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Customize Thunderbird

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CustomizeMyBird for Thunderbird 52-61+

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CustomizeMyBird 2.0 offers Thunderbird features known from

Features (2.0+)

  • Tabs: switch between default tabs and classic squared tabs (+ Aero blue colors)
  • Tabs: custom height
  • Tabs: custom border roundness
  • Tabs toolbar: hide Lightning buttons
  • Tabs and tab toolbar buttons: switch positions (Windows/Linux)
  • Main menubar: above/below tabs toolbar (Windows/Linux)
  • Main menubar: compact view (Windows/Linux)
  • Mein menubar: Aero blue colors
  • Main toolbar: compact view
  • Toolbars: default colors / Aero blue colors
  • Statusbar: hide status bar
  • Quick-filter-bar: move below mail list (if visible)
  • Attachments: move above mail content (if visible)
  • Attachments: move button to start position (if visible)
  • Main menu button alternative appearance: customizable colors, text, icons
  • Add-ons Manager: alternative appearance (+ Aero blue colors)
  • Add-ons Manager: compact view
  • Add-ons Manager: show version number
  • Toolbar buttons appearance known from 'Classic Toolbar Buttons'/'NoiaButtons' add-ons
    • classic appearance for menubar, tabs toolbar and main toolbars
    • custom border roundness for buttons on menubar, tabs toolbar and main toolbars
    • custom minimum height and width for buttons on menubar and main toolbars
    • custom icons: Thunderbird 1-3, macOS, dark, bright, Noia large/medium/small/tiny
    • icons: reduce icon size on hover
  • Scrollbar settings
    • hide scrollbars / scrollbar buttons
    • custom size
    • custom opacity
    • background color/gradient
    • thumb color/gradient/roundness/border
    • button color/gradient/roundness

Compatibility

  • compatible to Lightning
  • compatible to Windows, Linux, macOS
  • compatible to light and dark lw-themes (aka Personas)
  • not compatible to complete themes (add-ons options page only shows a note in that case, but nothing to select)

AMO (addons.mozilla.org)

AMO stopped being a reliable source to distribute new versions of add-ons. Reviewers stopped looking into "legacy" add-ons and bootstrapped/restartless add-ons, which are still valid in Thunderbird. AMOs focus shifted to crappy and powerless WebExtensions, which do not even have to be reviewed by humans. The shitty add-on validator is "enough" allowing everybody to install tons of spam and malicious WebExtensions. Good thing Thunderbird add-ons do not require the idiotic add-on signing likie Firefox, so users can just install files downloaded from Github. Additionally looking through add-on code on Github is easily possible compared to AMO and building own installation packages only requires a few steps (release page always offers the latest build too):

  • download the whole repository or the content of xpi folder
  • zip the content of xpi folder
  • optionally rename ".zip" to ".xpi"
  • install the file through Thunderbirds add-on manager