Posted 10/06/08 at 05:05:02 PM by Paul Lilly
Those expecting Mozilla to release its open-source email client Thunderbird 3.0 in Beta 1 form will have to wait a little longer than initially thought. Rather than attach the Beta moniker to the updated version, Mozilla instead is dubbing it Alpha 3.
"Calling something a beta is likely to trigger a bunch of extra press attention that we're not yet in a position to deal with," said Dan Mosedale, who works at Mozilla Messaging. "Some number [of] reviews will be inappropriately pre-judging based on its current state. In the best case, this would be a distraction."
Mosedale also cited a lack of landing several milestones (AutoConfig, GloDa with full-text search, STEEL) as another reason why he's more comfortable calling the lastest Thunderbird 3.0 release an Alpha build instead of a Beta.
No matter what you call it, the latest beta/alpha/unfinished release is available now for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
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Links:
[1] http://www.maximumpc.com/user/one4yu2c
[2] http://www.pcworld.com/article/151878/mozilla_keeps_thunderbird_in_alpha.html
[3] http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/dmose/
[4] http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/early_releases/
[5] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/mozilla_release_firefox_31_alpha_1
[6] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/microsoft_makes_it_easy_to_give_ie8_beta_1_a_try
[7] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/survey_says_new_yorkers_most_addicted_email
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