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If you're running a recent version of Thunderbird, you might want to have a look at our articles covering Thunderbird 1.5.

An introduction to Thunderbird, part 9

Thunderbird and themes


From one time to another you can grow tired of looking at the same theme all the time,  by "theme" I mean the the look of the user interface. If you do grow tired of the theme, there is something you can do about it, throughout this article I will try to show you how you can swap the looks on the Mozilla Thunderbird interface.

Start up the Thunderbird client, head to Tools > Themes, if you navigated correctly, you should be looking at this window:

Screenshot of Thunderbird

In the bottom right corner of the window you have a hyperlink which says "Get new themes"; press it. Thunderbird will now open the link using your default browser, and you are directed to the Themes download page. Download the theme you want to try, remember it's really not a hassle to remove it if you don't want it. When you have downloaded the new theme, go back to Thunderbird, Tools > Themes. In the bottom right corner of the window you have a button named "Install New Theme", press it. Locate your downloaded file and press "OK".

Screenshot of Thunderbird


Press "OK". You will now have to close Thunderbird and start it again, if you have done the process correctly your Thunderbird should now have a completely new look, check out the one I tested:


Screenshot of Thunderbird


Screenshot of Thunderbird


There you go, almost like a whole new application. :) As you download new themes you can chose a new one whenever you feel like it. All you have to do is go Tools > Themes and choose one of the other themes. Bon apetite! :)

This is the ninth in a series of articles about Thunderbird, if you have Thunderbird related topics you'd like to see covered here, let us know. Comments on this article, thumbs up or flames, can be sent to articles@nidelven-it.no. If you need help using Thunderbird, we recommend using the Thunderbird forums.

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If you're running a recent version of Thunderbird, you might want to have a look at our articles covering Thunderbird 1.5.

If you find these articles useful, you might also want to check out the introduction to Firefox, introduction to Open Office, Plone or the introduction to Gaim. We're always looking for more translators.