To configure the add-on, click the settings icon and choose Options.Īs you can see, the installation process is fully automated and self contained. Then, click 'Enable' in the confirmation dialog. Now, you have to open the Add-ons Manager (Tools - Add-ons) and enable the extension in there, by toggling the switch near its name. Then, open the downloaded file and once it is done, a notification should pop-up and Thunderbird will open back up. It comes in the form of an executable file, usually called setup_thunderbird_toasts.exe.īefore starting the installation, make sure that you saved all your work in Thunderbird, as the program will be reloaded so that the new add-on gets loaded in the program. To begin, download the latest available release. InstallationĪn installation package is available in the releases section of this repository.

The intent is for this to become flagship, showcase product of pure C programming and interfacing with the Microsoft Windows operating system. Backend written in pure C, no third party libraries used aside from OS components (and not only Win32, but the modern Windows Runtime, without any intermediary or library).Frontend powered by the new Web Extensions API in Thunderbird.Persistent notifications, ability to launch Thunderbird from notification.Supports native Windows 10 notifications for incoming mails.

It works on Thunderbird 78+ as of January 2021 and can be thought of as a replacement for now defunct GNotifier. Thunderbird Toasts is a simple framework that allows Thunderbird to send Windows 10 toasts as notifications instead of its custom popup notifications that are not native.

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