Today is an exciting day for the open source fans at the office—we�ve officially announced the first beta of the Plaxo Toolbar for Thunderbird. If you�re already a Plaxo member, just go straight to the download page and get started! If not, just register for a Plaxo account first, it should only take a minute. :)
It�s no secret that we�ve been planning a Thunderbird client for some time now but we wanted to make sure we got some crucial things right, including:
- Cross platform support—this means the client was written in JavaScript and is packaged in a standard XPI—so it will work on Mac and Linux as well as on Windows.
- An easy sync experience with your Plaxo address book and all the other address books Plaxo supports—this means you can sync your personal Thunderbird account with your Outlook account at work, and/or access your Thunderbird contacts on the Web from anywhere.
- An enhanced Thunderbird address book with some of the popular features from our Outlook toolbar—such as the "Click to Connect" button when reading your e-mail, support for photos and microBlogs in your address book, and one-click access to Plaxo Online.
- Most of the usual Plaxo features that you are used to.
If you use Thunderbird, give our toolbar a try and let us know what you think. We�d love to hear your comments and feedback on our forum or through e-mail at beta [at] plaxo.com.
btw: This represents a big step for Plaxo—as we continue to expand the platforms we support—since it reaches an entirely new set of people that we have not been able to support. Expect to see more platforms later this year. Note that many Plaxo users are not aware the we already support Internet Explorer and Yahoo! (beta).
Thanks and enjoy,
The Plaxo Team
PS: For you developers out there, note that we�ve released this toolbar under the Mozilla Public License, which means it�s open source and you�re free to tinker with it. To help facilitate, we�ve set up a developer area on the Plaxo forums. We�re also actively working on an open API that will let anyone Plaxo-enable their favorite application, so stay tuned!
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