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D-Box 2.2

Posted: December 27th, 2009, 2:50pm CET by admin
After 3 months of work I’ve released D-Box 2.2. It’s a quite large update, although the versioning doesn’t indicate it. Check out what’s new here, and grab your own copy here. It’s possible to skin D-Box 2.2, so it’s possible to get the old D-Box 2.1 look back if it’s more your cup of tea.

D-Box 2.2

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Auto hide tab-bar in Mozilla Thunderbird 3

Posted: December 9th, 2009, 12:27am CET by admin
Today Mozilla launched a new version of it’s fine e-mail client Thunderbird. Thunderbird 3, as it is called, includes a lot of new features, such as a very quick search, great integration with Spotlight, and tabs. Tabs is a feature that we generally associates with browsers such as Firefox and Safari, but it’s actually very useful in an e-mail client as well. If you for example double-click a message, it will open in a new tab. Searching will also bring up a new tab.

The problem with tabs in an e-mail client, is that you generally don’t need them for a longer period. In Firefox I usually have 10 to 15 tabs open at all times, but in Thunderbird I usually stick with one. Since the tab-bar takes up quite a lot of valuable horizontal space, it would make sense to hide the tab-bar when you don’t need it. Firefox has a nice feature called “auto hide”. It makes the tab-bar disappear when the window only have one tab open. I’ve browsed through Thunderbird’s settings window, but haven’t found anything similar. Fortunately, I’ve found a “hidden” setting that allows you to turn on auto-hiding.

Here’s how:
1. Open Thunderbird’s Preferences window (Tools -> Options on Windows, Edit -> Preferences on Linux and Thunderbird -> Preferences on Mac)
2. Click on “Advanced”
3. Click on the “Config Editor” button (which is under the “General” tab)
4. Search for “mail.tabs.autoHide”
5. Double-click on the setting so that it becomes “true” (and the font changes to bold)
Voilà!

The Configuration Editor in Thunderbird

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D-Box 2.2 Beta

Posted: December 8th, 2009, 1:18am CET by admin
Prepare for the new D-Box 2.2! It is simply amazing. Trust me! Some of the changes are:
- The application data are saved at more sane places
- Built in support for screenshots (very easy to browse them and to set one as the application’s icon)
- Much work to make D-Box fit better on OS-X
- Support for custom themes (if you i.e. want to have the old D-Box look on Mac)
- No DosBox console by default
- GUI for choosing between icon and text, just text or only icon display in application list
- Automatically check for new versions
- And a lot more!
This is, by far, the best release yet, but to make sure it keeps up to my expectations I’ve decided to arrange a little beta period. So take it for a spin, and leave some feedback in the comment field!

D-Box 2.2 on Mac

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