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OMG the latest #Thunderbird update (115).

But finally stumbled across a Reddit post that helped me fix the most objectionable (to me) change:

reddit.com/r/Thunderbird/comme…

After the updated, the message list seemed cramped, line height way too small.

This is because the default "density" changed from, I guess, medium to compact?

That setting lives under the "hamburger menu" (three horizontal lines in the upper right)

Changed it back to medium density, breathed a sigh of relief.

in reply to Nicole J. LeBoeuf (she/her)

Glad you found the solution! We're working on promoting the App Menu > Density solution more widely, because it has left a lot of people confused.

Ultimately it's an easy fix -- but not if you don't know how to find it!

in reply to Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox

@thunderbird Indeed! And a "fix" would not even have been necessary, had the update not "fixed what was not broken" by messing with the accustomed defaults! But I do appreciate your response.