Does it work with a new Firefox profile?
Maybe a challenge with the installed addons, then just remove those bad guys.
I think the same applies for Thunderbird, it is only another frontend.

Check out Project Hamster!

Very nice screen shots.
http://projecthamster.wordpress.com/screenshots/

Hamster is written in PyGTK, using SQLite for data storage.

Code here: http://git.gnome.org/browse/hamster-applet.

Sometimes I want to be an hamster.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms3QdGIzltU

Hi there,

my name is k0Do. Well, I like music from Japan to relax. :geek:

I have experience with much distributions used in the past and I like very much the idea of Salix.

A great job done to improve the usage of Slackware for not so well experienced users :!:

/offtopic
If you are ...

I like FEBE, check out the quick start guide with nice screen shots.
http://softwarebychuck.com/febe/tutorial/febe101.html