One of the great things about the Mozilla Thunderbird mail client is that it has an extension system much like it’s browser counterpart Firefox. Because of this Thunderbird users can really benefit from features created by developers around the world, and a great example of this is with the Seek extension.
Seek actually capitalizes on an idea that has been around for ages, but it’s typically found only on websites. A prime example would be eBay where you can filter results according to the product type, and then by manufacturer, and so on. With Seek you’re able to filter through your emails using a faceted browsing system, which is essentially performing searches using multiple criteria. For example, you can have Thunderbird show only the emails from a specific person that were sent in the last week directly to you.
A screenshot doesn’t really capture just how great this feature is, and so here’s a quick screencast put together by the developers:
Seek is a great idea, but I’ve moved my email management over to Gmail so that they are easily accessible from anywhere. The good news is that Gmail has a similar system setup except that it is classified as an “advanced search” (located next to the search box). It doesn’t have an interface quite as sharp as Seek’s, but it serves a similar purpose for those of you not wanting to use a desktop email client. With it you can filter your emails based on multiple criteria including when the emails were sent.
Get the Seek Thunderbird Extension
Thanks to Jack of all Trades for the tip!
Enjoyed the post? Subscribe to our feed to get a daily dose of CyberNet!
Tags: Freeware, Newly Released, Software
Related Posts:
- Get The Newly Released Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 Email Client
- Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 Officially Released For Download
- A Look Ahead at Thunderbird 3
- Mozilla Messaging Touches on Thunderbird 3
- Thunderbird Organization Established — MailCo
Whoa that’s impressive! I wish I could use that with Outlook! (or that I could switch to Thunderbird, which I won’t do until they finally fix the uncontrollable default font problem) Fantastic extension
Y!Mail has a very similiar, useful feature. In the sidebar of searches, it lets you filter by sender, folder, attachment… and undo filters in real-time.
http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/gro.....=f&o=0
Check out Neo Pro (http://www.caelo.com/) for similar functionality in Outlook. Sadly it isn’t free but it is very helpful for power email users.
It should say:
‘Get the Seek Thunderbird Extension’
I even works on newsgroups.
Huh, that’s nifty. I figured they had something like that, too.
Oops, I’m so used to typing “Firefox”
Thanks for pointing that out.