Thunderbird 1.0.2 was released yesterday. It's a "background" update from 1.0, with the Gecko security fixes and stability upgrades in Firefox 1.0.1 and Mozilla Suite 1.7.6, which also went public yesterday. If you're not using Thunderbird as your primary email app, you should be. If you already are, here's the easiest way to upgrade in Windows:
1. Download Thunderbird 1.0.2
2. Uninstall Thunderbird 1.0 (using Add/Remove Programs) and do not remove the program folder, usually c:/Program Files/Mozilla Thunderbird/
3. Run the 1.0.2 installer
That's it. Your accounts, messages, folders, settings, themes, and extensions will be automatically maintained.
In frontline news from the browser wars, News.com as a lengthy and detailed article on why Firefox is making such a dent in Internet Explorer's market share, and whether the Mozilla Foundation can keep this up.
Previous open-source products had a high geek factor: You had to be a geek to run them. Firefox is the first time consumers really chose an open source product.
In other words, Firefox is in the perfect situation for an underdog: It's a great application, and it's competing against a bloated, out-dated, and dangerously vulnerable browser in Internet Explorer.
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