Integration between Thunderbird and Cultured Code's Things on macOS.
This Thunderbird add-on provides a mechanism to create a Things to-do that contains a link to an email message. When the link in the to-do is clicked, Thunderbird will open and display the message (requires Thunderbird version 91.8 or later for message links to work on macOS).
ThunderThings consists of two components: a Thunderbird add-on and a macOS application that must be installed on the system and run once (to install some files). The Thunderbird add-on communicates with the app to create to-dos using Things' Quick Entry interface.
Please note that I have no affiliation or connection to Cultured Code other than being a user of their software.
You must install two components.
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ThunderThings add-on. In Thunderbird, go to Tools > Add-ons and Themes and search for "ThunderThings".
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ThunderThings macOS application. Download the zip file from https://github.com/snchong/thunderthings/releases/latest and open it. Move the ThunderThings application to the
/Applications
directory on your computer and run it.When the application is run, it installs files that allows the Thunderbird add-on to communicate with the ThunderThings app, which is what opens the Things' Quick Entry interface. In more detail, it installs a manifest file as required by Mozilla's native messaging in the directory
~/Library/Application Support/Mozilla/NativeMessagingHosts/
and in the directory/Library/Application Support/Mozilla/NativeMessagingHosts/
. (Installation in the latter directory is required to get it to work on some machines, as the manifest file in the user directory does not seem to be used.)
When a message is selected (or window/tab that shows a single message is active), you can activate ThunderThings by
- clicking the "Add to Things" button in the toolbar;
- selecting "Add to Things" in the context menu; or
- pressing ctrl-shift-A.
You can also put link to a message on the clipboard by
- selecting "Copy as Link" in the context menu; or
- pressing alt-command-C.
There are currently no configurable options.
Contact thunderthings@gajong.com.