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Anybody know anything about this. Just had a notice about this pop up when I launched FireFox. Wondering if it's any good and might be better than the Mail app?
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James Steele wrote:Anybody know anything about this. Just had a notice about this pop up when I launched FireFox. Wondering if it's any good and might be better than the Mail app?
I tried it at the same time I tried FF. It didn't seem to me to offer anything that made it worth changing. What problems do you have with Mail?
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bayswater wrote:
James Steele wrote:Anybody know anything about this. Just had a notice about this pop up when I launched FireFox. Wondering if it's any good and might be better than the Mail app?
I tried it at the same time I tried FF. It didn't seem to me to offer anything that made it worth changing. What problems do you have with Mail?
None at all really, just curious. I used to enjoy using Outlook Express back in the System 9 days and am open to the possibility that someone might build a better email mousetrap. :D
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I looked at Thunderbird awhile back, but where Firefox seemed to offer some clear advantages over other web browsers, I never felt the Thunderbird was any better than any of the other main email clients, so I didn't make the switch.
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I tried it a few years back, and it's still sitting on my desktop. I had no intention of switching to it as an email client as it clearly isn't as advanced as Apple Mail, but I do like its calendering tool, and would like it even more if it could sync up with Yahoo Groups.

A friend at work told me a few months ago that a big push was being made to overhaul Thunderbird and make it a Killer App, starting from the ground up with a rewrite. I'll believe it when I see it, but should probably look at the latest version anyway.

I'm more interested in it for Windows than Mac though, as I am increasingly annoyed with Outlook at work, and also see the possibility of better syncing home and work computers if I had a common email client on both.

I'm not sure that's really possible though, as the last I checked, this didn't seem to be a goal of Thunderbird vs. a uniform cross-platform GUI experience.
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I recently tried it on Windows and implementing it with Gmail/IMAP was worse than Apple Mail, as I recall.
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I didn't know AppleMail had a version for Windows!

Or are you comparing apples and lemons? :lol:
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I'd kind of be lost with out the integration between Mac Mail and and Calendar. One click add events saves annoying cut/paste stuff. Also adding new contacts is a breeze.
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