Want to help create the SeaMonkey slogan? Robert Kaiser is asking for feedback in mozilla.dev.apps.seamonkey.
Mozilla
Improving add-on installation for non-browser products
This is something I’d like to help draw some attention to. If you are using a Mozilla product, that is not a web browser, figuring out how to install an add-on turns into a very user-unfriendly experience. Too many times, I’ve seen questions from Thunderbird users, wondering why the extensions they want to install are not showing up in the Thunderbird Add-ons manager; or they get a message saying the add-on is not compatible with Firefox.
It’s especially confusing, when the web page for each Thunderbird add-on on AMO has a big green “Install Now” link.
Scott MacGregor has created a wiki page for improving add-on installation in Thunderbird, and posted in the mozilla.dev.apps.thunderbird newsgroup. If you’ve got any ideas for a solution to the problem, please let Scott and the AMO team know about it.Meanwhile get your http://www.thecorsetcenter.com/shape-your-body-with-steel-boned-corsets/ discount by using the free promo coupon.
Mozilla Application Suite upgrade path
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(I purposely left out a ‘both’ option. 😉 )
Calendar extension for SeaMonkey
While the Calendar extension has been officially discontinued, Howard Chu has been maintaining a private set of patches to keep it working in SeaMonkey. He has uploaded the extension for SeaMonkey 1.x to his website, and notes that these will probably not work in version 1.5 builds.
SeaMonkey 1.1.1 Released
I haven’t seen anything on Planet Mozilla regarding this…
SeaMonkey 1.1.1 has been released.
Following the Gecko security update releases a few days ago, the SeaMonkey project issued new security and stability releases today for its all-in-one internet application suite. SeaMonkey 1.1.1 is now available for download, fixing several security vulnerabilities as well as a list of problems users of SeaMonkey 1.1 reported to developers.
Duration of the ‘New Mail’ alert in Thunderbird
In Thunderbird, when you receive new mail, an alert will pop up in the lower right corner of the screen (at least on Windows). Some people think it stays up for too long. Others feel that it goes away too fast. There is actually a setting for the duration of the new mail alert, that users can set.
In Thunderbird, go to Tools–>Options, open the Advanced section, select the General tab, then click on “Config Editor.” In the Config Editor, search for the preference alerts.totalOpenTime. Double-click on it, to change the value. Set the value to the amount of milliseconds you want the alert to stay up.
Turn off tab scrolling in Firefox 2
One of the changes in Firefox2 is that there is a limit on how small a tab can be. So what if you have so many tabs, that all tabs at the minimum width won’t fit in the window? That’s when people notice that Firefox2 adds scroll arrows on each side of the tab bar.
But what about those who prefer the old behaviour? You can revert it to the old Firefox behaviour, by entering about:config in the address bar. In the resulting page, search for the preference browser.tabs.tabMinWidth. Double-click on it, and set the value to 0. Then search for the preference browser.tabs.tabClipWidth. Double-click on it, and set the value to 0.
The Mozilla Manifesto
In the mozilla.governance newsgroup, Mitchell has posted a draft of the Mozilla Manifesto, and is looking for feedback. You can take part in the discussion via Google Groups, the news.mozilla.org news server, or the governance@lists.mozilla.org mailing list.
SeaMonkey 1.1 Released!
In case you haven’t noticed, SeaMonkey 1.1 has been released.
Easy Gmail and .Mac setup on latest Thunderbird 2 builds
This has the makings of a great new feature for Thunderbird, and I’d like to help get the word out for testers test it. As Scott writes,
One of the goals in Thunderbird 2 is to make account setup easier for folks using large ISPs (like google, yahoo!, etc) for e-mail. In fact ISPs can now create extensions for Thunderbird that drop in their configuration files.
With the current nightly branch builds, when creating a new mail account, the account wizard now lists Gmail and .Mac (Mac OS X only) as default account types you can create. Choose one of these account types, and the next screen in the wizard asks for your username for that service.
That’s the only piece of information you need to enter, Thunderbird figures the rest out!
Here’s a cropped screenshot:
The Gmail inclusion is great, but it’s the ISP extensions that I think will be the most beneficial. Imagine being a novice user, trying out Thunderbird, and instead of having to read through instructions from your ISP, just install the corresponding extension.
Of course, we need installing Thunderbird add-ons to be easier. Way too many people install Thunderbird add-ons in Firefox, and wonder why it’s not showing up in Thunderbird.
To test this feature use the latest Thunderbird2 builds.
Oh, by the way, Happy New Year. 🙂