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Our plans for Thunderbird on Android
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Re: Our plans for Thunderbird on Android
#282I'll get hate for this, but I have to say it. Thunderbird devs are horribly exclusive and ignorant. Spam is an everyday issue. Every time I use Thunderbird I use "Mark as Junk" and "Delete Mail marked as Junk in Folder". I created an issue asking for buttons for those often used actions instead of having to go to tools, mark, mark as junk. 3 clicks vs 1 button press. It was closed, essentially saying that I'm just on…
You can click the little flame in the message list column to mark as junk, on mine at least it's between the sender name and the date. Then perhaps have a filter that auto-runs every so often to delete marked items so they vanish on their own.
Re: Our plans for Thunderbird on Android
#283I'll get hate for this, but I have to say it. Thunderbird devs are horribly exclusive and ignorant. Spam is an everyday issue. Every time I use Thunderbird I use "Mark as Junk" and "Delete Mail marked as Junk in Folder". I created an issue asking for buttons for those often used actions instead of having to go to tools, mark, mark as junk. 3 clicks vs 1 button press. It was closed, essentially saying that I'm just on…
Did you code a pull request for it?
Re: Our plans for Thunderbird on Android
#284Earlier quoted context omitted.
> It will not be a different app. It's still run by the K-9 project maintainer. The difference? We didn't want to see K-9 die because of a lack of funding, and our visions were aligned Nothing in this world is purely altruistic. If it didn't make business sense, this wouldn't be happening. Please surprise me and stay true to your word on this. > The way you present it sounds devious. But we're just truly trying to wo…
> We are all from the internet here, you know exactly why we are this way. You're reasoning is that the Internet made you do it, therefore it's true?
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Re: Our plans for Thunderbird on Android
#285Earlier quoted context omitted.
Have you tried Geary on mobile Linux? I haven't (no pinephone or similar), so I'm sincerely asking. It works well in a very narrow window on desktop Linux, so that seems hopeful? I wonder if it's excessively memory hungry or syncs mail inefficiently, though.
If anyone wants a free pinephone + will use it for something useful (and is prepared to pay the postage from Melbourne, Australia), then they're welcome to mine. I bought one a few months ago to support the project but never ended up using it. It's still sitting in a drawer. Realistically, there's no hope I'll ever do anything with it myself. ;)
Sounds great, if no takers yet! I’ve been meaning to do some PostMarketOS dev and it’s one of the primary supported devices. I’m at the other end of the world though, so if someone closer is interested that’d make more sense! Mail is in profile.
Re: Our plans for Thunderbird on Android
#286Earlier quoted context omitted.
If anyone wants a free pinephone + will use it for something useful (and is prepared to pay the postage from Melbourne, Australia), then they're welcome to mine. I bought one a few months ago to support the project but never ended up using it. It's still sitting in a drawer. Realistically, there's no hope I'll ever do anything with it myself. ;)
Sounds great, if no takers yet! I’ve been meaning to do some PostMarketOS dev and it’s one of the primary supported devices. I’m at the other end of the world though, so if someone closer is interested that’d make more sense! Mail is in profile.
No-one else has stepped forward yet. Just emailed you so we can figure it out. :)
Re: Our plans for Thunderbird on Android
#287As a Thunderbird and K-9 user this is 51% good news and 49% possibly bad new. Good news because it should increase the chances that the two products will live a longer life. Possibly bad news because I'm one of the crowd that went back to K-9 5.600 because the new version destroyed the UI that was the primary reason why we picked K-9 over other apps. 100% self selection bias here. There was maybe an ongoing effort to…
Same here. I had been a happy K9 user until they redesigned the interface. Putting a message action toolbar on the top for a smartphone app doesn't make any sense. Especially as smartphones are getting taller and taller. I then switched to FairMail. I will re-consider going back if this is fixed.
Re: Our plans for Thunderbird on Android
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I don't follow. The guy who presided over K-9 Mail's UX becoming terrible, will help improve the UX of Thunderbird?
No, your parent poster says that after Aqui-hire he might get pivoted away from it and hopefully the UX might improve.
Ah thanks, I get it now.
Re: Our plans for Thunderbird on Android
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Thunderbird Product Manager here. We have no intention to replace the backend or most of the components. It will not be a different app. It's still run by the K-9 project maintainer. The difference? We didn't want to see K-9 die because of a lack of funding, and our visions were aligned - so it made sense to work together. That's it. Thunderbird is community run (unlike Firefox, our community representatives approve…
Why not keep the K-9 name though? Arguably it's a stronger brand for the target audience than Thunderbird.
If anyone is getting a sense of deja vu, it's because this is was Outlook mobile strategy. Microsoft acquired a popular third-party Exchange mail client for iOS/Android, named Acompli, and rebranded it to Outlook.
Re: Our plans for Thunderbird on Android
#290Earlier quoted context omitted.
> It will not be a different app. It's still run by the K-9 project maintainer. The difference? We didn't want to see K-9 die because of a lack of funding, and our visions were aligned Nothing in this world is purely altruistic. If it didn't make business sense, this wouldn't be happening. Please surprise me and stay true to your word on this. > The way you present it sounds devious. But we're just truly trying to wo…
> We are all from the internet here, you know exactly why we are this way. You're reasoning is that the Internet made you do it, therefore it's true?
It was video games and rap music. I swear.