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Re: Thunderbird 91.0

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Post by xupybd »

mkotowski wrote: post #94
dotancohen wrote: post #26

> "Master Password" renamed to "Primary Password" How does the term "Primary Password" describe the password which enables access to the list of credentials better than "Master Password"? Are they just entertained by the alliteration?

I sometimes wonder how much there could be done for people in need of an actual form of help if all that energy to change unrelated words because someone is triggered by them went into a more useful endeavor. And beyond that, maybe it is because I am not a native speaker, but isn’t “primary” less clear than “master” in this context? `Master` suggest control/mastery over something, but `primary` rather focuses on impo…

It is amusing we glorify words like Pirate and Ninja. Yet other words become vilified so we ban them.

Re: Thunderbird 91.0

#112

Post by dalu »

They still haven't added a "delete all junk" button. The people working or rather not working on this project are stubborn and backward.

Re: Thunderbird 91.0

#113

Post by mkotowski »

xupybd wrote: post #111
mkotowski wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I sometimes wonder how much there could be done for people in need of an actual form of help if all that energy to change unrelated words because someone is triggered by them went into a more useful endeavor. And beyond that, maybe it is because I am not a native speaker, but isn’t “primary” less clear than “master” in this context? `Master` suggest control/mastery over something, but `primary` rather focuses on impo…

It is amusing we glorify words like Pirate and Ninja. Yet other words become vilified so we ban them.

Which in this case is doubly ironic, because pirates and buccaneers were exactly the group that had kept the slave trade alive even after it was officially banned in many places, if my limited knowledge on the Atlantic slave trade is correct.

Re: Thunderbird 91.0

#114

Post by cpach »

mdp2021 wrote: post #98
cpach wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry, I don’t have great skills when it comes to UI design/UI programming.

Actually I was thinking of new features. For example, I developed a software application complementary to Thunderbird that used its DB to offer organizer functions (e.g. ranking of emails for task priority according to different parameters etc.) I realize that many people take what the market offers.

Features is one thing. But I’m quite sure that the Thunderbird team and I don’t share the same philosophy when it comes to UI.

Re: Thunderbird 91.0

#116

Post by gostsamo »

ximm wrote: post #23

I am a bit sad that the release notes say nothing about encryption. PGP support was (for me) the big thing about thunderbird 78. It was a bit rough around the edges (in terms of UI and extension support) but I expected it to improve with subsequent releases. Now it sounds like they did not iterate on encryption at all (apart from fixing a few bugs). (This is from reading the release notes. I did not yet have time to…

Actually, if you search "pgp" you will find that there are a few incremental improvements there.

Re: Thunderbird 91.0

#117

Post by IshKebab »

mkotowski wrote: post #94
dotancohen wrote: post #26

> "Master Password" renamed to "Primary Password" How does the term "Primary Password" describe the password which enables access to the list of credentials better than "Master Password"? Are they just entertained by the alliteration?

I sometimes wonder how much there could be done for people in need of an actual form of help if all that energy to change unrelated words because someone is triggered by them went into a more useful endeavor. And beyond that, maybe it is because I am not a native speaker, but isn’t “primary” less clear than “master” in this context? `Master` suggest control/mastery over something, but `primary` rather focuses on impo…

You are right about "primary" being less clear. In fact I'd say it is wrong.

Primary means it is the "main" one, but it doesn't imply any controlling relationship. It's kind of like "first".

Whereas "master" (in this context) means it has control or power over other things. For example a "master switch" would override all other switches. Or a "master cylinder" on a car controls the slave cylinder.

It's a real shame that they're making things less clear to fix an imagined problem.

Re: Thunderbird 91.0

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Post by dalu »

jpxw wrote: post #100
hulitu wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And while we are at it the words black, red, yellow, white, fat, skinny, redundant, branch and other words shall be replaced with something else. What can go wrong ? Important is to be pollitically correct. /s

You joke, but blacklist and whitelist are in the process of being cancelled.

That is the stupidest thing I heard in a while lol
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