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The status of TBZoom, TB Properties, and TBExtInt

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Your face when you saw this post.Heads up.

TBZoom will be fading out soon. With it, I will also be removing TB Properties. And before you grab onto your nearest email client to write to me, hear me out first.

Though don’t freak out when you hear me say “removed” in this post*, I mean it will no longer appear on the download page on ThunderBrowse.com. You can still download it here, but I offer no support for it.

TBZoom

TBZoom did a great job. It was supposed to allow the zoom manager from TB2 work for ThunderBrowse tabs, and it did so perfectly.

However, in 3.2.8, I added support for the TB3 zoom manager (in TB3 tabs). Because of this, TBZoom really isn’t needed as much as it was before. This doesn’t mean I’ll be removing it completely, it does mean that I will be removing it from update cycles. TBZoom will not be updated anymore because it doesn’t really need to be. It’s legacy software for Thunderbird 1.5-2.0.

TB Properties

* This one will completely die.

Now, with that aside, I will be stopping TB Properties support, remove it from AMO, delete its entry from the download page here and leave it only downloadable via the GS! Networks Project page. Why? Because MOST of the software on that page is BETA\ALPHA\EXPERIMENTAL.

I also don’t use TB Properties. And it’s more likely that if I’m not using it, I probably won’t be updating it. Several people have informed me that it broke their context menus on Thunderbird 3 when they tried to use it. Do note, that TB Properties is not supported for Thunderbird 3, and I take no responsibility for the fact some of you modified the code and the software stopped working. TB Properties had a moderate run, but it’s really just a sloppy hack.

TBExtInt

In addition, I will not be supporting TBExtInt. You might have realized this already. I’m going to make this official by saying that TBExtInt will not be further developed. It too was a rush job and does not reflect the quality of software that I normally strive for. It was an experiment and it’s results were mixed. I wished for better but I didn’t get what I thought I would.

In the end, TBExtInt became more of a burden than a solution. I learned a bit from it, I’m glad I didn’t spend a lot of work on it.

TB Noscript

A side note on Noscript, as I mentioned when I first wrote it, I won’t be continuing it. It was for fun to play around with some settings. By no means did I mean to make it a legitimate product. It was a small side project. As such, I was surprised when a lot of people downloaded it. I really wish that the real NoScript worked in Thunderbird, but I doubt that will ever happen.

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Announcing 3.2.8

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

3.2.7 was quite a version!

It works great, however there are a couple of bugs that need to be resolved. These bugs are currently known in 3.2.7; if you do not see your problem in this list, that means I don’t know about it and you need to send a message to support@thunderbrowse.com. Do not file bug reports on the following issues.

These are the issues currently known:

  1. The setting “Left click opens new tabs” does not work. It is FIXED in 3.2.8. We didn’t change your settings, it’s just some new code wasn’t able to read links when this option was enabled.
  2. Emails don’t display. One person mentioned this (but provided no valid way for support to contact them). IF YOU HAVE THIS PROBLEM, please contact support with your problem.
  3. POST requests and META redirects do not work. This is FIXED in 3.2.8.
  4. Options are stretched. This is a bug with Thunderbird 2 rendering more than one <description> element. I’m trying to work out a solution, but because this bug is a Gecko rendering fault it might take awhile to find a solution. This is FIXED in 3.2.8.

I want to get these bugs completely fixed before I release 3.2.8. Expect to see it soon. Other than that, 3.2.7 has no known severe bugs.

Posted in 3.2.8, Announce Versions, News, Thunderbird, Updates | 4 Comments »

New Tab System/3.2.7 FINAL

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

New Tab System

I’ve been upgrading the New Tab System for awhile now. The biggest thing is removing the hook to the main messagepane. What it will do is essentially make ThunderBrowse only work within ThunderBrowse’s TB3 tabs but no other tabs.

This is basically the options you’ll get:

  • TB2 like tabs
  • TB3 tabs with a urlbar in the messagepane
  • TB3 tabs with no urlbar in the messagepane or in emails.

These options make up a new tab in the settings window called “Tabs”, where you’ll be able to make a decision on which tab system you want to use.

Releases (3.2.7)

This next version will also probably be the first version with TB3 Tabs to release on AMO. That’s right, I’m going to push the new tabs build to AMO (after some more fixes).

Left Click Worries go bye bye

The other thing I’m improving is open links in new tab feature. I’m going to add some sort of domain check that will filter links that are not from the same domain into other domains. If a URL link is not from the same website you are currently on, it will open in a new tab.

For example:

You have some google.com search results. The search results have a link to wikipedia. The wikipedia link will open in a new tab because it’s not google.com. Back on google.com, you click for the next page of results. That page is hosted on google.com. The url opens in the same tab.

Everything in a list

This is what has changed since the last version:

  • Fixed RSS Header links
  • Improved Left click handling
  • TB3 tab systems and loads of tab handling improvement
  • Bug fixes from when last updating ThunderBrowse to TB3
  • Getting ready to push the TB3 tabs build as a release rather than a beta
  • Fixed gloda search results not displaying the message body
  • New settings window stuff
  • Easy styling support that allows themers to add support for ThunderBrowse in their theme.
  • Replaced the New Tab icon to one that looks way better
  • Added Postbox Support

When does it come out?

The new version has a bunch of strings that are going to need to be translated, so the new version won’t be out until the locales have been completed (or when I drop the hammer on localization and release it as is).

While this is being translated, I plan to try to add support for Postbox into this new build. The tabs build has been going with no Postbox support and I want to try to add it before 3.2.7 releases.

3.2.7 will have support for Postbox (however, it cannot use TB3 tabs).

Posted in 3.2.7, Announce Versions, Beta, Important, Milestone 1: TB3 tabs, News, Summer of Funding, Thunderbird, Updates | 1 Comment »

ThunderBrowse 3.2.6.8 Released

Monday, November 30th, 2009

ThunderBrowse 3.2.6.8 is now available on AMO.

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Updates 3.2.6.7 and 3.2.6.8

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Alright, so here’s what’s changed since my last posting:

  • 3.2.6.7 has FINALLY been released on AMO.
  • I’m uploading 3.2.6.8 to AMO right now. It has support for upto RC1. Also fixes a visual bug in the wizard and a bug where uninitialized objects will halt link loading.
  • The tabs build has been updated with the fixes from 3.2.6.8.
  • IMPORTANT: The Summer of Funding thanks page will now just be a mention to the group as a whole. The reason for this change is because some people might not want to be mentioned (for various reasons) and it’s really hard to keep track. If you do want to be listed by name and you did donate during the Summer Of Funding, please email me (general[at]thunderbrowse.com).

In other news, we were also mentioned in the PC Magazine review for Thunderbird 3. Awesome!

That’s pretty much about it.

Posted in 3.2.6, 3.2.7, Announce Versions, News, Postbox, Press, Releases, Summer of Funding, Thunderbird, Updates, Upload Notices | No Comments »

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