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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 20/11/2016 11:20, Philipp Kewisch
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:e737fecc-945b-47da-ff31-68bc37ed4a5b@kewis.ch"> Please
try to find those 2% you may like.</blockquote>
<p><tt>It starts with a completely bloated sentence "why did we
redesign Thunderbird?" which already puts me off. Depending on
your definition of "redesign" that's a mind to severe
exaggeration. To me, redesign would mean addressing some of the
"legacy" technical problems we have: Mork, XUL, C++ to JS, etc.</tt></p>
<p><tt>So they created a nice looking skin. Let's take a look:</tt></p>
<p><tt>The folder pane now has a dark background. Oh boy! It wastes
a lot of space and shows two Gmail accounts. No feeds.
Everything they have fits on the screen, how lucky. My folder
pane is one kilometre long in comparison, I have six accounts
and a heap of local folders.</tt></p>
<p><tt>Next they are using the "Vertical View". Nothing new about
that. The icons look nice, but they waste a lot of space. As far
as I can see, it's neither conversations nor threads. Oh yes,
the header pane looks different and also wastes more space. So
what's new apart from the icons? What am I missing?</tt></p>
<p><tt>On the right, they changed the "Today Pane" a little. Nothing
to get excited about.</tt></p>
<p><tt>As they said in their own words: "Whole work was focused on
adding some white space, inserting new typography an equalizing
colors".</tt></p>
<p><tt>I don't have space for extra white-space, and yes, the colours
are nice. I don't mind the fonts.<br>
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<p><tt>I'll tell you what makes my live with Thunderbird easier:
Some additions to userChrome.css. In the folder/thread pane I
have white and grey rows alternating and I use more distinct colours
for the selected row and the drop target. That's functionality
that helps me every minute. Right now. No "redesign" necessary.
See below.<br>
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<p><tt>Jörg.</tt></p>
<p><img src="cid:part1.93628014.74D29C30@jorgk.com" alt=""></p>
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