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wondering the same thing, and posted this speculation as a comment on
some of the recent blog posts:<br>
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<p>So... Firefox OS (aka Boot2Gecko) will have an HTML5+JS email app
that's basically an open web app, and I would speculate
that Mozilla could eventually also offer a version of it for the
desktop, available free from the Mozilla Marketplace. It would make a
great flagship HTML5 app, demonstrating the viability of offline storage
and offline use, etc.</p>
<p>That way they would eventually be able to have a single email-app
codebase, that's cross-platform, for
(1) the desktop, (2) their mobile Firefox OS, and (3) other
mobile platforms too (Android, iOS). You could use the same Mozilla
email app on your computer, phone, tablet, etc. As
an HTML5 app it would easily tie into all the work they're doing on
identity, social,
sharing, contacts, sync, etc. <br>
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<p>Maybe the code could also be adapted for use by ISPs (and
self-hosters) to provide webmail interfaces?</p>
<p>This approach basically lines up with the earlier Raindrop labs
project (and integrating other web-based forms of messaging with email),
and the focus on integration across
products of the Kilimanjaro project. Not to mention all the emphasis on
"<span><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;
charset=UTF-8">the web is the platform." </span><span>In the process
they would get to start over rather than having to keep working with
Thunderbird’s older codebase. <br>
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So that's just my speculation about where the big-picture future might
go..</span>.<br>
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-Paul<br>
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neandr wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:50081D21.4060804@gmx.de" type="cite">Following all
the postings about the recent Mozilla TB announcement I
missing a discussion about the "Big Picture" Mozilla has in mind.
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First let me state: I'm a Thunderbird fan, working with 'it' since the
Netscape days, also in one of the big international IT companies
(instead of using OL!). So I hope we'll have a bright future with a
Mozilla mail product.
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Things are changing, communication has more facets these days, the
internet communication methods offer much more possibilities. Has
Thunderbird changed / evolved to meet those requirements?
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We have seen Raindrop some times ago. Visit those project pages today:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://mozillalabs.com/en-US/raindrop/">https://mozillalabs.com/en-US/raindrop/</a>
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"This project is considered inactive."
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I remember there have been other discussions to enhance Thunderbird for
newer communications methods. Any news on that? Not really?
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Can we expect a move to an implementation of the other methods of
communications into Firefox (see Raindrop)? How will react Mozilla to
support the Social Connections ? Will they leave it others (Android)?
How about Boot2Gecko? Will it offer mail, Social Connections, etc ?
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So, what is Mozillas "Big Picture", the discussion behind the scene? My
feeling: the statement was not the complete story!
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<br>
Günter
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