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April 15, 2005
Thuderbird is not Outlook
The Mozilla foundation has a pair of toys on the market: Firefox and Thunderbird. Firefox has become a media darling-- and is probably the best browser on the market. If you’re not using it right now, go download it and get started! Go on, this article is will be waiting for you...
Now, Thunderbird, Thunderbird hasn’t gotten the attention. It’s a very well done Email client, with direct integration of RSS feeds, good spam filters, and it’s as themeable and extendable as Firefox. It is in every sense a wonderful replacement for Outlook Express. If you wish to download it, you can simply hit the button on the upper-left side of this blog, the one labeled "Thunderbird". If you’re my parents, I am specifically writing this to you...
The thing is, Thunderbird is Email. Thunderbird is not Email, calendar, notes, etc. It is most certainly not an Outlook killer. Outlook is a big, corporate sized tool that works fast and well. Someday in the near future, The Mozilla foundation hopes to have a tool that builds onto Thunderbird, and will be able to be as feature-rich as Outlook, but it ain’t there yet...
Which should be obvious. I don’t know why This article was even written. It’s a bit like complaining that no one is switching to Itunes for movie watching-- it isn’t meant to do that...
If, however, you’re using Outlook express, (and not using Hotmail), feel free to switch on over to Thunderbird. You’ll never want to look back...
Posted by Andrew at April 15, 2005 06:50 PM
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