No sooner said than done. That Thunderbird’s future would be marked by a historian major release had long been known. One of the few email client truly open source remained in circulation has been presented since July 2023 in a deeply renewed and improved version. Thunderbird 115known by the appellation Supernovabrings a breath of fresh air to a project that was beginning to feel the weight of time.
Always appreciated by a large number of users, Thunderbird has experienced mixed fortunes so that Mozilla, some time ago, had thought of abandoning its development due to costs defined as no longer sustainable. Thanks to the efforts of a team of developers permanently focused on the project, Thunderbird finally frees itself from the heavy legacy of Firefox. Although Thunderbird is a client emailin fact, much of its code was shared with the Mozilla browser. The presence of non-optimized and unused code contributed to weighing down the application.
Already available for Windows, macOS and Linux, Thunderbird 115 Supernova is a widely renewed version of the historic software, which introduces changes is visual That techniques while retaining the familiarity and flexibility you’ve come to expect from this mail client.
The main news of Thunderbird 115
While retaining the layout andinterface that millions of users know and appreciate, the new Thunderbird has a more modern, clear and clean. So many changes that have declaredly as a goal, he explains Alexander CastellaniProduct Design Manager, to acquire new users.
The tab view now it develops vertically, allowing users to always have an eye on all the information that can be managed with the email client. The classic setting, however, can be kept upon request.
Thunderbird 115 features a new main menu and a single dynamic toolbar that offers both contextual options and frequently used tools based on the currently active tab or space. The user has the ability to customize the toolbar adapting the layout to your workflow and specific needs.
The Thunderbird menu also allows you to change the font size and ppi preferences (pixel per inch). In the past this was only possible by acting in depth on the settings of the program while now a similar variation can be applied directly from the interface. The novelty is especially useful for those who are used to working with configurations multimonitorat different resolutions.
Even viewing the calendar integrated in Thunderbird has been extensively redesigned. For example, a layout which collects all the commitments and activities of the month in a compact form.
Equally important, it is now possible to freely reorganize accounts and folders by also intervening on them order. Similarly, Thunderbird 115 offers the ability to access the list of tag most used in order to quickly retrieve the messages that have gradually become classified.
Complete list of new features and availability
The complete list of Thunderbird 115 new features is publicly available while the newly released version is not yet being distributed to Thunderbird 102 users. They will continue to receive the security updates as long as the developers haven’t ruled out any compatibility issues (which shouldn’t happen anyway).
To download and install Thunderbird 115, possibly updating the previous release 102, simply refer to the official site containing the download links for the mail client in Windows, macOS and Linux.
A graphical comparison between Thunderbird 115 and 102 is available here: scrolling the vertical cursor, you can check at a glance the main differences tra i due client email.