Comments on: Try other web apps in Thunderbird tabs

By: Garett

Garett — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:43:24 +0000

Awesome, just wish we could sign into different google accounts for the calendar tab and gmail tab. And then, multiple calendar and gmail account tabs would be cool too. Not sure if that’s possible – don’t know a thing about coding.

By: Bryan Clark

Bryan Clark — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:06:47 +0000

I added an input entry to the post now (just below the code sample) with the code all on a single line so you can just copy and paste that without getting issues of the wrong quotes or added commas that happen. Let me know if it doesn’t work!

By: Shariq

Shariq — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:31:06 +0000

Dick, when you simply copy and paste, TB adds a bunch of commas after every line. What you need to do is take the above code, copy and paste it into a plain text editor (i.e. notepad) and put everything on one line.

Components.classes['@mozilla.org/appshell/window-mediator;1'] .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIWindowMediator) .getMostRecentWindow(“mail:3pane”) .document.getElementById(“tabmail”) .openTab(“contentTab”,{contentPage:”http://www.google.com/calendar/renderOnline”})

Try this!

By: dick

dick — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:10:44 +0000

I’ve tried your hint in the error console above, and get the following error:

Error: syntax error
Source File: javascript:%20Components.classes['@mozilla.org/appshell/window-mediator;1'],%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20.getService(Components.interfaces.nsIWindowMediator),%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20.getMostRecentWindow(“mail:3pane”),%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20.document.getElementById(“tabmail”),%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20.openTab(“contentTab”,{contentPage:”http://www.google.com/calendar/renderOnline”})
Line: 1, Column: 73
Source Code:
Components.classes['@mozilla.org/appshell/window-mediator;1'], .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIWindowMediator), .getMostRecentWindow(“mail:3pane”), .document.getElementById(“tabmail”), .openTab(“contentTab”,{conte

I really would like to have the google calendar linked to my thunderbird, so i can STOP using Outlook; I’m not a programmer, but the error message showed an arrow pointing to the dot prior to “get” above; is it all the spaces that should not be there…I simply copied/pasted as the instructions indicated – I’m not a programmer. Thanks

By: Shariq

Shariq — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:54:17 +0000

stylo, make sure you remove the commas tb adds in place of carriage returns after you paste the code.

By: stylo~

stylo~ — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:28:55 +0000

I get an error. (Also gmail tab wouldn’t even install, but yours did.) XP 3.0 final.

Error: syntax error
Source File: javascript:%20Components.classes['@mozilla.org/appshell/window-mediator;1'],%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20.getService(Components.interfaces.nsIWindowMediator),%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20.getMostRecentWindow(“mail:3pane”),%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20.document.getElementById(“tabmail”),%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20.openTab(“contentTab”,{contentPage:”http://cnn.com”})
Line: 1, Column: 73
Source Code:
Components.classes['@mozilla.org/appshell/window-mediator;1'], .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIWindowMediator), .getMostRecentWindow(“mail:3pane”), .document.getElementById(“tabmail”), .openTab(“contentTab”,{conte

By: Shariq

Shariq — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:51:03 +0000

I’d love to be able to have the Activity Manager open in a tab instead of a window. What’s the location (something similar to about:config?)?

By: kabatology

kabatology — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:46:15 +0000

Nice try, unfortunately for Gmail tab and Google Calendar the Thunderbird extension called Thunderbrowse that does a lot more. It essentially transforms Thunderbird into a web-browser with tabbed browsing – that means with one add-on you can get into your Google account and use Gmail, Google Calender, Wave etc and navigate the web.

By: pt

pt — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:39:52 +0000

what is that gnome theme you are using?

By: John Doe

John Doe — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:15:15 +0000

Seriously, that would be interesting for _only_ opening a raindrop instance, but using TB for sending.

By: John Doe

John Doe — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:08:07 +0000

I want to use Thunderbird as a browser, is there any way I can close the main email tab?

Thanks,
Your John