Developer adds tabs to Thunderbird

A developer has created a patched version of Thunderbird for test and play purposes – not for use in real workflows – that adds tabs to Mozilla's mail client. Users are able to right-click a header and chose an option to open the message in a tab, or they can enable a preference for the enter key to do the same. This sounds like a fantastic idea, and I'm downloading as I write this. I've been running into the same problems as C.K. lately with Mail, and Thunderbird seems to be the #1 alternative these days. More importantly, the tabs idea seems to be the first real enhancement to the email app paradigm in a while, and I welcome this fresh new feature. I certainly hope Microsoft, Apple, Mozilla and other email app developers are learning something from innovations like this.

[via Slashdot]