the link to my question on the Thunderbird forum, please read, and offer your insight! http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=334466 many thanks here is the text of my question, if you do not want to follow the link in the OP: Hi group. I've been using Thunderbird for reading newsgroups for quite a while now, after being an Outlook Express user for a long time. There is one feature that Outlook Express had, which I dearly miss! I hope there is a way to do it in Thunderbird, and i hope someone will point me to it. In Outlook Express, when you watch a thread, its color becomes red, so it stands out. Once there is a new message in that thread, it becomes red AND bold, so it stands out even more, and the newsgroup node in the tree to the left becomes red too, so you immediately know which newsgroups have new messages in watched threads. In Thunderbird, i have to open every newsgroup i am subscribed to, and go hunting for new messages in watched threads. If there is similar feature in Thunderbird, please let me know thanks for any help. > here is the text of my question, if you do not want to follow the link > in the OP: [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > If there is similar feature in Thunderbird, please let me know > thanks for any help. I always mark the FIRST mail in the interesting thread (click the mail and press '1'). This colours it red. Since I use a threaded view, when this thread has a new message, the first mail in the thread goes bold as well as red. This makes them stand out quite well. Steve > I always mark the FIRST mail in the interesting thread (click the mail > and press '1'). This colours it red. Since I use a threaded view, when > this thread has a new message, the first mail in the thread goes bold as > well as red. This makes them stand out quite well. Correction. I have thunderbird configured to only show threads with unread. The first entry in a thread doesn't go bold, but I don't see it if the thread doesn't have unread messages beneath. Steve >> I always mark the FIRST mail in the interesting thread (click the mail >> and press '1'). This colours it red. Since I use a threaded view, when [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Steve Ok, that could work, but i would still need to switch back to the normal view (show all) quite often. After using this approach for few minutes, going to the menus to switch views got really annoying very fast. I tried to see if i can add icons to the tool bar to do the view switch, but there doesn't seem to be a way. Or is there? thanks >>> I always mark the FIRST mail in the interesting thread (click the >>> mail and press '1'). This colours it red. Since I use a threaded [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > thanks ok...here is an extension that you will appreciate Steve! https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=thunderbird&categ ory=News%20Reading&id=905 This will enable you to add the view > Thread menu icons to the tool bar. > ok...here is an extension that you will appreciate Steve! > > https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=thunderbird&categ ory=News%20Reading&id=905 > > This will enable you to add the view > Thread menu icons to the tool bar. Excellent. I didn't know about that (obvoiusly). I'll give it a try. Thanks. Steve >> ok...here is an extension that you will appreciate Steve! >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Steve It refuses to install on my thunderbird - I'm using 1.5b2. I'll check back occasionally for updates. Steve >>> ok...here is an extension that you will appreciate Steve! >>> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Steve Here is what you do... 1) download the .xpi extension 2) rename it to .zip 3) extract the file install.rdf 4) change line 14 from <em:maxVersion>1.0+</em:maxVersion> to <em:maxVersion>1.5+</em:maxVersion> 5) save the file 6) add the file back to the .zip file 7) rename the .zip file to .xpi 8) install it in Thunderbird 9) ;) it really has pretty standard functionality that must have not changed in 1.5 so it works fine for me! >here is the link to my question on the Thunderbird forum, please read, >and offer your insight! > >http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=334466 Thunderbird is a browser first and newsreader second. If you want features like that get a dedicated newsreader. See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/newsreader.html  SignatureCanadian Mind Products, Roedy Green. http://mindprod.com Java custom programming, consulting and coaching. >> here is the link to my question on the Thunderbird forum, please read, >> and offer your insight! [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/newsreader.html Thunderbird is not a browser. It is a news / mail reader. >Thunderbird is not a browser. It is a news / mail reader. is it not part of Mozilla browser? SignatureCanadian Mind Products, Roedy Green. http://mindprod.com Java custom programming, consulting and coaching. >>Thunderbird is not a browser. It is a news / mail reader. > > is it not part of Mozilla browser? it is part of the Mozilla Suite, not the browser. from their website (http://www.mozilla.org/products/choosing-products.html) <quote> Our Products: * Firefox - Web browser * Thunderbird - Email and newsgroup client * Mozilla 1.7 - Internet Application Suite includes browser, email, HTML editor * Camino - the Web browser project for Mac OS X </quote> So, Thunderbird as it stands alone is an email and newsgroup client. But it is also included in the Mozilla Suite together with the browser and the html editor. >> Thunderbird is not a browser. It is a news / mail reader. > is it not part of Mozilla browser? No, it's a standalone mail/news reader, although it has its roots in the Mozilla swiss-army-knife. In the same way that firefox is the separated-out browser. Steve Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. 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