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325207 2005-02-15 03:53:00 Am I missing something here? What with all the excitement I've been trying Thunderbird for the last month, rather than Mozilla which I've been using for about 12 months I think.

Apart from a somewhat flashier appearance it seems to work pretty much the same as email under Mozilla. I'm planning to move back to Mozilla when I get around to it, but I wanted to check that there was no reason to stick with Thunderbird.

I've not tried Firebird, but does the same apply there too, and if so what is all the fuss about?
fred1 (3982)
325208 2005-02-15 04:12:00 Firebird is now called Firefox

It depends on what your needs are. If Mozilla works for you, why not leave Thunderbird/Firefox installed just in case you get the urge to use them, and continue to use Mozilla? At least you're not an IE user, so you won't have to worry about security issues :)
Edward (31)
325209 2005-02-15 04:20:00 Mozilla browser is good and Mozilla mail as you say is much the same as Thunderbird.
If you are happy with Mozilla stay with it, you are not missing anything important.
Safari (3993)
325210 2005-02-15 04:33:00 Firefox and Thunderbird are designed to be stand-alone applications, you can have either or both. Mozilla is a browser-email suite with both the applications combined. If you have happy with the Mozilla suite, then there is no need to change. Some people prefer the stand-alone applications as there isn't so much extra lugguage automatically included. :) Jen (38)
325211 2005-02-15 04:54:00 You might find some things within FF and Thunderbird are a little more up to date but overall you've probably got a few more bells and whistles with the Mozilla suite than the other two without adding extensions to them. Murray P (44)
325212 2005-02-15 05:50:00 You might find some things within FF and Thunderbird are a little more up to date but overall you've probably got a few more bells and whistles with the Mozilla suite than the other two without adding extensions to them.

Composer for one, excellent program
Safari (3993)
325213 2005-02-15 06:08:00 Firefox and Thunderbird are designed to be stand-alone applications, you can have either or both. Mozilla is a browser-email suite with both the applications combined. If you have happy with the Mozilla suite, then there is no need to change. Some people prefer the stand-alone applications as there isn't so much extra lugguage automatically included. :)
Although there is in a way more baggage. If you're running Firefox and Thunderbird at the same time, it uses around twice as much RAM as it does when you have the Mozilla Suites browser and mail clients running.

Some people are worried about things like that.
Jeremy (1197)
325214 2005-02-15 22:41:00 Brilliant, thank you for all the help! I've been using composer but as I'm pretty new to HTML I don't really have much else to compare it with. Having said that it has helped me start using HTML which is quite a big thing in itself.

On further question though, which plug ins / enhancements do people find useful?
fred1 (3982)
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