Latest Version of Thunderbird Supernova released

Thunderbird 125.0​

Anyone who has this one have anything to say about it? It’s a big jump from 115 to 125, so there should be some noticeable differences, good or bad.

Wisewiz said:

Anyone who has this one have anything to say about it? It’s a big jump from 115 to 125, so there should be some noticeable differences, good or bad.

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FWIW, I've been on the Beta for some months and 125beta gave me no issues, just checked and now on 126 beta 1

I think I will try it, only one question. Will it replace 115 or just install beside it?
It upgrades it and I can see no difference.

@Josey Wales

Did you get 125 through the internal TBird updater or through a download from the Pub repository?

Wisewiz said:

@Josey Wales

Did you get 125 through the internal TBird updater or through a download from the Pub repository?

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From MajorGeeks

I tried the updater but it did nothing so I downloaded it, then it updated during the install.

Josey Wales said:

I tried the updater but it did nothing

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Somebody (I apologize for forgetting who that was) said here (11F) that it's always a day or two after the public release is posted on the repository site, before the internal updater gets it. Sites like Major Geeks get their updated releases directly from the repository.

Wisewiz said:

Somebody (I apologize for forgetting who that was) said here (11F) that it's always a day or two after the public release is posted on the repository site, before the internal updater gets it. Sites like Major Geeks get their updated releases directly from the repository.

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That may have been me, I did say that after an update to Firefox, a day or two later a T-Bird update will pop up.

I can confirm that the update visibly changes nothing (as far as I can see!).

Okay, I tried it, and as far as I'm concerned, they screwed up. The so-called Cards View was one of the bragging points about the new SuperNova versions, and now they've ruined it with a completely blank (except for a star), wasted line that makes the Cards View useless, SFAIC. Version 115 first, then 125:

To experiment I made a portable version of 115 and then replaced the app with the new extracted 125 program. Then I took the profile from a previously installed 125b5 and used that in the portable version. Everything is perfect so I will now install the new version. BTW, in the 126b1 they made a number of changes. The one I did not like is that they took away the word "delete" from the message right click context menu and now you have to use a small delete icon at the top of the context menu.

I take it you're using the Table View for your Inbox messages list.

I disliked 125 Cards View enough that I downloaded a fresh copy of 115.10.1 and overwrote the Thunderbird folder's files. Then, of course, when I restarted TBird, I got a pop-up that said this older version couldn't run with the new profile 125 had made in Users ... Thunderbird\Profiles. Fortunately, I back up my Profiles folder every night before shutdown (with MR), so all I had to do was close TBird, delete the profile version 125 had made, mount my backup from last night, and copy the profile version into the current Profiles folder. Quick, easy, and painless.

Then I went to Bugzilla and complained, but my hopes are not high for getting any action.

Wisewiz said:

I take it you're using the Table View for your Inbox messages list.

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I use Table View, what advantages do you see in cards view?

trevo said:

I use Table View, what advantages do you see in cards view?

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Having the sender,date, and time on one line and the subject on another lets me use fairly small mail windows (my preference) and still get the complete subject in the display.





Actually, I don't use the full-screen display for anything except movies.

Finally found the definitive answer as to whether or not this is an official release. It is not. See here:

New today (or maybe yesterday):

Wisewiz said:

New today (or maybe yesterday):

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But it's not coming up in the internal updater.

Probably tomorrow. The delay between posting it on the FTP and delivering it through the updater is often a day or so. I always just get mine from the FTP, but there's no real advantage to that.