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Thunderbird Monthly Development Digest – January 2025

Hello again Thunderbird Community! As January drew to a close, the team was closing in on the completion of some important milestones. Additionally, we had scoped work for our main Q1 priorities. Those efforts are now underway and it feels great to cross things off the list and start tackling new challenges. As always, you […]

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Thunderbird Monthly Development Digest – December 2024

Happy New Year Thunderbirders! With a productive December and a good rest now behind us, the team is ready for an amazing year. Since the last update, we’ve had some successes that have felt great. We also completed a retrospective on a major pain point from last year. This has been humbling and has provided […]

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Thunderbird Monthly Development Digest – November 2024

Hello Thunderbird Community! Another adventurous month is behind us, and the team has emerged victorious from a number of battles with code, quirks, bugs and performance issues. Here’s a quick summary of what’s been happening across the front and back end teams as some of the team heads into US Thanksgiving: Exchange Web Services support […]

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Thunderbird Monthly Development Digest: September 2024

Hello Thunderbird Community! I’m Toby Pilling, a new team member and I’ve spent the last couple of months getting up to speed, and have really enjoyed meeting the team and members of the community virtually, and some in person! September is now over (and so is the summer for many in our team), and we’re […]

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Thunderbird Monthly Development Digest: August 2024

Hello Thunderbird Community! It’s August, where did our summer go? (or winter for the folks on the other hemisphere). Our August has been packed with ESR fixes, team conferences, and some personal time off, so this is gonna be a bit of a shorter update, tackling more upcoming efforts than what recently landed on daily. […]

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Meet The Thunderbird Team: Sol Valverde, UI/UX Designer

Welcome back to our Meet The Team series. I recently had a very entertaining conversation with Sol Valverde, one of the creative minds behind Thunderbird’s user experience and interface design. Sol explained how growing up around developers influenced her career path, and discusses the thought process behind designing and improving Thunderbird’s visuals.

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