Okay, gang.
After publishing the new crop of Firefox portables earlier today, I thought I'd better release these corresponding new Thunderbird builds. I put these together several weeks ago, but have been testing the Qt5-powered 'BirdTray' app.......which is the best replacement I've found for the now-defunct 'FireTray' extension..
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These, like the current Firefox portables, are now built in my new, 'standard' portable format. The 'extralibs' directory - GTK3 & libdbus in this case - is again re-located to the top 'level', as is Thunderbird's 'profile'. This permits easier "dropping-in" of an existing profile from a previous version.
Nothing extraneous now lives within the main directory.
You also have the ability to add a Menu entry from wherever your portable is located. The 'MenuReadMe' explains how this works.
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I've also built a 'basic' FireTray 'replacement', which I've called TBTray. This won't give you notifications of unread mails - you'll have to check for these manually, I'm afraid; I'm not that good, yet! - but it at least gives you a method for accessing Thunderbird from the tray, without the need to dig around in the Menu or accessing your desktop for the launcher. A wee script places an executable icon in the notification area over to the right; here, at least, it never gets covered up by anything else, and gives you quick access to Thunderbird at any time. 'TBTrayReadMe' explains what to do with this.
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There's a 32-bit and a 64-bit version of Thunderbird-portable v91. Realistically, this is only going to run in any Pup from around Xenialpup onwards.....Tahrpup needs too much other stuff to make it worthwhile, TBH. You CAN find older versions at my Google Drive, here:-
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing
v102 can be found at my Mega a/c, here:-
https://mega.nz/folder/HLBHUa5B#btIZKSse78s6dfpHAcuM8A
.....along with the afore-mentioned 'BirdTray' .debs, for anyone who wants to try it.
v91 - now in its own separate sub-folder:-
https://mega.nz/folder/iTZ1DICA#U4BissENVuap9vA-RvuDNg
Hope they're useful for some of you!
Mike.