4 posts and columns on Thunderbird

New Mozilla Email Is Easier to Use, But Not Easy Enough

in Personal Technology on January 27, 2010 at 6:04 pm PT

Thunderbird 3 is a significant improvement over earlier versions, with some interesting new features. But all the techie rough edges still haven’t been sanded off.

Mozilla: In the Shadow of the “Don’t-Be-Evil Bulldozer”

in D7 on May 28, 2009 at 11:20 am PT

As CEO and chairman of Mozilla, respectively, John Lilly and Mitchell Baker steward the development of Firefox, the open-source browser that challenged and then broke Microsoft’s choke hold on the browser market. As of April 2009, Firefox claimed 22.48 percent of Web browser market, according to Net Applications. That makes it the second most popular browser world-wide, after Internet Explorer, which holds 66.1 percent. An impressive feat. And an important one. Because by dislodging Internet Explorer from its dominant market position, Firefox has proven not only that open-source projects often provide better software–something to which any Linux geek will attest–but that it’s possible for a particularly well done one to become an everyday consumer application.
John Lilly at D7

Protecting Your Computer

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on January 12, 2006 at 12:01 am PT

This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about software firewalls, purchasing a computer with Windows Vista and using the Firefox browser and Thunderbird email.