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Re: Thunderbird 115

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Post by jraph »

sergimansilla wrote: post #7

I’ve been using the beta for some weeks, and it’s fantastic. snappy fast, and makes me feel in control. I’m not using (and probably never will) any of the non-email features like the calendar, or the chat. But they are relatively hidden away, so they don’t bother me.

Calendar in the mail client is very useful since invitations are sent by mail. You click accept, the recipient knows you did and the event is added to your calendar.

But indeed if you don't use it it does not get in the way, which is perfect.

Re: Thunderbird 115

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Post by perlgeek »

Meta note about the announcement:

> contextual options based on the tab or Space that is currently active

I find it quite amusing that two whitepace keys/characters, tab and space, are also used to refer to areas of the UI in thunderbird :-)

Re: Thunderbird 115

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Post by orra »

jraph wrote: post #9

This looks good! It has not reached my distribution yet, I hope this refreshed UI will be more convenient than the current one (which has done its job for the past 20 years but has some quirks like not having a straightforward way to follow a mail thread to my knowledge - well, it has but all the mails need to be in the same folder but sent mails are in the sent folder and received mails are in the received messages…

Just jumping in to say I'm also incredibly happy to see this change (and the other expected improvements).

Thunderbird currently looks dated, and I'm glad to see it brought into the 2020s.

Sometimes current users can be dismissive of UI changes, so it's good to see fellow users who are happy. Moreover, let's not forget the new users, who were previously put off by the dated UI.

Re: Thunderbird 115

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Post by iLoveOncall »

alraj wrote: post #10

Nice updates from Thunderbird team. But will E-mail on the whole ever get features like other chat platform? Even conversation view is not good on the eye. Quoting is ugly in long Email body. Maybe only protocols are getting updated!? I think email is only still here because its a form of identification. Most companies and groups are moving towards Discord, Slack, etc. for a proper discussion.

> Most companies and groups are moving towards Discord, Slack, etc. for a proper discussion.

They are moving for instant discussions, but not for proper discussions.

Instant messaging is the death of knowledge. Emails aren't much better IMO, but there's still a bigger feeling of permanency and availability than IM.

Re: Thunderbird 115

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Post by shanghaikid »

Just be curious why are people still using email client other than web based one? Gmail or outlook 365 is quite good, and I think most people will have one web browser opened always.

Re: Thunderbird 115

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Post by jraph »

alraj wrote: post #10

Nice updates from Thunderbird team. But will E-mail on the whole ever get features like other chat platform? Even conversation view is not good on the eye. Quoting is ugly in long Email body. Maybe only protocols are getting updated!? I think email is only still here because its a form of identification. Most companies and groups are moving towards Discord, Slack, etc. for a proper discussion.

Check out DeltaChat [1] :-)

It uses emails for chatting.

Though personally, I'm quite happy with this separation of emails and chats. They are for different stuff.

[1] https://delta.chat/en/

Re: Thunderbird 115

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Post by kleiba »

alraj wrote: post #10

Nice updates from Thunderbird team. But will E-mail on the whole ever get features like other chat platform? Even conversation view is not good on the eye. Quoting is ugly in long Email body. Maybe only protocols are getting updated!? I think email is only still here because its a form of identification. Most companies and groups are moving towards Discord, Slack, etc. for a proper discussion.

> Most companies and groups are moving towards Discord, Slack, etc. for a proper discussion.

That must be right. I got let go from my last job because I refused to use 5+ different instant messaging software and instead stick with email. In hindsight, I guess I should have been wiser.

Re: Thunderbird 115

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Post by tekknolagi »

At this point, whenever something says "maximize your freedoms" and does not explain further, I think it is adding spyware or otherwise restricting my choices. Decades of US policy doublespeak, I guess...

Re: Thunderbird 115

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Post by Sander_Marechal »

shanghaikid wrote: post #15

Just be curious why are people still using email client other than web based one? Gmail or outlook 365 is quite good, and I think most people will have one web browser opened always.

I don't want my mail managed by either of those two. Many other providers use Roundcube but that's quite "meh". But the killer feature for me for Thunderbird is that I can force everything to be plain text email, both sending and receiving.
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