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The new Thunderbird UI is now available and it's a long overdue refresh (www.zdnet.com)
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Mozilla's latest version of Thunderbird email has a brand-new interface that finally brings the aging application closer to modern aesthetic standards.

Now, it's not like it's going to absolutely wow you. The new look isn't a dramatic departure from the aging UI. Instead, it's a subtle tweak that gives Thunderbird a more in-touch feel that is not just more pleasing to look at but easier to use. It's more efficient and it offers a cleaner default font that renders text so much better (especially on the Linux desktop).

The good news is that the new-look Thunderbird isn't such a dramatic departure from the old that you'll have to scramble to get up to speed

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[–] Unskilled5117@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There’s a nice slider to compare old and new:

https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/115.0/whatsnew/

[–] toasteranimation@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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[–] skeezix@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was a joke. They’re both the old version.

[–] pistachio@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are they? I think the 3 columns layout is the new version.

[–] Unskilled5117@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You are right pistachio, they are just joking around, It even says in the picture which one is which. IMO they actually did a great job by not changing too much, which would anger a part of the userbase, while still improving and modernizing the layout. And lets not forget about the work they did on the core of thunderbird, rewriting a lot, which gives them the opportunity to introduce new features much more easily in the future.