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The menus are crufty.  They need severe decruftification.  The current menus are as follows:
The menus are crufty.  They need severe decruftification.  The current menus are as follows (or at least as close as I can make them, because my current trunk build shows differently, presumably because of unfinished aviary porting):


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Mac-only Menus:


*Thunderbird (Mac only)
*Thunderbird (Mac only)
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**Preferences...
**Preferences...
**Quit Thunderbird
**Quit Thunderbird
*Window (Mac only)
**Minimize
**Zoom
**Bring All to Front
**Mail & Newsgroups
**Address Book
General Menus:


*File
*File
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**Close (Window)
**Close (Window)
**Save As
**Save As
**File
***File
    <h4 id="template">Template</h4>
***Template</h4>
    <p>Saves the message you are currently reading into the Template
**Get New Messages for
      folder of the current mail account.</p>
***Get All New Messages</h4>
 
***(list of accounts follows)
  <h3 id="get_new_messages">Get New Messages for</h3>
**Send Unsent Messages</h3>
  <p>This menu item has multiple sub-menus. The sub-menus allow you to specifiy
    which mail, news, or rss feed accounts to check for new messages.</p>
 
    <h4 id="get_all_new_messages">Get All New Messages</h4>
    <p>Causes &brandShortName; to check all accounts for new messages.</p>
 
  <h3 id="send_unsent">Send Unsent Messages</h3>
  <p>Send unsent messages queued during offline use.</p>
   
   <h3 id="subscribe">Subscribe...</h3>   
   <h3 id="subscribe">Subscribe...</h3>   
  <p>Opens a dialog which allows you to subscribe or unsubscribe to imap
    folders or news groups.</p>   
 
   <h3 id="rename_folder">Rename Folder</h3>
   <h3 id="rename_folder">Rename Folder</h3>
  <p>Opens a dialog box which allows you to rename the currently selected
    folder. The Inbox, Drafts, Templates, Sent, Junk, and Trash folders may
    not be renamed.</p>
     
   <h3 id="comact_folders">Compact Folders</h3>
   <h3 id="comact_folders">Compact Folders</h3>
  <p>Compacts the mail in each folder of the currently selected account. This
    process removes extra space within the mail file folders which accumulates
    when deleting messages in the middle of the file. This can recover large
    chunks of hard drive space.</p>
     
   <h3 id="empty_trash">Empty Trash</h3>
   <h3 id="empty_trash">Empty Trash</h3>
  <p>Emptys the trash folder of the currently selected account.</p>
     
   <h3 id="offline">Offline</h3>
   <h3 id="offline">Offline</h3>
     <h4 id="work_offline">Work Offline</h4>
     <h4 id="work_offline">Work Offline</h4>
    <p>Switch &brandShortName; into offline mode. This allows you to read
      and compose mail when not connected to a network.</p>
     <h4 id="download_sync_now">Download/Sync Now...</h4>
     <h4 id="download_sync_now">Download/Sync Now...</h4>
    <p>TBD</p>
     <h4 id="offline_settings">Offline Settings</h4>
     <h4 id="offline_settings">Offline Settings</h4>
    <p>Opens a dialog to allow setting the prefernces for offline usage.</p>
     <h4 id="get_flagged_messages">Get Flagged Messages</h4>
     <h4 id="get_flagged_messages">Get Flagged Messages</h4>
    <p>TBD</p>
     <h4 id="get_selected_messages">Get Selected Messages</h4>
     <h4 id="get_selected_messages">Get Selected Messages</h4>
    <p>TBD</p>
   <h3 id="page_setup">Page Setup...</h3>
   <h3 id="page_setup">Page Setup...</h3>
  <p>Opens the Page Setup dialog which allows the setting of printing
    properties.</p>
   <h3 id="print_preview">Print Preview</h3>
   <h3 id="print_preview">Print Preview</h3>
  <p>Opens a window containing a preview of what the current message will look like
    when it is printed.</p>
   <h3 id="print">Print...</h3>
   <h3 id="print">Print...</h3>
  <p>Displays the Print dialog, where you can specify the number of printed copies,
   <h3 id="exit">Exit/Quit (but not available on Macs)</h3>
    etc. Click <em>OK</em> to print the page.</p>
 
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<div class="noMac">
   <h3 id="exit">
    <span class="win">Exit</span>
    <span class="noWin">Quit</span>
  </h3>
  <p>Closes all opened windows in Thunderbird and exits Thunderbird completely.</p>
 
</div>


<h2 id="edit">Edit</h2>
<h2 id="edit">Edit</h2>
   <h3 id="undo">Undo</h3>
   <h3 id="undo">Undo</h3>
  <p>Undoes the last action in a text field. If you later decide you don't want to
    undo an action, use the Redo command.</p>
   <h3 id="redo">Redo</h3>
   <h3 id="redo">Redo</h3>
  <p>Redoes the last Undo command.</p>
   <h3 id="cut">Cut</h3>
   <h3 id="cut">Cut</h3>
  <p>Cuts the selected text from a text field and stores it in the clipboard. Paste
    the text elsewhere by using the Paste command.</p>
   <h3 id="copy">Copy</h3>
   <h3 id="copy">Copy</h3>
  <p>Copies the selected text to the clipboard. Paste the text in a text field by
    using the Paste command.</p>
   <h3 id="paste">Paste</h3>
   <h3 id="paste">Paste</h3>
  <p>Pastes text stored in the clipboard into a text field.</p>
   <h3 id="cancel_message">Cancel Message</h3>
   <h3 id="cancel_message">Cancel Message</h3>
  <p>Cancel a message posted to a newsgroup. You may only cancel your
    own posts to a newsgroup.</p>
 
   <h3 id="delete">Delete</h3>
   <h3 id="delete">Delete</h3>
  <p>Deletes the selected text from a text field.</p>
   <h3 id="delete_folder">Delete Folder</h3>
   <h3 id="delete_folder">Delete Folder</h3>
  <p>Deletes the selected folder.</p>
 
   <h3 id="delete_message">Delete Message</h3>
   <h3 id="delete_message">Delete Message</h3>
  <p>Deletes the current message or selected messages.</p>
   <h3 id="select">Select</h3>
   <h3 id="select">Select</h3>
 
     <h4 id="select_all">Select All</h4>
     <h4 id="select_all">Select All</h4>
    <p>In the message pane this command selects all messages in the current
    folder. If viewing or composing a message, it selects all the text of
    the message.</p>
   
     <h4 id="select_thread">Thread</h4>
     <h4 id="select_thread">Thread</h4>
    <p>TBD</p>
   <h3 id="find">Find</h3>
   <h3 id="find">Find</h3>
 
     <h4 id="find_in_this_message">Find in This Message...</h4>
     <h4 id="find_in_this_message">Find in This Message...</h4>
    <p>Displays the find in This Page dialog box.  Enter the
      text you wish to find in the textbox, and as you type &brandShortName; will
      automatically find and select the first occurrence of the entered text on
      the page.  Click <em>Find Next</em> or <em>Find Previous</em> to find the
      text at other locations in the page, and click <em>Highlight</em> to
      highlight all occurrences of the text on the page.</p>
     <h4 id="find_again">Find Again</h4>
     <h4 id="find_again">Find Again</h4>
    <p>Searches for the next occurrence of the text specified when using the
    <em>Find in This Message...</em> command.</p>
     <h4 id="find_previous">Find Previous</h4>
     <h4 id="find_previous">Find Previous</h4>
    <p>Searches for the previous occurrence of the text specified when using the
    <em>Find in This Message...</em> command.</p>
     <h4 id="search_messages">Search Messages...</h4>
     <h4 id="search_messages">Search Messages...</h4>
    <p>Displays the Search Messages dialog box. TBD</p>
   
     <h4 id="search_addresses">Search Addresses...</h4>
     <h4 id="search_addresses">Search Addresses...</h4>
    <p>Displays the Advanced Address Book Search dialog box. TBD</p>
   
   <h3 id="folder_properties">Folder Properties...</h3>
   <h3 id="folder_properties">Folder Properties...</h3>
  <p>TBD</p>
   <h3 class="unix" id="prefs">&pref.pluralCaps;</h3>
   <h3 class="unix" id="prefs">&pref.pluralCaps;</h3>
  <p class="unix">Displays the <a href="prefs.xhtml">&pref.pluralCaps; window</a>,
    where you can change many &pref.plural; in &brandShortName;.</p>


<h2 id="view">View</h2>
<h2 id="view">View</h2>
   <h3 id="toolbars">Toolbars</h3>
   <h3 id="toolbars">Toolbars</h3>
     <h4 id="mail_toolbar">Mail Toolbar</h4>
     <h4 id="mail_toolbar">Mail Toolbar</h4>
    <p>Toggles the visibility of the mail toolbar, which usually contains
      standard command buttons (Send, Compose, Reply, etc.).</p>
     <h4 id="search_toolbar">Search Toolbar</h4>
     <h4 id="search_toolbar">Search Toolbar</h4>
    <p>Toggles the visibility of the search toolbar, which allows you to
    select the types messages shown in the Message pane.</p>
     <h4 id="status_bar">Status Bar</h4>
     <h4 id="status_bar">Status Bar</h4>
    <p>Toggles the visibility of the status bar, located at the bottom of the window.
      The status bar displays useful information about messagese.</p>
     <h4 id="customize">Customize...</h4>
     <h4 id="customize">Customize...</h4>
    <p>Displays the toolbar customization dialog.  You can drag and drop toolbar
      buttons to/from the toolbars here. You can also right-click on the
      navigation toolbar and select <em>Customize...</em> to show this dialog.</p>
   <h3 id="layout">Layout</h3>
   <h3 id="layout">Layout</h3>
     <h4 id="classic_view">Classic View</h4>
     <h4 id="classic_view">Classic View</h4>
    <p>Changes the layout of the main Mail &amp; Newsgroups window to the
      classic three-pane view. The window is divide into two columns. The
      left column contains the Folders pane. The right column contains the
      Messages</p>
     <h4 id="wide_view">Wide View</h4>
     <h4 id="wide_view">Wide View</h4>
    <p>Changes the layout of the main Mail &amp; Newsgroups window to a three-pane view, with the Message pane spanning the entire width of the window. The upper half of the window is divided into two columns. The
      left column contains the Folders pane. The right column contains the
      Messages</p>
     <h4 id="vertical_view">Vertical View</h4>
     <h4 id="vertical_view">Vertical View</h4>
    <p>Changes the layout of the main Mail &amp; Newsgroups window to a three-pane side-by-side view. The left column contains the Folders pane. The middle column contains the Messages.  The right column contains the Message pane</p>
     <h4 id="message_pane">Message Pane</h4>
     <h4 id="message_pane">Message Pane</h4>
    <p>Toggles the visibility of the Message pane in the main
      Mail &amp; Newsgroups window.</p>
   <h3 id="sort">Sort By</h3>
   <h3 id="sort">Sort By</h3>
  <p>Allows the selection of properties by which messages will be sorted for
display</p>
   <h3 id="messages">Messages</h3>
   <h3 id="messages">Messages</h3>
  <p>Allows the selection of properties for which messages will be displayed</p>
   <h3 id="threads">Threads</h3>
   <h3 id="threads">Threads</h3>
  <p>Allows the selection of properties for which message threads will be displayed</p>
   <h3 id="headers">Headers</h3>
   <h3 id="headers">Headers</h3>
  <p><li>All - Displays full headers for messages</li>
    <li>Normal - Displays only the Subject, From, Date and To headers for messages</p>
   <h3 id="message_body">Message Body As</h3>
   <h3 id="message_body">Message Body As</h3>
  <p>TBD</p>
   <h3 id="display_attachments_inline">Display Attachments Inline</h3>
   <h3 id="display_attachments_inline">Display Attachments Inline</h3>
  <p>When checked, attachments appear within the message body.  When unchecked, attachments display in the Attachments pane only</p>
   <h3 id="text_size">Text Size</h3>
   <h3 id="text_size">Text Size</h3>
  <p>If the text of a message is too small or too large, you can change it to
    a more comfortable size.</p>
     <h4 id="increase_text_size">Increase</h4>
     <h4 id="increase_text_size">Increase</h4>
    <p>Displays the text of a message one size larger. You can also do this
      with the keyboard (see <a href="keyboard_shortcuts.xhtml">Keyboard Shortcuts</a>
      for instructions).</p>
     <h4 id="decrease_text_size">Decrease</h4>
     <h4 id="decrease_text_size">Decrease</h4>
    <p>Displays the text of a message one size smaller. You can also do this
      with the keyboard (see <a href="keyboard_shortcuts.xhtml">Keyboard  Shortcuts</a>
      for instructions).</p>
     <h4 id="reset_text_size">Normal</h4>
     <h4 id="reset_text_size">Normal</h4>
    <p>Displays the text of a message at its normal size.</p>
   <h3 id="character_encoding">Character Encoding</h3>
   <h3 id="character_encoding">Character Encoding</h3>
  <p>TBD</p>
   <h3 id="message_source">Message Source</h3>
   <h3 id="message_source">Message Source</h3>
  <p>Displays the the complete message as recieved. The headers, body, and
    attachments are shown in plain text.</p>
   <h3 id="message_security_info">Message Security Info</h3>
   <h3 id="message_security_info">Message Security Info</h3>
  <p>Displays a dialog box with information on whether the current message
    was digitally signed and whether the message was sent using encryption.</p>


<h2 id="go">Go</h2>
<h2 id="go">Go</h2>
  <p>The Go menu contains menus for navigating through your messages.</p>
   <h3 id="next">Next</h3>
   <h3 id="next">Next</h3>
     <h4 id="next_message">Message</h4>
     <h4 id="next_message">Message</h4>
    <p>View the next message in the current folder.</p>
     <h4 id="next_unread_message">Unread Message</h4>
     <h4 id="next_unread_message">Unread Message</h4>
    <p>View the next unread message in the current folder</p>
     <h4 id="next_flagged_message">Flagged Message</h4>
     <h4 id="next_flagged_message">Flagged Message</h4>
    <p>TBD</p>
     <h4 id="next_unread_thread">Unread Thread</h4>
     <h4 id="next_unread_thread">Unread Thread</h4>
    <p>TBD</p>
   <h3 id="previous">Previous</h3>
   <h3 id="previous">Previous</h3>
     <h4 id="previous_message">Message</h4>
     <h4 id="previous_message">Message</h4>
    <p>View the previous message in the current folder.</p>
     <h4 id="previous_unread_message">Unread Message</h4>
     <h4 id="previous_unread_message">Unread Message</h4>
    <p>View the previous unread message in the current folder</p>
     <h4 id="previous_flagged_message">Flagged Message</h4>
     <h4 id="previous_flagged_message">Flagged Message</h4>
    <p>TBD</p>
   <h3 id="mail_start_page">Mail Start Page</h3>
   <h3 id="mail_start_page">Mail Start Page</h3>
  <p>TBD</p>


<h2 id="message">Message</h2>
<h2 id="message">Message</h2>
   <h3 id="new_message">New Message</h3>
   <h3 id="new_message">New Message</h3>
  <p>Opens a window to create a new message.</p>
   <h3 id="reply">Reply</h3>
   <h3 id="reply">Reply</h3>
  <p>Reply to the currently selected messages</p>
   <h3 id="reply">Reply</h3>
   <h3 id="reply">Reply</h3>
  <p>Reply to sender of the currently selected messages.</p>
   <h3 id="reply_all">Reply All</h3>
   <h3 id="reply_all">Reply All</h3>
  <p>Reply to sender and CC'ed recipients of the currently selected messages</p>
   <h3 id="forward">Forward</h3>
   <h3 id="forward">Forward</h3>
  <p>TBD</p>
   <h3 id="forward_as">Forward As</h3>
   <h3 id="forward_as">Forward As</h3>
  <p><li>Inline - copies the text of the message to be forwarded into the body of the email</li>
    <li>Attachment - adds the message to be forwarded as an attachment to the email</li></p>
   <h3 id="edit_message_as_new">Edit Message as New</h3>
   <h3 id="edit_message_as_new">Edit Message as New</h3>
  <p>TBD</p>
   <h3 id="open_message">Open Message</h3>
   <h3 id="open_message">Open Message</h3>
  <p>Open currently selected message.</p>
   <h3 id="edit_message_as_new">Edit Message as New</h3>
   <h3 id="edit_message_as_new">Edit Message as New</h3>
  <p>TBD</p>
   <h3 id="move">Move</h3>
   <h3 id="move">Move</h3>
  <p>Move currently selected messages to different folder.</p>
   <h3 id="copy">Copy</h3>
   <h3 id="copy">Copy</h3>
  <p>Copy currently selected messages to different folder.</p>
   <h3 id="label">Label</h3>
   <h3 id="label">Label</h3>
  <p>Label currently selected messages.</p>
   <h3 id="mark">Mark</h3>
   <h3 id="mark">Mark</h3>
  <p>TBD</p>
   <h3 id="create_filter_from_label">Create Filter from Label...</h3>
   <h3 id="create_filter_from_label">Create Filter from Label...</h3>
  <p>TBD</p>


*Tools
*Tools
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**Account Settings...
**Account Settings...


*Window (Mac only)
**Minimize
**Zoom
**Bring All to Front
**Mail & Newsgroups
**Address Book
*Help
*Help
**Help Contents
**Help Contents
**For Internet Explorer Users (Windows only)
**For Internet Explorer Users (Windows only)
**About Mozilla Thunderbird
**About Mozilla Thunderbird

Revision as of 02:18, 13 March 2005

The menus are crufty. They need severe decruftification. The current menus are as follows (or at least as close as I can make them, because my current trunk build shows differently, presumably because of unfinished aviary porting):


Mac-only Menus:

  • Thunderbird (Mac only)
    • About Thunderbird
    • Preferences...
    • Quit Thunderbird
  • Window (Mac only)
    • Minimize
    • Zoom
    • Bring All to Front
    • Mail & Newsgroups
    • Address Book

General Menus:

  • File
    • New
      • New Message...
      • New Folder...
      • New Saved Search...
      • New Account...
      • New Address Book Card...
    • Open Saved Message...
    • Attachments
    • Close (Window)
    • Save As
      • File
      • Template
    • Get New Messages for
      • Get All New Messages
      • (list of accounts follows)
    • Send Unsent Messages

Subscribe...

Rename Folder

Compact Folders

Empty Trash

Offline

Work Offline

Download/Sync Now...

Offline Settings

Get Flagged Messages

Get Selected Messages

Page Setup...

Print...

Exit/Quit (but not available on Macs)

Edit

Undo

Redo

Cut

Copy

Paste

Cancel Message

Delete

Delete Folder

Delete Message

Select

Select All

Thread

Find

Find in This Message...

Find Again

Find Previous

Search Messages...

Search Addresses...

Folder Properties...

&pref.pluralCaps;

View

Toolbars

Mail Toolbar

Search Toolbar

Status Bar

Customize...

Layout

Classic View

Wide View

Vertical View

Message Pane

Sort By

Messages

Threads

Headers

Message Body As

Display Attachments Inline

Text Size

Increase

Decrease

Normal

Character Encoding

Message Source

Message Security Info

Go

Next

Message

Unread Message

Flagged Message

Unread Thread

Previous

Message

Unread Message

Flagged Message

Mail Start Page

Message

New Message

Reply

Reply

Reply All

Forward

Forward As

Edit Message as New

Open Message

Edit Message as New

Move

Copy

Label

Mark

Create Filter from Label...

  • Tools
    • Address Book
    • Extensions
    • Themes
    • Message Filters...

Run Filters on Folder

Run users mail filters on a selected folder in the "Folders" pane of the main &brandShortName; window.

Junk Mail Controls

TBD

Run Junk Mail Controls on Folders

TBD

Delete Mail Marked as Junk in Folders

TBD

Import...

Opens the Import Wizard dialog, which allows you to import &pref.plural;, account information, emails, address books, from e-mail clients like Microsoft Outlook, Qualcomm Eudora, Netscape, or Mozilla.

    • Account Settings...
  • Help
    • Help Contents
    • For Internet Explorer Users (Windows only)
    • About Mozilla Thunderbird
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