Thunderbird 130 Beta Includes a Tray Icon for Linux

The first Thunderbird 130 beta release is out, and when running it on Linux there’s a very obvious new feature: a tray icon! In the Thunderbird 130 beta release notes the ‘what’s new’ section lists “added Linux system tray icon”, and what’s mind-blowing about the addition is that it developers a feature request first filed on the Mozilla bug tracker a staggering 25 years ago! Tray icons are a bit old hat, but they remain useful on systems that don’t handle background apps in an intuitive or familiar manner. Thunderbird for Windows has a system tray icon/applet, but the e-mail […]

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