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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 24/03/2012 4:54 AM, Blake Winton
wrote:<br>
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Hey TB-Planners,<br>
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Now that all the big features are landed, and we have some time to
breathe again, I've been thinking a little bit about what we want
to do on Thunderbird's front-end over the next couple of releases.<br>
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In general I think that the compose in a tab (optional) should be at
the top. In saying that, I don't see this as a compose in Tab so
much as either replace for fix the existing composer. The pain point
for users is not the absence of the tab, it is the creaking and
unwieldy composer code.<br>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=250539">Bug
250539</a> is one that appears in support on a regular basis and
clearly is a big issue.<br>
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Users also complain that they can't edit the HTML directly (I think
this is an offshoot of the clunky design tools, not a real interest
in HTML editing. Although it would be nice to be able to switch to
HTML ala Blogger)<br>
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I would also suggest that introducing Compose in a tab without
fixing the composer code would be worse than doing nothing at all.
Users are disgruntled but sort of accepting that the composer is
clearly not getting any attention. Introducing the 'compose in a
tab' without due fixes to the composer would rightly or wrongly
lead users to the view that the composer is receiving attention, but
it is the fancy stuff, not the basic usability of the composer and
it more than likely going to upset them <br>
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Matt<br>
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