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Windows 2000/2003/9x/XP / Open Source / 5,419 downloads
Thunderbird-Tray is a system tray launcher tool for Mozilla Thunderbird. It hides Thunderbird when you minimize the Thunderbird window or when you click the tray icon. Clicking the icon again will re-show the main window. Also it is possible to start Thunderbird by clicking on the tray icon. You can right click the Thunderbird-Tray icon to see a menu with the available options at any time.
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Uninstaller
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Latest Changes
- Added: Option 'Restart and hide Thunderbird' on Thunderbird Close
- Added: Option to start TB-Tray on Windows Start
- Added: TBTray-Config is now displayed in XP-Style
- Added: Bulgarian, Estonian, Finnish, Korean, Macedonian, Russian and Slovak translations
- Fixed: Does not work with Thunderbird 1.5 Beta 1 (#1292478)
- Fixed: Doesn't reduce memory usage (#1063111)
Reviews of Thunderbird-Tray
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MindsweeperReviewing 1.1 (Jun 23, 2005)
If the minimize to tray extension doesn't work for you which didn't for me, then this is a very competent alternative. Slight criticism is that it doesn't allow you to right click on tray icon to check mail even though you can compose a new message from there.
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httpd.confusedReviewing 1.1 (Jun 20, 2005)
Thunderbird-Tray (TB-Tray) is not always shown in the tray, even when Thunderbird isn't running. Look at the options for the application. Here they are:
Thunderbird Path
[tell TB-Tray where to find Thunderbird.exe]
Use EXE name to detect Thunderbird
[on/off]
Always maximize Thunderbird
[on/off]
Thunderbird EXE name
[tell TB-Tray the image name for Thunderbird]
Profile name
[specify which one to start Thunderbird with]
Language
[22 are supported by default--which is excellent]
Single/double click tray icon to show Thunderbird
[on/off]
Hide tray icon when Thunderbird is shown
[on/off]
Add "Write Mail" to tray icon menu
on/off
Add "Open Address Book" to tray icon menu
[on/off]
What to do when TB-Tray starts
[do nothing; run Thunderbird; or run and hide Thunderbird]
Thunderbird start delay time
[in ms]
What to do when TB-Tray exits
[do nothing; or close Thunderbird]
What to do when Thunderbird exits
[do nothing; restart Thunderbird; or close TB-Tray]
Hotkey to show Thunderbird
[alt/ctrl/shift/win + any number/letter]
As you can see, TB-Tray crushes the (buggy) "Minimize to Tray" extension like a grape. Then it hops up and down on its carcass, laughing all the while.
I have TB-Tray configured so that instead of running Thunderbird, I run TB-Tray instead. If I close either one, the other closes, too. With this configuration, using TB-Tray is essentially just like having tray icon support built right into Thunderbird. (And why they didn't is beyond me.) -
scriptee
Reviewing 1.1 (Jun 4, 2005)
This little app is great for what it does. One thing that I think will bug some people is how its ALWAYS in the tray even if Thunderbird is not running, and when you R-Click it there is the option to Launch Thunderbird, and if its already open then Show/Hide it.
Personally, I love the way it works ... Assuming there are no bugs (which I see no trace of yet).
This little app works better then the recent Sunbird extension release which I immediately found bugs in which hindered the usability a hell of a lot. -
bugmenotReviewing 1.0 (May 10, 2005)
I used this for a while until I found http://minimizetotray.mozdev.org/ which seems to work a lot better. This program had issues minimizing thunderbird. I would also recomend minimizetotray.
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Nikkie
Reviewing 1.0 (Apr 18, 2005)
It's called open source .. Anyone can make their own version of this function ..
I like this one ..
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