NovaBird 2.0 – Beta 4. Fourth test version of 2.0. Please back up your Thunderbird profile first and report what you find (issues). Installs over Beta 1 to 3; settings and index are kept.
New since Beta 3 (only NovaBird-Conversation changed, now 0.15.8)
- Spam button trains Thunderbird's junk filter. "Spam" and "Not spam" in the conversation view marked and moved the message, but Thunderbird's junk filter learned nothing from it, so new spam waves kept landing in the inbox. The buttons now train the filter like Thunderbird's own junk button; "Not spam" takes back an earlier "Spam".
- Signatures and table layouts stay intact. HTML signatures built as tables (logo, name, contact block side by side) fell apart: words broke in the middle, links split, blocks slipped. The view now keeps the table layout (widths, alignment, "no wrap"); colors and fonts still come from the theme. A table that is too wide scrolls sideways in its own box.
- Tested on Thunderbird 153 ESR and 160.
- Search, Extension, Send and the Helper are unchanged from Beta 3. Updating NovaBird-Conversation is enough: Add-ons manager → gear → Install Add-on From File… →
novabird-conversation-0.15.8.xpi.
Everything new in 2.0 is on the start page of the 2.0 branch, the full list in the changelog. Android: download (APK) · repository
Files
| File | |
|---|---|
novabird-search-2.0.0.xpi
| Search bar, index, search by meaning (replaces the old NovaBird-Search and NovaBird-DB) |
novabird-extension-2.0.0.xpi
| Message list, right pane, themes, Nova-Contact, AI assistant, settings |
novabird-conversation-0.15.8.xpi
| Whole threads in the reading pane |
novabird-send-1.0.4.xpi
| Undo send (unchanged) |
NovaBird-Helper-0.5.1-win-x64.exe
| Optional Windows program, one file, no .NET needed |
NovaBird-2.0.0-beta4-all.zip
| Everything above in one file |
SHA256SUMS.txt
| Checksums |
Install
- Betterbird or Thunderbird ESR 128 or newer (the add-ons use experiment APIs, which do not run in the monthly release).
- Add-ons manager → gear → Install Add-on From File…, select the
.xpifiles, restart. - Coming from 1.x: install over the old packages. The old NovaBird-Search and the theme add-ons are taken over and removed on the first start; settings, search history, index and theme are kept.
- The setup assistant opens on the first start. Every step can be skipped. For the Helper see the quick guide.
Unsigned builds. Unofficial, experimental, use at your own risk – see the disclaimer. Online updates do not offer this beta; it is installed from file only.