Thunderbird 15 BETA 1 released with Australis (by default) and Ubuntu One support

Weeks ago, Mozilla announced a new strategy plan for Thunderbird, that is to be community-based in the future, community-based as related to new features, yet, Mozilla to continue to sustain Thunderbird with security and stability-specific development.

Thunderbird 15 BETA 1 has just been released, introducing new exciting features, that are to definitely enhance its overall "attitude" and to move Ubuntu's default email client a step closer to Ubuntu.

Australis (at-the-moment work in progress) has replaced the "old" theme, being the default theme for the new 15 BETA 1 version, introducing, fancy fresh rounded tabs, transforming Thunderbird in a more enjoyable, good-looking application.

Weeks ago, Thunderbird gained support to use paid online services, useful to allow users to store big-sized attachments, furthermore, the new 15 BETA 1 version gained Ubuntu One support, that is to be used for the mentioned attachment functionality.

In order to enable Ubuntu One support, navigate to Thunderbird-->Edit-->Preferences-->Attachments-->Outgoing-->Add.

Months ago, Mozilla Firefox successfully introduced Do Not Track support (functionality adopted by Epiphany Web Browser, too), user privacy-oriented approach landed in Thunderbird 15 BETA 1, enable Do Not Track (disabled by default) under Thunderbird-->Edit-->Preferences-->Security-->check Tell web sites I do not want to be tracked

Thunderbird 15 BETA 1 is available for download on http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/channel/