Proposal to start a new implementation of Thunderbird based on web technologies
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Re: Proposal to start a new implementation of Thunderbird based on web technologies
#2title should be the one of the submitted e-mail: "Proposal to start a new implementation of Thunderbird based on web technologies", especially since "is in the works" doesn't seem to be the case yet. (Lots of discussion, continuing into April, but unless I missed it no actual decision made and work begun yet.)
The thread is worth a read, interesting arguments regarding rewrite/refactor/approaches to transition.
Re: Proposal to start a new implementation of Thunderbird based on web technologies
#3title should be the one of the submitted e-mail: "Proposal to start a new implementation of Thunderbird based on web technologies", especially since "is in the works" doesn't seem to be the case yet. (Lots of discussion, continuing into April, but unless I missed it no actual decision made and work begun yet.) The thread is worth a read, interesting arguments regarding rewrite/refactor/approaches to transition.
According to Cambridge Dictionary "in the works" has the following meaning:
in the process of being planned or done
Re: Proposal to start a new implementation of Thunderbird based on web technologies
#4title should be the one of the submitted e-mail: "Proposal to start a new implementation of Thunderbird based on web technologies", especially since "is in the works" doesn't seem to be the case yet. (Lots of discussion, continuing into April, but unless I missed it no actual decision made and work begun yet.) The thread is worth a read, interesting arguments regarding rewrite/refactor/approaches to transition.
According to Cambridge Dictionary "in the works" has the following meaning: in the process of being planned or done Thunderbird replacement is currently being planned, so I think it's correct.
I think it's that "in the works" seems to imply an agreement/commitment, but this appears to be a proposal.
Re: Proposal to start a new implementation of Thunderbird based on web technologies
#5If it becomes yet another Electron package it is time to look elsewhere.
Re: Proposal to start a new implementation of Thunderbird based on web technologies
#6So it'll be a self-hosted webmail service with a custom web server that runs locally?
Re: Proposal to start a new implementation of Thunderbird based on web technologies
#7Interesting that mithril.js gets a mention. I really like it.
Re: Proposal to start a new implementation of Thunderbird based on web technologies
#8The only point I could argue with is the choice of JavaScript, all the others seem inevitable. As a Thunderbird user I'm happy to know that I might be using it for another 20 years.
Even JavaScript is not that bad. I not familiar with Electron: do those apps run from a directory with the source code or are a binary file? Running from source code would make it easy to hack with the code, which is good.
Re: Proposal to start a new implementation of Thunderbird based on web technologies
#9If it becomes yet another Electron package it is time to look elsewhere.
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Re: Proposal to start a new implementation of Thunderbird based on web technologies
#10I wonder, if they want to use JS, why not QtQuick? I'm a heavy Thunderbird user but I would move to pretty much anything else if it were to switch to Electron.