Comments on: Mozilla Messaging Touches on Thunderbird 3

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:23:23 +0000

they want to integrate all that in Thunderbird? I hope he meant that they’re going to research those fields, and spin new products or addons for Thunderbird to provide that functionality, adding so many functions directly in the main application would turn Thunderbird into the Nero suite of the mail applications. Feature bloat is not a path worth walking.

I think they are definitely looking at integrating all of that into Thunderbird. I'm guessing that they will still offer a version of Thunderbird that doesn't have the calendar, but they may not.

leland wrote:

They need to drum up support for Thunderbird or it may die a slow death. I think the path they are laying out before them has great potential; it will be interesting to see how it plays out over time.

I couldn't agree with you more! I think that a lot of people are looking for other alternatives because of how slow the development of Thunderbird has become. I know several of my friends who have since given up using Thunderbird.

Pieter wrote:

I wonder what would happen to Instantbird (the TB-based mail client with IM support that you wrote about a while ago) if Thunderbird would become a full-blown messaging app…

It's really a matter of how well Mozilla implements it. I know their initial thinking is to add the Jabber support (like Google Talk), but I'm not sure if they want to bring all of the various networks into the application.

The How-To Geek wrote:

If they would add the double-height message list the way Outlook does it, I’d finally make the switch. I like to put the reading pane on the right, but it’s completely obnoxious the way Thunderbird does it… Outlook nicely compresses the list into 2 lines per message so you can easily read it. Why every mail client doesn’t support that, I just don’t know. Drives me crazy.

That's one thing that irritates me about Thunderbird as well. For awhile I was using it, and I've had to switch to Outlook because I just can't read the emails as fast in Thunderbird.

By: The How-To Geek

The How-To Geek — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:57:31 +0000

If they would add the double-height message list the way Outlook does it, I’d finally make the switch. I like to put the reading pane on the right, but it’s completely obnoxious the way Thunderbird does it… Outlook nicely compresses the list into 2 lines per message so you can easily read it.

Why every mail client doesn’t support that, I just don’t know. Drives me crazy.

By: Pieter

Pieter — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:02:51 +0000

I wonder what would happen to Instantbird (the TB-based mail client with IM support that you wrote about a while ago) if Thunderbird would become a full-blown messaging app…

By: leland

leland — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:21:18 +0000

They need to drum up support for Thunderbird or it may die a slow death. I think the path they are laying out before them has great potential; it will be interesting to see how it plays out over time.

By: Lashiec

Lashiec — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:45:16 +0000

8O, they want to integrate all that in Thunderbird? I hope he meant that they’re going to research those fields, and spin new products or addons for Thunderbird to provide that functionality, adding so many functions directly in the main application would turn Thunderbird into the Nero suite of the mail applications. Feature bloat is not a path worth walking.

By: Tinhed

Tinhed — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:25:40 +0000

I cannot say iam perfectly happy with Evolution. i cant say of windows users, but Linux users would lap up Thunderbird 3.0 if it comes up to expectation.

By: jeantonic

jeantonic — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:23:19 +0000

TB 3 .0 + Lotus Organizer + Skype + IM

I already use Thunderbird 2.0 as my email client for my numerous email with a lot of add-ons particularly WebMail and have had good luck with it. It just works and is simple.
I try to use sunbird or the calendar function on TB
I would love a calendar, adress book, notes pages, todo, planning with Thunderbird as on my Lotus Organizer 6.1
The multiple calendar, multiple adress books, call possiblity and so…. features is still the only reason I still use Lotus Organizer.
The usability and the friendness more the look are absolutely fantastic. I use it for at least 10 years now and never have a problem.
It misses just an email client…
Unfortunately It’s a long time that IBM had abandoned the development.
The MS outlook killer will be Thunderbid 3 or maybe 4.0 with the functionality of Lotus Organizer 6.1 +(skype & IM) and working on Linux too.
Simply the best