Shredder Alpha 3 Preview Release.

Released: October 14, 2008

Shredder Alpha 3 is a preview release for the next major version of Thunderbird that is being built on top of the next generation of Mozilla's layout engine, Gecko 1.9. Shredder Alpha 3 is being made available for testing purposes only and is intended for developers and our testing community.

New Features and Changes

New Features and changes in this milestone that require feedback include:

• Improved Message Reader View

  This is the first stage of a series of improvements to refine the message reading experience; the first stage brings email controls closer to area in which the user is operating.

• Add/Edit Contacts from the Message Header

  We now provide at-a-glance indication if someone is already in your address book, if they are not, you add them with one click. You can also edit contact details inline.

• Integrated Vista Search

  Windows Vista users can now choose to see Thunderbird email and news messages in Windows search results.

• Automatic Message Download for IMAP

  Thunderbird will now download IMAP messages in the background to allow for faster message loading, and better off-line operation. See the release notes for details on enabling this feature.

• Birthday Field in Address Book

  You can now enter the dates of your contacts birthdays into the address book.

Downloading

Please read the release notes before downloading for more information about this release including known issues.

Shredder Alpha 3 is available in multiple languages and is available from the downloads page