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84 reviews for this add-on
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Would be nice if this extension asks to enter primary password (if set) if i restore the client. The primary password only is evoked only when i kill the TB process in task manager. Also, would be great if there is a right click option for the TB icon in the task bar to close the TB client.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Please update it to latest version
This user has a previous review of this add-on.Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Thunderbird version 128.4.3esr, plugin version 2.0.1.4.
After the program is minimized to the tray, I want to close the software, but the right mouse button does not respond. The computer system is Windows 11.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
works great. Would like to see 129.x support
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
This addon works well on 115.11.0. The default minimize to tray doesn't work on windows11.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (2.0.1.3).Rated 1 out of 5 stars
This is not a standalone plugin, it binds to thunderbird settings. You will not be able to set it so that when you click minimize, the application will minimize and when you close it, it will go to tray. With this plugin and minimize goes to tray and close. Very disappointed.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (2.0.1.3).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I'm very pleased that it still pushes notifications even when closed.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (2.0.1.3).Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Why this addon need this ?
Have full and unlimited access to Thunderbird and your computer
The extension uses old technology and has full access to Thunderbird’s internal APIs and thus does not require any individual permissions. Until version 68 of Thunderbird, almost all add-ons had this unrestricted access without having to claim it. Add-ons request this permission as long as the new API-based permissions system does not provide the functionality they need.
Extensions requesting this permission could:
change the appearance of the Thunderbird user interface;
read and modify all your data (messages, contacts, calendars, web content and passwords);
read, edit and run any file on your computer.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works great!
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (2.0.1.3).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
excellent，thx
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (2.0.1.3).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
非常好, 关闭变成最小化. 使用完美
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (2.0.1.3).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Having problems with right click in taskbar to close on Win 11 . Any troubleshooting ideas? Great add on, BTW.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (2.0.1.3).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
works great
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (2.0.1.3).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Please update this extension for TB 119 (and up)! It's absolutely essential now that TB starts so extremely slowly...
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (2.0.1.3).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Should be default feature in Thunderbird.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (2.0.1.3).Rated 4 out of 5 stars
I confirmed this issue was resolved on the TB115.2.0, Windows 10 Pro 22H2 build 19045.3393. It seems that the icon's behavior in the task tray has been changed due to the update of TB.
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This is a great add-on. However, on TB115, even if I read a mail, I still get an unread symbol icon in the Windows 10 Pro 22H2 task tray when I enable "When Thunderbird is minimized, it to the tray".
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works perfect in Manjaro Linux + KDE, with KDocker. Thank you very much!
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (2.0.1.3).Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Let;s start by stating you need to read up on the Mozilla add-ons and security.
I will paste it here for you to save you the trouble...
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"Have full, unrestricted access to Thunderbird, and your computer
The extension is using an older technology and has full access to Thunderbird’s internal APIs and does not need to request individual permissions. Up to Thunderbird 68 almost every add-on had this unrestricted access without specifically asking for it. Add-ons request this permission, as long as the new permission based API system does not yet offer the functionality they need.
Extensions requesting this permission might:
Change every aspect of Thunderbird’s user interface
Read and modify all your data (messages, contacts, calendars, web content and passwords)
Read, modify and execute any file on your computer
Add-ons published to addons.thunderbird.net (ATN) are subject to human review. If you install extensions from other locations, you have to be sure that you can trust the source. "
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This add-on is one such add-on and therefore it should be as safe as any other that requires this so called, no requesting permission.
I also wanted to point out (specifically to Firefox user aafc1b) that you can use a shortcut to open TB in minimised mode but you must install the shortcut into "shell: common startup" and not "shell:startup".
I have used this add-on, well, since I started using TB and never had any issues on a Windows 11 (or 10 for that matter) and it's a god send. Having to minimise using the minimise button doesn't bode well with other apps which do the same thing when you click the CLOSE button but as others have said, this should be something which is included in TB, but not necessarily activated/enabled by default.
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Please excuse misspellings and anything that may not make sense or cause offence as the medication I take can have an adverse effect on my mind.
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
I'm using TB 102.7.2 With Win 11 Pro, so I thought I would give this a try. However, as mentioned by another reviewer, I have concerns about it having unrestricted access to TB and my computer.
I went to Tools > Settings and checked "When Thunderbird is minimized, move it to the tray" under "System integration". Clicking the Minimize button as opposed to Close to avoid unrestricted access is just as simple to do.
I also went to "C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" (or Win-R shell:startup) and created a shortcut to the TB executable. I tried setting it to start minimized in the Properties Shortcut tab, but this didn't seem to work as TB still started up as maximized. I can live with this as it's easy enough to minimize it and still have it in the tray.
If TB is truly open source, using my 30+ years of experience as a software developer, I might be inclined to take a look at the TB code and add a right-click menu to the tray icon that has at least an Exit command to truly close the app instead of opening it up and closing it that way (as mentioned by another reviewer). If anyone can point me in the right direction to the code that handles the WM_MINIMIZE command (or whatever handles closing the app), it would speed up the process if no one else is inclined to add that functionality.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
It works perfectly fine for me. I like having it in the Windows system Tray rather than the taskbar. Don't know why this function is not built in.
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