Proposal to start a new implementation of Thunderbird based on web technologies
R Kent James
kent at caspia.com
Wed Apr 5 05:35:30 UTC 2017
On 3/24/2017 10:04 AM, Ben Bucksch wrote:
> The goal of the rewrite is to be close to the existing Thunderbird, in
> UI and features, as a drop-in replacement for end users, without
> baffling them. They should immediately recognize the replacement as
> the Thunderbird they love. It will install and run as normal desktop
> application, like Thunderbird does today. It keeps user data local and
> private.
It seems like you are specifically ruling out the role of other
platforms, including a pure website, and mobile. I don't think it
accurately reflects the current set of expectations and actual work
practices of our users.
Given the extreme challenge in funding even the desktop version of this,
it might not be practical to consider the other use cases initially in a
fully functional release, but from a conceptual perspective the design
needs to plan for the eventual mobile and website versions. If this is
not explicitly planned, and probably partially prototyped, then the end
result will be a desktop-only product that will never meet user
expectations of access using multiple platforms.
For the Contacts experiment we will be running, an explicit goal is to
investigate whether it is reasonable to use the same basic core
components to provide a seamless user experience over multiple
platforms, including mobile, website, and desktop. That is expectation
of users today, and certainly represents my typical use.
:rkent
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