Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by Alexander Ihrig on Sept. 10, 2020 ·

There is now a completely revised successor add-on that works really completely with Thunderbird 68. * and Thunderbird 78. *:

https://addons.thunderbird.net/thunderbird/addon/quotecolors/

Please note that the other / old variants of the add-on must be uninstalled!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by intika on Jan. 20, 2020 ·

updated to v68 here https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-us/thunderbird/addon/new-quotecolors/

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Firefox user 5ea061 on Oct. 17, 2019 ·

I was using the fix provided by hsur and newages. It has just stopped working. I just tried the xpi file provided by novalis111 and got the error message "This add on could not be installed because it is not compatible with Thunderbird 68.1.2".

This user has a previous review of this add-on.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by novalis111 on Jan. 24, 2019 ·

I patched it to work with TB 60+ (up to 111)... works fine for me. Also note that you have to change the quote color on replies via CSS. See my gist for download and further instructions for dark TB:

https://gist.github.com/novalis111/4451dbe2e63c72fb4d8f35f7ac8c45c2#thunderbird-dark

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by hsur on Nov. 23, 2018 ·

Thanks newages.
I wrote a .bat file that automatically patches the extension to work with Thunderbird 60.

https://gist.github.com/hsur/eac576e62e1a72626b4d510aa4f3acf7

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by newages on Sept. 23, 2018 ·

Quote Colors extension working correctly in Thunderbird 60.

Fix:

* install.rdf

Code: Select all
- <em:version>0.3.1-let-fixed</em:version>
+ <em:version>0.3.1.1</em:version>


Code: Select all
- <em:maxVersion>3.0.*</em:maxVersion>
+ <em:maxVersion>60.*</em:maxVersion>


* \chrome\quotecolors.jar\content\quotecolors\qc_overlay.js

Code: Select all
- this.oPrefServ.QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIPrefBranchInternal);
+ this.oPrefServ.QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIPrefBranch);

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by giappaig on June 4, 2018 ·

Amazing! I change to maxVersion 52.0.* and it works.
Thanks "cprasmussen".

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Adrian on March 2, 2017 ·

Follow instruction by "cprasmussen" of February 8, 2017.

Thunderbird should pickup this add-on in make it part of TB.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by cprasmussen on Feb. 8, 2017 ·

Unzip the xpi file quote_colors-0.3-tb+sm.xpi
On line 14 and 22 set <em:maxVersion>52.0.*</em:maxVersion> (52 is completely random)
Zip all files to quote_colors-0.3-tb+sm.zip and rename to quote_colors-0.3-tb+sm.xpi

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by raravis on July 2, 2016 ·

An simple, yet extremely useful add-on which makes life easier for those of us who follow mailing lists and discussions. Why this functionality has never made it to the main TB code escapes me completely. To add insult to injury, the add-on itself has been abandoned.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by brickland on Aug. 14, 2015 ·

Works with Thunderbird 38.1.0

I just had to change
<!-- Thunderbird -->
..
<em:maxVersion>3.0.*</em:maxVersion>
to
<em:maxVersion>39.0.*</em:maxVersion>

in install.rdf
Works fine

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Oleksii N on March 11, 2015 ·

Здравствуйте, не работает Плагин на Thunderbird 31.5 Windows
Редактировал установочный файл, все равно не помогло
<em:maxVersion>36.*</em:maxVersion>

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by geok on Sept. 26, 2013 ·

The compatibility value should be changed for this add-on, as it works PERFECTLY in TB 24.0!

This is a great extension! It makes reading messages with multiple replies SO much easier, as you can see exactly where one level ends and another level starts.

Stop counting ">"s! Use this instead!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by eeconn on May 8, 2013 ·

This add-on still works if I extract it and edit the MaxVersion in install.rdf. Could there be just a quick update to this add-on to allow it to install without hacks on modern Thunderbird versions?

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by Henri on April 4, 2013 ·

Is there a way to get this to work on TB17? It's a great add-on, but will not load on TB17.
Thx,
Henri

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Dfaure on Aug. 29, 2012 ·

...as previously mentioned in the howto in one of the reviews, you update the maxVersion in the install.rdf.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by taglife on Aug. 22, 2012 ·

Modify maxVersion but In Thunderbird 14+ still does not work...??!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by Apollo! on July 31, 2012 ·

It is as if it isn't even there- and this is on TB 3.1.20.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by lonetwin on July 25, 2012 ·

...you update the maxVersion in the install.rdf as mentioned in the howto in one of the reviews. I wish the author would do this ...or at least express his desire to let someone else who is interested in doing this, take over.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by oliezekat on March 12, 2012 ·

Fonctionne trés bien dans Thunderbird 10 (mais il faut hacker le fichier install.rdf car l'auteur ne s'en occupe plus)

Pourquoi Mozilla ne valide pas automatiquement ce trés utile plugin ?