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Hi -<br>
<br>
I was going to use the subject "Thunderbird add-ons" but I want to
make sure it's understood that many of these extensions will not go
beyond the first or second release if they get that far. Many of
the extensions are just experiments to learn and gather interest; we
learn (the most) from failures so we must plan to fail if we plan to
learn.<br>
<br>
And so here's the list of add-on ideas and experiments that are in
various stages of design.<br>
<br>
<br>
<b>Mailing List Manager</b><br>
<blockquote>Help you manage and organize your mailing lists. Tools
to create filters, unsubscribe, and find archives for mailing
lists.<br>
| initial release |
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mozillalabs.com/messaging/mailing-list-manager/">http://mozillalabs.com/messaging/mailing-list-manager/</a></blockquote>
<br>
<b>Notifications Wrangler</b><br>
<blockquote>Similar to the Mailing List manager but centered around
advertisements and newsletters. How can we help people organize
and control the messages from facebook, twitter, amazon, etc. <br>
| in design phase |<br>
</blockquote>
<b>Thunderbird Sync</b><br>
<blockquote>The add-on formally known as Weave Sync working inside
Thunderbird. We have an initial working version that can support
sync of address book contacts, passwords, and preferences. <br>
| early developer add-on available |
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://bitbucket.org/mixedpuppy/weave-ext">http://bitbucket.org/mixedpuppy/weave-ext</a><br>
</blockquote>
<b>Contacts</b><br>
<blockquote>The Contacts add-on built by labs has been adapted to
work inside Thunderbird. This is an excellent experiment in
building a better contacts manager by using alternate sources of
contacts. <br>
| early developer add-on available |
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://hg.mozilla.org/labs/people/">http://hg.mozilla.org/labs/people/</a> (in oauth branch)<br>
</blockquote>
<b>Data Miners</b><br>
<blockquote>A framework for experimenting with data mining email
messages for interesting objects. i.e. finding parcel tracking
numbers, phone numbers, addresses, etc. to help the user do
useful things with those items. The extension itself is built as
a playground for creating new data mining attributes using the
Gloda message framework. <br>
| early development add-on available |
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://hg.mozilla.org/users/bwinton_latte.ca/dataminers/">http://hg.mozilla.org/users/bwinton_latte.ca/dataminers/</a><br>
</blockquote>
<b>Thunderbird Air </b>(aka Thunderbird for Netbooks)<br>
<blockquote>An alternate look at what an email client could be when
screen size (especially height) is severely limited. This add-on
reuses all of the Thunderbird technology while leaving behind most
of the UI. It heavily uses tabs in a new way which creates a
different kind of folder pane and email experience. <br>
| early development add-on available |
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird/Netbooks/Designs/Add-ons/Thunderbird_Air">https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird/Netbooks/Designs/Add-ons/Thunderbird_Air</a><br>
</blockquote>
<b>Attachments Tab<br>
</b>
<blockquote>Browse and search for attachments in a new tab. Offers
several ways to search and refine for the type of attachment
displaying them as thumbnails.<br>
| early development add-on available |
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://bitbucket.org/clarkbw/attachments">http://bitbucket.org/clarkbw/attachments</a><br>
</blockquote>
<br>
<b>Web Tabs</b><br>
<blockquote>Bookmarked web sites which open up in Thunderbird tabs
instead of the browser. Especially designed for often used web
applications like twitter, bugzilla and others where it could be
faster and easier to just open a Thunderbird tab instead of the
browser.<br>
| early development add-on available |
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://hg.mozilla.org/users/dascher_mozilla.com/webtabs/">http://hg.mozilla.org/users/dascher_mozilla.com/webtabs/</a><br>
</blockquote>
<b>Quick</b> (Inline) <b>Reply</b><br>
<blockquote>Creating a space at the bottom of messages for a quick
and inline reply to the message you're viewing without opening the
composition window. <br>
| in design phase |<br>
</blockquote>
<b>Keyboard Navigation</b> (from the Future!)<br>
<blockquote>A fresh look at keyboard navigation inside Thunderbird.
Using a mapping system for the key binding so users from other
systems (outlook) can continue to use their old key bindings.
Also looking at a new way of offering keybindings which is more
visual (think quick silver / ubiquity), teaching (teaches you new
/ different keybindings), and smarter (uses frecency for menu
items). <br>
| in design phase |<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Thanks for checking these all out. This list is not exhaustive or
definitive, additions and deletions will happen. I've tried to make
sure the source is available for most of these in case people want
to run with something.<br>
<br>
If you think somethings a great idea and want to get involved just
go fork the code and work on it. If you think something is a
terrible idea that's fine too. If you feel like something needs to
be in Thunderbird by default or should not be in Thunderbird by
default you're much too early for that conversation. :-)<br>
<br>
We're trying to get into a pace of releasing add-ons on the labs
site somewhat frequently. I'll also try to send mail to this list
as we release new ones so we can discuss and people are made aware.
Or you could add this: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mozillalabs.com/messaging/feed">http://mozillalabs.com/messaging/feed</a> to your
Thunderbird RSS.<br>
<br>
Mozilla Messaging Labs: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mozillalabs.com/messaging">http://mozillalabs.com/messaging</a><br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
~ Bryan<br>
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