Firefox PR1 and Thunderbird .8 available

Just released, at least in the last 24 hours, is the Pre-Release of Mozilla Firebird. A really nice browser that I've had very little trouble with. And being Open Source software, there are some very cool extensions that are available. Caveat: some extensions will be disabled until they are updated for compatibility with PR1. This affects the View in IE extension in particular for those of us that still need IE for certain products - can we say iNotes?

Also available is the .8 release of Thunderbird mail client - say goodbye Outlook Express. The best thing about this release is the addition of RSS support, so you can read your blogs in your mail if you don't have a preferred reader. On the downside, there's no support for OPML yet - extension anyone - so importing your blogs may be a little daunting. Also, the same compatibility issues apply for extensions here, so my wife may need to live without the Contacts sidebar for a little while.