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Thunderbird 115 "Supernova" launches on Monday, July 10th! It's our first step towards a more modern, more beautiful, and more customizable Thunderbird experience.

We think you're going to love it, and we are endlessly grateful for all of your support throughout the years 💙

Thunderbird email software's main email interface in Dark Mode, showing 3 columns in a "Vertical" layout with new Cards view enabled. The left column shows various accounts and folders, the middle column shows message previews, threads, in various colors and states. The right column shows the full message with header information
Thunderbird email software's main email interface in Light Mode, showing 3 columns in a "Vertical" layout with new Cards view enabled. The left column shows various accounts and folders, the middle column shows message previews, threads, in various colors and states. The right column shows the full message with header information
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Matt
Matt
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ooo, is that dark mode for e-mails themselves where possible? I sure hope it is!
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Bjornsdottirs
Bjornsdottirs
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Know that this will be renowned as a regression in usability.
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YMSTNT
YMSTNT
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@ellenor2000 It might cause some headaches for some people (there definitely will be some very angry loud (minority)), but as far as I know, the most controversal UI changes (density, unified folders etc.) can be reverted in settings, because the Thunderbird team actually listens to user feedback (unlike some big companies).
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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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@ymstnt @ellenor2000 Indeed. in fact, we're not even defaulting to the view you see in these screenshots. So it should still feel very comfortable to people who are used to the existing layouts.
@Bjornsdottirs @YMSTNT
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Nemeth/Star Productions 🇪🇺
Nemeth/Star Productions 🇪🇺
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great so early. I'm excited from the beta test already. The new design is nice and much cleaner 👍
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Der Motzmichel :mastodon:
Der Motzmichel :mastodon:
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Oh, this looks nice. I may give it a try again. Hopefully the usability got improved too. In my humble opinion #thunderbird is/was way too messed up/complicated to deal with. Email should be as simple as possible nowadays ... :-)
#thunderbird
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Rémi Dupré
Rémi Dupré
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I can't wait to test it!

It will certainly take some time to get used to after all this time, but it is awesome to see a Thunderbird that fits the 2020's 😍

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@remidupre The best thing is, you can still use the traditional wide view and "table" layout you're used to, if you want!
@Rémi Dupré
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dch
dch
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congrats! Have you considered JMAP support in future? There’s some solid rust code out there already https://github.com/stalwartlabs/jmap-client for example

GitHub - stalwartlabs/jmap-client: JMAP client library for Rust

JMAP client library for Rust. Contribute to stalwartlabs/jmap-client development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub
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YMSTNT
YMSTNT
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Looks fabolous, Monday couldn't come sooner (though I wouldn't skip the weekend, I need some rest :bloblaugh: ).

Looks like the e-mail dark mode is built in now? Is this correct? Does that mean I can finally ditch Dark Reader?

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Joshua
Joshua
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It's my birthday, so thx for this gift. I am very excited about what I have been able to see so far. 👍👍👍
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Mehrad :kde: :emacs: :rstats:
Mehrad :kde: :emacs: :rstats:
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well done, it really looks modern and good. I hope it hit the Linux repos (Arch btw) a.s.a.p .
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sydnoise
sydnoise
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can't wait to see which extensions will stop working - since that wouldn't be something I mind as I am just so thankful for all the refactoring that needed to happen to make this possible 🥰
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Dominic.tech
Dominic.tech
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Wow. It was about time to have a beautiful modern UI on this legendary software!
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benedolt
benedolt
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Oh, it looks so good - can't wait to get the update. :) Thanks for all the hard work!!!
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Jason Pester
Jason Pester
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Great job so far! 👍 I've been using the Supernova interface since Thunderbird 112 beta - it's gotten more refined up through 115 beta and works quite well. I've been using it as my primary email client without any major issues ✌ 😁
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kapsiR
kapsiR
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Looking forward to try it out...

Updates for stable channel on Monday too?

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Mikkel Roald-Arbøl
Mikkel Roald-Arbøl
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Having been on the beta for a while, I can only say that the new layout is absolutely amazing! Congrats on the launch!🥳
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justforfun
justforfun
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Waiting for this release to finally get my mom to start using a mail client. Want something we both use so I can walk her through stuff. Thanks to all the devs and contributors for all the hard work!
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🇪🇺Grey08 🇩🇪🇬🇧
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Please tell me i can switch that to the old layout o.o
That's horrible big and a waste of space and way to many colors o.o
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Kalzi
Kalzi
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Any chance of a system tray icon for notifications when the client is closed? This is the only reason why I don't use thunderbird.
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Andreas Schantl
Andreas Schantl
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Time to give Apple Mail a pass. Hoping the new list view will get some more polish to look like in the early mockups. Have been using the beta for private mails for quite some time and looking forward to the stable release 😍
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Evv1L (Эвил)
Evv1L (Эвил)
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can Thunderbird desktop receive and notify about new emails in the background when the window is closed?

(I mean minimized in tray smh like KDE has)

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OdnetninI
OdnetninI
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Yeah!!!!!!
I was waiting for it. I tested the beta version and I really liked it.
I just move back to thunderbird from Gmail. With my own email address, my work address, and my old gmail account.

Thanks for the effort, you Rock!

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Sunil
Sunil
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell Last time I tried to use Thunderbird with Google workspace account, all my calendar events were messed up. All guests were removed from events and sync went in a loop. Hopefully a better experience this time.
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grim
grim
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really uncool how you can just block extensions at will remotely though. What if another “pocket” collaboration comes along, or the board gets an offer and doesn’t like ublock origin?
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戸山大五郎
戸山大五郎
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Will the latest version be available via snap? I'd doubt the Ubuntu 20.04 repo would have it.
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Braw :blob_cat_melt: 🏳‍🌈
Braw :blob_cat_melt: 🏳‍🌈
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there's still no way to turn that search bar at the top and get regular native window frame?
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Olav Fosse
Olav Fosse
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I've been using thunderbird for a while for everything but e-mail (rss, calendar, irc). I'll give e-mail a shot once this is launched 🚀. If this works well I'm all set to switch to Linux again...
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Mike J👹🐀 🤘🏻
Mike J👹🐀 🤘🏻
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Oh no. Without reading the list of changes, any time software makers say they going to make something more modern and more beautiful it usually means they hid every useful control because because somebody thought desktop interfaces should be as simplistic as phones.

I dread this.

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Don't Let Me Fall
Don't Let Me Fall
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I'm not sure if anyone has requested this, but please add a delete button in "Cards View".

The current implementation requires opening the message to delete it.

I like "Cards View" but that missing little button is enough to make me stick to "Table View".

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@MsDropbear42 Rest assured, you can set it up to feel very familiar. The existing layouts and orientations are still there, we've just added some (non-default, for now) options.
@MsDB 🌈:arch_linux: :plasma: :firefox_nightly:​:vivaldi_gray:​🦘
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@MsDropbear42 Promise that people just like you are being heard loud and clear!
@MsDB 🌈:arch_linux: :plasma: :firefox_nightly:​:vivaldi_gray:​🦘
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Toby Tostoff
Toby Tostoff
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Looks good at least. I will certainly want to try this out when it arrives.
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Buck 🌱
Buck 🌱
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I really wonder HOW people work when I see them dread interface updates like that, fearing for their "workflow". I’m not judging (ok, maybe a little), I’m genuinely curious. For my personal email, I’ve switched 7-8 times between email softwares (not counting mobile), and at work, my principle has always been "read = forget about it, unread = you’ve got something to do". As long a search is powerful enough, I never needed more…
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Arghya Chakrabarty
Arghya Chakrabarty
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Super excited about this. I have been waiting to switch to Thunderbird for a while and more that this new UI is out I am gonna finally do it!
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Kunal Agrawal
Kunal Agrawal
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are the message text previews not part of this release?
I remember the mockup had that.
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@kunalagrawal They are not, sorry. We just couldn't finish that element in time - not in a form we were content releasing.

The mockup is still our moving target, though, and Supernova represents the first step toward that.

@Kunal Agrawal
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RenderB
RenderB
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Glad to see the classic view will remain. As a screen magnifier user that new gmail app style look isn't ideal.
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Justin Macleod
Justin Macleod
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Am I the only one who, when I hear about a beautiful new look and feel for a piece of software, I get a sinking feeling and dread the possible accessibility regressions.
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Amadeus Paulussen
Amadeus Paulussen
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The only thing I personally do not like is the left panel strip. I think this should not be in a different color but follow the entire app window color. Other than that I am really looking forward to this a lot and am excited! 🤩️
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sysgeek :slackware: :debian:
sysgeek :slackware: :debian:
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New interface looks a lot like Outlook. Please let me change it back to the old interface. I've been using Thunderbird for longer than I can remember and I did so because I hated the look and feel of Outlook.

Also, I understand the need for a redesign to get new users, but what about us old school users?

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relevantnanana
relevantnanana
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Really excited for this! Been constantly going to the About Thunderbird page to see if the update is here.
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Tom Lawrence
Tom Lawrence
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Congrats to the Thunderbird team! The UI is such a huge improvement over 102. Can't wait to give this a try and finally unify a bunch of inboxes I have spread across different email providers.
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