Mozilla debuted Thunderbird 5 on Wednesday, skipping version 4 in the process as it aims to keep pace with its better-known relation, Firefox.
Mozilla has released version five of Thunderbird, its email and messaging software. Photo credit: Mozilla
The new Thunderbird messaging software also follows some of Firefox's feature leads by incorporating version five of the Mozilla Gecko engine, supporting dragging to re-order tabs, and adding the in-tab add-on manager that launched in Firefox 4 back in March.
By and large, the Thunderbird 5 release is more about keeping pace than forging ahead. The program will launch faster, Mozilla said in a blog post, and the company has also streamlined the account creation wizard for faster email setup. File size will now be included next to email attachment icons, and plug-ins support RSS feeds by default.
For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see Thunderbird joins Firefox with rapid release on CNET News.
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