Colin Dean converted the code from my post on Google Calendar in Thunderbird tabs and created a GMail tab for Thunderbird.
If you’re interested in trying what a web application would look like running inside a Thunderbird tab without modifying an extension use the following code snippet.
Open the Error Console from the Tools Menu
Copy & Paste this code into the input entry at the top:
Components.classes['@mozilla.org/appshell/window-mediator;1']
.getService(Components.interfaces.nsIWindowMediator)
.getMostRecentWindow("mail:3pane")
.document.getElementById("tabmail")
.openTab("contentTab",{contentPage:"http://tinyvid.tv/show/2h9led44g152z"})
update: here’s a text input which you can easily copy and paste the above code from.
Change the provided link ( http://tinyvid.tv/show/2h9led44g152z ) at the end to the web application you’d like to try, like http://twitter.com for example. Click the ( Evaluate ) button.
It’s Party Time! ( if you didn’t change the link, http://tinyvid.tv/show/2h9led44g152z )
You can continue to iterate the tab application by creating a new click handler, however at that point it might be worthwhile to start with the extension code instead of working in the error console.
Jetpack for Thunderbird
In the hopefully not too distant future Thunderbird will gain Jetpack as it’s new extension model and it will be no longer necessary for add-ons like this these be created but instead a simple Jetpack which can do the same things without restarts or complicated installs.
If you’re interested in this take a look at Andrew’s recent Jetpack in Thunderbird post.
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