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diff --git a/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Tue/thunderbird-bugs.txt b/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Tue/thunderbird-bugs.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..62b5234 --- /dev/null +++ b/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Tue/thunderbird-bugs.txt @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +<img alt="Thunderbirdlogo" title="Thunderbirdlogo" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/thunderbirdlogo.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />When I [looked at Mozilla's Thunderbird 2.0 beta 2][1] a while back I claimed that the new beta was significantly less buggy than its predecessor. While I stand by that for the Mac OS X version, I've been using beta 2 under Vista and it's still quite buggy. + +Issues I've noticed include freezing while trying to move messages via drag and drop and a weird screen flicker that seems to happen randomly. The drag and drop issue appears to be related to IMAP since it doesn't happen when I log in to a POP account. + +The screen flicker is more a more drastic problem and highly annoying. Of course I should note that my Vista install is on Macbook with possibly outdated hardware drivers -- in other words, it may not be Thunderbird's fault. Still, no other app has caused the screen to dim out, go completely black and then return a second later. + +The likely cause seems like it would be some sort of screen refresh bug in Thunderbird. I've been digging through the [Bugzilla archives][2] trying to find something similar but so far I haven't turned anything up (I can only stare at that creepy red, bug-eating monster for so long at any one setting). If it turns out to be an unfiled bug, I will of course file it. + +And naturally this isn't meant as a slam of Thunderbird 2 since it's obviously still in a pre-release phase and bugs are to be expected. I just wanted to follow up for those users who may have been tempted to go ahead and start using the beta based on my previous review. + +[2]: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ "Bugzilla@Mozilla – Main Page" +[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/01/report_thunderb.html "Report: Thunderbird 2.0b2"
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