Thunderbird for Android Now Available
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Thunderbird for Android Now Available
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Re: Thunderbird for Android Now Available
#2Why didn't they just rename K-9 instead? I just gave it a try and it really is just K-9 with slight UI tweaks.
Re: Thunderbird for Android Now Available
#3Why didn't they just rename K-9 instead? I just gave it a try and it really is just K-9 with slight UI tweaks.
They did rename K-9. They just also have been making lots of improvements to K-9.
They still have two different apps, Thunderbird Mobile and K-9, but the only difference is the branding. All of the UI tweaks other than the icons and colours are in both apps. The functionality is identical. So other than not deleting K-9 it is a rename (I guess it is a hard link, not a rename).
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#4I believe they will be deleting K-9 from play store after giving its users adequate warming and informing them assuaging them. It's just K-9 right now named Thunderbird. I hope they bring in some important Thunderbird desktop features to mobile as well. The release is underwhelming if not downright disappointing.
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#5I've been happy with FairEmail but I think I will give this a try when it hits F-Droid. At this stage it's mainly curiosity, but if they get new features like sync with desktop down the line it will be great.
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#6Is there a reason why Mozilla haven't used their position and funding to just hoover up all the most successful open source projects to create a more cohesive ecosystem?
Surely any addons - like uBlock Origin - which have massive usage should just be baked in to the browser by this point?
The likes of Nextcloud and Mattermost would also be great additions in trying to create a true rival to Microsoft and Google's offerings.
Gives open source projects funding and development, Mozilla gets new avenues for subscription money to try and be more independent, and MS/Google's market shares can be chipped away at. Win win win. Potential anti-trust bait when Google start crying and withdrawing funding, too.
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#7They are keeping both:
"Quite a few people seem to love K-9 Mail and have asked us to keep the robot dog around. We believe it should be relatively little effort to build two apps from one code base. The apps would be virtually identical and only differ in app name, app icon, and the color scheme. So our current plan is to keep K-9 Mail around."
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/12/when-will-thunderbird-f...
Re: Thunderbird for Android Now Available
#8I believe they will be deleting K-9 from play store after giving its users adequate warming and informing them assuaging them. It's just K-9 right now named Thunderbird. I hope they bring in some important Thunderbird desktop features to mobile as well. The release is underwhelming if not downright disappointing.
They have stated in the past that K-9 will stick around with just the Icon, name and colour scheme differing.
Re: Thunderbird for Android Now Available
#9Is there a reason why Mozilla haven't used their position and funding to just hoover up all the most successful open source projects to create a more cohesive ecosystem? Surely any addons - like uBlock Origin - which have massive usage should just be baked in to the browser by this point? The likes of Nextcloud and Mattermost would also be great additions in trying to create a true rival to Microsoft and Google's off…
Why would Youtube, which makes money off ads, allow a web browser that blocks ads to access Youtube when they could just refuse to serve their user agent?
Re: Thunderbird for Android Now Available
#10Why didn't they just rename K-9 instead? I just gave it a try and it really is just K-9 with slight UI tweaks.
That is just one of the downsides of the "stores" and basic package managers which do not have dependencies management where you can't do a transitional package.