Restart Thunderbird button

[Jeff Layman]

Is there any way of removing this? It can't be dragged away with
"Customise".

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Jeff

[WaltS48]

On 2/25/21 3:58 AM, Jeff Layman wrote:
> Is there any way of removing this? It can't be dragged away with
> "Customise".
>

What restart Thunderbird button?

Is it there after a restart?

In my testing of updating beta and nightly versions, I get a "Download
Update" prompt, click it and unlike Firefox which prompts to restart
immediately I don't see a "Restart" prompt for an hour.

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[Andy Burns]

WaltS48 wrote:

> Jeff Layman wrote:
>
>> Is there any way of removing this? It can't be dragged away with
>> "Customise".
>
> What restart Thunderbird button?

Indeed.

The only place I see a "restart thunderbird" button is in the help/about
dialog when a update is ready, such as today with 78.8.0

[Wilf]

There is a Restart Thunderbird button but only if you are using the
add-on Phoenity Buttons which I did install but then switched off.

[Jeff Layman]

So that's where it came from!

I was using Phoenity Buttons because I was interested in the "View as
HTML" button, which cycles through the options. I had to install that
separately as the Phoenity Buttons add-on for TB 78+ does not yet
include that button, and the dev has provided it as a separate add-on. I
added that, so have just now disabled the Phoenity Buttons add-on
itself, and that "Restart Thunderbird" button has disappeared. I'd
assumed it had come with TB78 for some reason! At the moment the
Phoenity Buttons are unmovable.

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Jeff

[WaltS48]

You may have been offered the update to 78.8.0 released on Tuesday.

Thunderbird 78.8.0 Release Notes.

[Wilf]

On 25/02/2021 14:56, Jeff Layman wrote:
> I was using Phoenity Buttons because I was interested in the "View as
> HTML" button, which cycles through the options. I had to install that
> separately as the Phoenity Buttons add-on for TB 78+ does not yet
> include that button, and the dev has provided it as a separate add-on. I
> added that, so have just now disabled the Phoenity Buttons add-on
> itself, and that "Restart Thunderbird" button has disappeared. I'd
> assumed it had come with TB78 for some reason! At the moment the
> Phoenity Buttons are unmovable.

Yes, they are annoyingly unmoveable so I decided to do without that add-on.

Phoenity Icons is a useful add-on, though, for me anyway.

Wilf

[Ken Blake]

I wanted to try the Phoenicity buttons but after downloading it I get a
message that it can't be installed because it hasn't been verified. How
do I get around that?

[WaltS48]

1. Open the Add-ons manager from within Thunderbird using Tools > Add-ons.
   
2. Click the gear wheel icon.
3. Select "Install Add-on From File...".
4. Navigate to where you downloaded the file.
5. Install the extension.

Next time save steps and install from within Thunderbird.

[Jeff Layman]

It's definitely 78.7.1 and came through Mint's update manager (It's the
first time Mint has offered a 78+ version of TB ). I've no doubt that
78.8.0 will appear before too long.

> Thunderbird 78.8.0 Release Notes.
> <https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/78.8.0/releasenotes/>

Thanks. I'm a bit surprised that's not just 78.7.2.

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Jeff

[Ken Blake]

> 1. Open the Add-ons manager from within Thunderbird using Tools > Add-ons.
> 2. Click the gear wheel icon.
> 3. Select "Install Add-on From File...".
> 4. Navigate to where you downloaded the file.
> 5. Install the extension.

>
> Next time save steps and install from within Thunderbird.

THanks. No time now, but I'll try it in a little while.

[Ken Blake]

I just did as you suggested. No error message this time, but I can't
find any additional Phoenicity buttons.

[Jeff Layman]

I found mine on the extreme right of the "Tab" bar, next to the
Hamburger icon. If you don't find yours there, it might be worth
temporarily checking all the View | Toolbars boxes, and see if they are
there.

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Jeff

[Jim S]

On 25/02/2021 13:43, Wilf wrote:

I have Phoenity Buttons, but NO restart button

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Jim S

[Jim S]

Sorry. It was hidden in the theme bakcground. Stll it's not a problem for
me.
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Jim S

[Ken Blake]

OK, thanks. It's there, but it's a single button (Restart Thunderbird)
not buttonS. Shouldn't there be others?

[Jeff Layman]

Yes, but it's a bit convoluted to see them. With Phoenity Buttons
enabled, right click on, eg, the menu toolbar and choose "Customise".
You'll see an "Add-ons" icon (it looks like a piece of jigsaw). Drag
that to the menu toolbar and the other PB icons might appear to the
right of it. If not, try disabling and enabling PB again, or even
restarting TB. The "Restart Thunderbird" button seems to be there from
the start once PB has been enabled. Click on "Release Notes" for PB for
more info.

It seems to me that the PB add-on for TB78+ is still a work in progress.

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Jeff

[Ken Blake]

OK, thanks again. That worked when I restarted Thunderbird. I now have
four new icons: Add-ons, Config, DevTools, Option.

They're of very minor usefulness.

> It seems to me that the PB add-on for TB78+ is still a work in progress.

Yes.

[Charlie Maimone]

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On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 3:36 PM Ken Blake <k...@invailinvalid.com> wrote:

OK, thanks again. That worked when I restarted Thunderbird. I now have
four new icons: Add-ons, Config, DevTools, Option.

They're of very minor usefulness.

> It seems to me that the PB add-on for TB78+ is still a work in progress.

Yes.


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Charlie Maimone wrote:

> no idea how i got on this list but id like to be removed please.

The final line of every message tells you how to do that.

[WaltS48]

On 2/26/21 4:42 PM, Charlie Maimone wrote:

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