11-02-09

Thunderbird 3 Tag CSS Background Colors Styling with Stylish

I used to use Thunderbird for my email but the lack of a proper label and tagging system forced me back to Exchange for the last year. Now with Thunderbird 3 beta 4 out, I’m slowly working my way out of Exchange and back to Thunderbird.

Instructions using Thunderbird and the Stylish Add on

An old trick that I learned a while back was how to re-style the Thunderbird labels to make them stand out. TwisterMC created a great tutorial and CSS fix which change the background color of the message line, rather than the text iteself.

http://www.twistermc.com/blog/2007/04/10/thunderbird-labels

Complete Color Labels CSS

Once you have the stylish add-on installed, the full CSS color customization file can be downloaded here:http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfjv5pwk_54gw6njjdb