Beta Notes

Thunderbird Desktop

Version 80.0beta | Released August 3, 2020

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

These notes apply to Thunderbird version 80 beta 5 released August 20, 2020.

OpenPGP in Thunderbird 80.0b1 has reached feature complete state, but it's still disabled by default, to allow more time for testing, correctness, and localization. See the wiki for how to enable and help with testing. Want to help? Join the conversation on Matrix: #openpgp:mozilla.org.

What’s New

new

OpenPGP support is now feature complete. Improvements: new Key Wizard, online searching for OpenPGP keys, and more

What’s Changed

changed

"Master Password" renamed to "Primary Password"

changed

Twitter search removed

changed

Building OpenPGP shared library linked to system libraries now supported

changed

MailExtension errors now shown in Developer Tools console by default

What’s Fixed

fixed

IMAP server capabilities were not rechecked after upgrading to SSL/TLS connection

fixed

Advanced IMAP server preferences not saved in Account Manager

fixed

Message preview was sometimes blank after upgrading from Thunderbird 68

fixed

Address Book UI improvements

fixed

Drag and drop of address book contacts did not work in some situations

fixed

Email addresses whitelisted for remote content not displayed in preferences

Changed and Fixed in Beta 2

What’s Changed

changed

Building OpenPGP shared library linked to system libraries now supported

changed

MailExtensions: Dynamic registration of calendar providers now supported

What’s Fixed

fixed

OpenPGP bug fixes and improvements

fixed

Address book migration failed when there was a dot in the file name

fixed

Address book: "Always prefer display name over message header" was always checked when editing a contact

fixed

Printing did not always work

fixed

"Select All" (Ctrl+A) in message source did not work until focused with a mouse click

fixed

Ctrl+scroll wheel not zooming in message reader

fixed

Chat did not display messages

fixed

Setting/changing a signature from a file lost when closing account settings

fixed

Message filter dialog fixes: Missing scrollbar, drop-down list not wide enough

fixed

Various UX and theme improvements

Changed and Fixed in Beta 3

What’s Changed

changed

OpenPGP Key generation now disabled when there is no default mail account configured

changed

MailExtensions: Some APIs now use defineLazyPreferenceGetter in order to benefit from caching

What’s Fixed

fixed

OpenPGP Key Manager search function did not work

fixed

OpenPGP Key Properties dialog was sometimes too small

fixed

Address book performance optimizations

Fixed in Beta 4

What’s Fixed

fixed

OpenPGP: Encrypted email would not send if address contained uppercase characters

fixed

OpenPGP: "Key ID" column could not be resized in Key Manage

fixed

Message Composer: Order of attachments could not be modified using drag & drop

fixed

Address Book: Migration did not preserve names of address books used in filters

Changed and Fixed in Beta 5

What’s Changed

changed

OpenPGP: Encrypted messages are now signed automatically

changed

Calendar: Event summary dialog is now themeable

What’s Fixed

fixed

OpenPGP: Keys containing invalid UTF-8 strings could not be imported

fixed

Dialog to add a new mail account from "Account Settings" did not open

fixed

Composing messages with a "fixed width" font did not work

Known Issues

unresolved

Thunderbird may become unresponsive when sorting large IMAP folders

unresolved

MailExtensions: Content scripts in mail editor do not work

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