Current version of Thunderbird -- really OK now

Edwin · Sep 3, 2023

Edwin said:
... The old icon had more visual realism,

Found this one in my neglected basket o goodies.

Wisewiz · Sep 6, 2023

@Edwin

Well, they finally decided it was OK to update from 102 to 115, and it made a mess of all the configuration of 102 I'd accomplished. Looked as though the update version wasn't paying any attention at all to the profile\chrome folder.
I restored 102.15 from backups for now. I didn't think to check the Settings Config Editor first. Should have. Maybe I'll make an image, try the update again, and restore the image if 115 is a mess again. Or maybe I'll just dump 102 forever, because I'm quite happy with 118.0bx.

Edwin · Sep 6, 2023

Wisewiz said:
I'm quite happy with 118.0bx.

I'm missing all the fun!
After my Laptop Reset, I decided to install Mailbird instead.
I'll get back to Thunderbird some day!

Edwin · Sep 6, 2023

Meh, what the heck! I always wanted to try the black and gold icon!

Wisewiz · Sep 6, 2023

The Thunderbird saga continues, as sagas always do. Today's development is that my current beta shows "up to date," but the Releases page shows a new version released and available for download. We'll see whether (as one would guess) the update arrives to the internal updater tomorrow morning.

Edwin · Sep 7, 2023

Wisewiz said:
my current beta shows "up to date," but the Releases page shows a new version released and available for download.

Check for updates within Settings.

trevo · Sep 7, 2023

Edwin said:
Check for updates within Settings.

Wasn't available for me yesterday, but just checked and got 118.0b2.

Wisewiz · Sep 7, 2023

Yup. Me too.

Gotta problem, though: in my betas from 117 on, when I open a Write widow, the TO: field is not visible, even if I kill the Formatting toolbar and the Composition toolbar.

Ideas, anyone? Obviously, I know who I've picked from the address book, and/or I know who I'm Replying to, and the mail goes to the right addressee, but it would be good to be able to see the addressee's name in a field above the Subject field.

trevo · Sep 7, 2023

Wisewiz said:
Yup. Me too.

Gotta problem, though: in my betas from 117 on, when I open a Write widow, the TO: field is not visible, even if I kill the Formatting toolbar and the Composition toolbar.

Ideas, anyone? Obviously, I know who I've picked from the address book, and/or I know who I'm Replying to, and the mail goes to the right addressee, but it would be good to be able to see the addressee's name in a field above the Subject field.

View attachment 70263

Just checked mine and the To: field shows as expected...

Wisewiz · Sep 7, 2023

@trevo @das10 @lafargeotte

It's something in the userChrome.css file that's doing it. If I disable the userChrome.css file and open the program, the Write windows work perfectly. I just can't see what it might be, and I really don't like the look of the various windows without my userChrome working:

Here's the file I've been using:

CSS:

#unifiedToolbar {
height: 24px !important;
padding-top: 0px !important;
padding-bottom: 0px !important;
margin: 0px !important;
}

toolbar#toolbar-menubar {
  background-color: #336699 !important;  /* Color of menu bar */
  color: white !important;  /* Color of the text - if needed */
  height: 24px !important;
  padding-top: 0px !important;
  padding-bottom: 0px !important;
  margin: 0px !important;
}

table[is="tree-view-table"] td {
     border-bottom: solid 1px black !important;
}

#unifiedToolbar {
  background: #29116e !important;
  color: white !important;
}

toolbar, #tabstoolbar > *{
background-color: #336699 !important;
color: white !important;
height: 24px !important;
padding-top: 4px !important;
padding-bottom: 0px !important;
}

See anything? I guess I can work my way through it, taking out a line at at time, or start with a paragraph at a time.

Josey Wales · Sep 7, 2023

I am using 118 Beta 2 and I can't figure out how to have it go to the next email after I read the current one?

cbiweb · Sep 7, 2023

I haven't read the entire thread, so hopefully the good news at the beginning didn't take a downturn.

That being said, I've been using TheBat! for almost ten years, after PocoMail finally died. How does today's Thunderbird compare, and will it be easy to migrate my mail over to it?

das10 · Sep 7, 2023

Does this help for the time being? (I have changed the part around line 26 of your CSS; although it removes all coloring in the "Write" window).

Code:

#unifiedToolbar {
min-height: 24px !important;
padding-top: 0px !important;
padding-bottom: 0px !important;
margin: 0px !important;
}

toolbar#toolbar-menubar {
  background-color: #336699 !important;  /* Color of menu bar */
  color: white !important;  /* Color of the text - if needed */
  height: 24px !important;
  padding-top: 0px !important;
  padding-bottom: 0px !important;
  margin: 0px !important;
}

table[is="tree-view-table"] td {
     border-bottom: solid 1px black !important;
}

#unifiedToolbar {
  background: #29116e !important;
  color: white !important;
}

toolbar#tabs-toolbar {
background-color: #336699 !important;
color: white !important;
height: 24px !important;
padding-top: 4px !important;
padding-bottom: 0px !important;
}

Josey Wales · Sep 7, 2023

Josey Wales said:
I am using 118 Beta 2 and I can't figure out how to have it go to the next email after I read the current one?

I went back to 115.2 and it still will not move to the next email?

Wisewiz · Sep 7, 2023

@das10

Thank you so much for taking the time to come by and help me out.
I solved the problem by removing the "height" specs one by one, and found the pesky one in the toolbar#tabs-toolbar lines: When I removed the "height: 24px !important;" line, my "To:" line came back, both in Reply mode and in Write mode, and the colors stayed.

Wisewiz · Sep 7, 2023

@Josey Wales

Josey, I don't have that feature working either. Did we ever have it in Thunderbird? I just ran my 102.15, and it doesn't have that feature, either. I know I've had mail clients that have had that feature (Windows Live Mail comes to mind), but I haven't seen it in a bit.

Wisewiz · Sep 7, 2023

For the benefit of visitors looking for userChrome codes in this thread, here's my current userChrome:

CSS:

#unifiedToolbar {
height: 24px !important;
padding-top: 0px !important;
padding-bottom: 0px !important;
margin: 0px !important;
}

toolbar#toolbar-menubar {
  order: -1 !important;
  background-color: #336699 !important;  /* Color of menu bar */
  color: white !important;  /* Color of the text - if needed */
  height: 24px !important;
  padding-top: 0px !important;
  padding-bottom: 0px !important;
  margin: 0px !important;

}

table[is="tree-view-table"] td {
     border-bottom: solid 1px black !important;
}

#unifiedToolbar {
  background: #29116e !important;
  color: white !important;
}

toolbar, #tabstoolbar > *{
background-color: #336699 !important;
color: white !important;
padding-top: 4px !important;
padding-bottom: 0px !important;
}

Josey Wales · Sep 7, 2023

Wisewiz said:
@Josey Wales

Josey, I don't have that feature working either. Did we ever have it in Thunderbird? I just ran my 102.15, and it doesn't have that feature, either. I know I've had mail clients that have had that feature (Windows Live Mail comes to mind), but I haven't seen it in a bit.

I used to have it with the old T-Bird ever since I started using in back in the late 90's. I just kept updating it but it is what it is. Thanks Wiz :thumbsup: