First Alpha of Next version of Thunderbird available

Early version of next version of Thunderbird is ready for testing.

We're happy to announce the release of the first of many early releases of the next version of Thunderbird.

This release, called Shredder a1 to emphasize its early nature and the need for caution, is available from the mozillamessaging.com for testers, extension developers, and other people who are curious to follow the development of the next release of Thunderbird.

This release has few functionality changes compared to the current release of Thunderbird (2.0.0.14), but it is built on the same platform as Firefox 3. We expect to release frequent early releases as we work towards a major new release of Thunderbird.

Please read the release notes for more details.