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{ Monthly Archives } April 2007

Small attachment icons in Thunderbird 2

After we worked out how to limit the height of the attachments pane in Thunderbird, Windows users now have to deal with big attachment icons. What’s up with that? Here’s how to make those icons small: Go to Tools–>Options–>Advanced–>General, and click on “Config Editor“. In the Config Editor, search for the preference mailnews.attachments.display.largeView. Double-click on [...]

Please help with Thunderbird options documentation

I wanted to have an options reference page ready for the Thunderbird Help site, when Thunderbird 2 is released; but it looks like I won’t be able to get it done on time. I’ve updated the wiki page, with screenshots in a table, and my work so far. If anyone is willing to contribute to [...]

Go Leafs Go!

In 2002, the Toronto Maple Leafs were facing the Ottawa Senators in the second game of the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Sens won the first game; so game 2 was seen as a must win for the Leafs. I watched every second of that game, hoping that my beloved Leafs would [...]

Keeping threaded view in Thunderbird

Users of Mozilla Thunderbird, may have noticed that if you are viewing messages in threaded view, clicking on a column name (other than the thread column) will turn off threaded view. What if you want to keep threaded view on? Go to Tools–>Options–>Advanced–>General, and click on “Config Editor“. In the Config Editor, search for the [...]

Developing minds: Part II

As I’ve said before, sometimes the actions of developers scare me.