Beta Notes

Thunderbird Desktop

Version 69.0beta | Released July 26, 2019

Check out the notes below for this version of Thunderbird. As always, you’re encouraged to tell us what you think, ask for help, or file a bug in Bugzilla.

These release notes apply to Thunderbird version 69 beta 4 released August 28th, 2019.

What’s Fixed

fixed

While Thunderbird was in safe mode, the help menu did not offer an item to restart with add-ons enabled

Fixed in Beta 2

What’s Fixed

fixed

Chat text input area had near zero height (in beta 1)

fixed

Links on Help menu not working (in beta 1)

fixed

New email notification not properly formatted in some cases

fixed

F6 focus in address book not correct

fixed

Some visual glitches: Wrong colors, backgrounds, tooltips, etc.

Fixed in Beta 3

What’s Fixed

fixed

Column choice and sort order in "Search Messages" dialog lost after relaunch

fixed

Theme installation not working via the Add-on Manager (in beta 1 and 2)

fixed

The spellchecker marked words preceding a single quote as misspelled (in beta 2)

fixed

More visual glitches: Attachment pane height, link color for detached/external attachments, dark theme, compose window toolbar, error console window title

New and Fixed in Beta 4

What’s New

new

Offer to configure Exchange accounts for Office365. A third-party add-on is required for this account type. IMAP still exists as alternative.

What’s Fixed

fixed

LDAP address auto-complete and server preference not working

fixed

Even more visual glitches: Scrollbar in chat account settings, missing context menu in contacts sidebar, missing chat participant tooltip, icon sizes in toolbars, selection of tagged messages using dark theme, message pane toggle in application menu

fixed

Links containing a #reference don't open correctly in the external browser. External browser may open in a background window.

Known Issues

unresolved

Clicking mailto links in browser doesn't open Thunderbird Write window

unresolved

Opening the properties of a folder may hang on Mac

unresolved

Mail header toolbar (Reply, Forward, Archive, Junk buttons) no longer configurable

unresolved

Thunderbird 69 beta may not recognise an existing profile. Workaround: start with the profile manager option -p.

unresolved

Calendar: A localized version of Provider for Google Calendar not available at addons.thunderbird.net or the Mozilla FTP server. A US-English version can be downloaded here. The XPI file needs to be installed manually in Thunderbird.

unresolved

Chat: Twitter not working due to API changes at Twitter.com.

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