Mozilla Thunderbird®, Portable Edition 14.0 Beta 5 has been released. It's the popular Mozilla Thunderbird email client bundled with a PortableApps.com launcher as a portable app. This package allows you to test the upcoming version without impacting your standard portable or local install of Thunderbird. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.
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Update automatically or install from the portable app store (advanced apps enabled) in the PortableApps.com Platform.
Features
Mozilla Thunderbird is the safe, fast email client that's easy to use. It has lots of great features including quick message search, customizable views, support for IMAP/POP, RSS support and more. Plus, the portable version leaves no personal information behind on the machine you run it on, so you can take your email and adress book with you wherever you go. Learn more about Mozilla Thunderbird...
PortableApps.com Installer / PortableApps.com Format
Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition is packaged in a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. It supports upgrades by installing right over an existing copy, preserving all your email and settings. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Platform including the Menu and Backup Utility.
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Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition is available for immediate download from the Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition Test homepage. Get it today!
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Comments
Beta 4 not updating
My copy of Mozilla Thunderbird 14.0 Beta 4 hasn't auto-updated to Beta 5. Other apps that have been uploaded more recently (Chrome 21.0.1180.41, Firefox 14 Beta 12) have auto-updated as expected.
Updating Now
It should be updating now. It hadn't been updated in the app database.
Yes
Yes, now it's updating. Thanks.
An update question
Thunderbird 14.0 came out today.
There's something I wondered about for long:
Let's assume I have a portable Thunderbird. It's not aware that it's portable, so when a new full version rolls out, it gives the option to update through the internal mechanism of Thunderbird (much like Firefox). If update that way, and continue to use that instance of TB, will it violate the portable properties of the program?
Or will it work the same way would I have updated by overwriting it with files from a new Portableapps.com release?
Please excuse me if it's unclear what I want know...
Works, But Doesn't Update Everything
It works and will properly update Thunderbird itself. But it won't update the launcher or associated portable files. So it would still show in the PortableApps.com Platform as 13.0.1 if on the stable channel or 14.0 Beta 5 on beta. And the launcher would be out of date, too. In this case, the 13.0 release had a bug leaving behind an empty directory introduced by the new Gecko engine. This was fixed in 14.0.
So, it's best to update the whole thing from us, which is usually released within hours of Firefox and Thunderbird going official and being announced (as happened today). Also, it's best to keep ThunderbirdPortableTest and ThunderbirdPortable separate and only use Test for testing extensions and things.
Awesome John, thank you for
Awesome John, thank you for the info and the quick response!