Thunderbird/Thunderbird11.0SupportIssues

(Thanks to those who helped us on the February 2, 2012 Thunderbird support day! The last support day was today March 14, 2012;!. Next Thunderbird support day is tentatively scheduled for April 25, 2012 the day after the TB 12 release on April 24, 2012.)

• TB 11 was released on March 14, 2012 at approximately 3a.m. Pacific

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Thunderbird 11.0 issues

Not so minor

(not in order)

Minor issues or issues fixed in TB 12 or future release

See Thunderbird 12 User Changes Page

(not in order, numbered only for convenience; minor = no dataloss or non dataloss mac and linux problems since only 5% or less of TB users are mac or linux)

1. bug 718480 - Unable to save new message as file when subject is empty - REGRESSION, fixed in TB13

Add-on Issues

The following is an incomplete list of add-ons that have issues in Thunderbird 11. Please add to this list add-ons that have issues and if you find an add-on has been updated and works with Thunderbird, please strike it out using <del></del>

(not in order,numbered for convenience)

Daily Support Reports

(selected dates starting the day after release day which will probably be MArch 13, 2012; can't do this for every day obviously :-) !a

March 14, 2012

(all times are UTC)

1. Tabs on Top feedback:
   • https://getsatisfaction.com/mozilla_messaging/topics/thunderbird_11_interface_cannot_relocate_tabs_bottom_to_maim_menu_buttons_bars
   • How do you disable tabs-on-top in TB 11?
   • http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=2443043
   • Need a unified menu like Firefox https://getsatisfaction.com/mozilla_messaging/topics/tabs_on_top_needs_an_unified_menu_firefox_like
   • Breaking the Egg Tabs on Top Toggling blog post by Mike
   • http://emailmafia.net/2012/03/15/thunderbird-11-tabs-on-top-terrible/
   • Blake is conducting a "What should be included in the Thunderbird menu?" poll
2. Tabs on Top Bugs:
   • 644169 is the original Bug the change was created under.
   • 724213 is the bug requesting tabs on top be optional
   • 735622 is request to place Menu on top not in the tab.
   • 725507#c15 is a nice summary of possible ways forward by RSX11M
3. Workaround: Install Rise of the Tools add-on to see tab-on-bottom back.

March 15, 2012

(selected potential issues)

1. AVG not compatible with Thunderbird 11? - Unconfirmed but not surprising since various folks have said that AVG is not updating to keep up with Thunderbird rapid releases [GS] - [Tag these avgtb11] - Probably the same issue in TB10; compare with GS topics tagged avgtb10 and avgtb9 - Recommend switching to Microsoft Security Essentials
2. ESET not compatible with TB11 ? [GS] - Again not surprising since most Anti-virus software can't cope with Thunderbird rapid releases
3. Missing Toolbar / menubar on Windows WORKAROUND: F10, or Alt+V, then Toolbars, Compose Toolbar. - please tag these topics: tb11missingtoolbar in GS - Perhaps somehow people are hiding the menubar by accident or via View | Toolbars | Menu Bar. If so then pressing Alt shows the menu bar temporarily and Alt V | Toolbars | Menu Bar turns it back on

March 16, 2012

(not in order)

1. Thunderbird 11 Lighting issues: please tag them tb11lightning
2. Thunderbird 11 Kaspersky issues: please tag them tb11kaspersky

See Also

• Thunderbird/Support/TB12UserChanges
• Thunderbird/Support/TB13UserChanges
• Thunderbird/Support/TB14UserChanges
• Thunderbird/Support/TB15UserChanges