Originally posted on April 19, 2007 @ 10:40 am
Mozilla Corporation today released Thunderbird 2, its free, open source e-mail client for Windows, Mac and Linux systems in 30 languages.
The new release boasts improved security and a variety of new features:
- Message Tags: Create your own tags for organizing email.
- Visual Theme: Thunderbird 2’s theme and user interface have been updated to improve usability and maximize screen real estate.
- Session History Navigation: Back and Forward buttons allow navigation through message history.
- Find As You Type: Finds and highlights message text as you type.
Thunderbird 2 also features message history navigation, similar in concept to the browser history feature in Firefox.
Thunderbird 2 can be easily extended with a variety of free add-ons that are available from Mozilla.org, such as AdBlock Plus and the Lightning calendar.
To find out more about all the cool new features in Thunderbird 2, go to the official release notes page.