Features:
- Always show all folders in the manage folders screen
- Import accounts from Desktop via QR codes
- Removed folder display classes
Fixes:
- Fixed a topcrash occurring with when removing accounts
- Improve robustness of XML settings files, missing elements will be skipped
- Welcome text is now properly aligned
- Update support link to point to support.mozilla.org
- Resolve a few accessibility warnings from the pre-launch report
- Star button now has an accessible name
Development and and Documentation:
- Added initial release build automation
- Replaced deprecated kotlinOptions with compilerOptions
- Cleanup of gradle and build plugin
- Updated translations
Thunderbird for Android:
- Temporarily removed telemetry while we improve user choice
- The initial implementation for funding has landed and is available on Github Releases builds (and in the future also the f-droid version)
Known Issues
- The settings import will also show apps that do not yet support the settings import and fail reading the settings
- The drawer will not update when you change starred accounts
- There are some issues importing more than one account which we will address for beta 3 (#8260). You'll notice this if you import from K-9 or use the new QR code import feature
- Thunderbird Desktop is not quite ready yet with the QR code feature. It will land in Thunderbird Desktop Daily in the next few days.
Contributors
- @ShellWen made their first contribution in #8189
- @jfx2006 made their first contribution in #8192
- Thank you also to @Yogeshjindal, @cketti, @wmontwe, @kewisch
Full Changelog: THUNDERBIRD_8_0b1...THUNDERBIRD_8_0b2