


Thunderbird 52 is the current stable version (which, if you’re using Ubuntu, you likely have installed). Thunderbird is also adding WebExtension support so that users can also opt to use modern plugins and extensions with the app. This means anyone relying on a third-party plugin to provide additional functionality inside the app can continue using it with future releases provided that add-on makers make a few compatibility tweaks first.ĭetails on the ins-and-outs of the ‘compatibility tweaks’ can be found on the Thunderbird wiki. Superficiality aside, we also now know that Thunderbird has no plans (for now) to drop support for legacy add-ons. The Thunderbird ‘Monterail Dark’ theme Thunderbird Legacy Add-Ons That said, I think I’ll stick with the awesome Thunderbird Monterail theme we spotlighted earlier in the year as it gives the somewhat stale email app a thoroughly fresh look and feel. The move helped add some stability to what had been uncertain few years for the project, following Mozilla Corps decision to ‘decouple’ it from Firefox to let the community lead its development.Īlthough the Photon UI is, in the screenshots provided, a little austere looking to my tastes it does sort of makes sense for Thunderbird to keep pace with the look of its former stablemate, and should help to deliver some degree of consistency between the apps. Thunderbird got a ‘new home’ with the Mozilla Foundation earlier this year.

‘Thunderbird also has no plans to drop support for legacy add-ons’
