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<p>Dear Ben,</p>
<p>I have a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/thunderbirddaily">YouTube
Channel</a> that is dedicated to Mail Addons (I use it mainly
for highlighting new features when I release), but I would love
to add some Thunderbird - specific tips(*); we just need some
good script writers to highlight different features - if anyone
would like to collaborate or the Thunderbird Council would like
to use it for messages to prospective / existing users you are
very welcome to use it.</p>
<p>I find that on answering the majority of IT-related questions
that are not developer-specific, I do prefer YouTube videos -
show and tell is just the simplest and most powerful way of
learning something.<br>
</p>
<p>One thing that I think is a big difference to webmail is that
it is encouraging the fight against "inbox fatigue" - the
problem of emails getting lost in the fray of daily incoming
emails - or not being able to see the trees for the forest. One
major feature I always liked about Thunderbird since thee
Netscape days was its intuitive and productive thread view, so
that would definitely be a feature worth highlighting. Another
one would be the GLODA search options, maybe in a two part view
from simple (quick filter) to advanced (GLODA facets / saved
searches).</p>
<p>It would also be cool if we had some simple polls about email
management questions, such as "what do you do with your read /
sent email"</p>
<ul>
<li>delete</li>
<li>archive</li>
<li>leave in the inbox for ever and auto-archive</li>
<li>file into specific folders<br>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Polls like this are really useful for building up engagement.</p>
<p>(*) A video demonstrating highlights for the yearly ESR release
should also be offered.<br>
</p>
<p>thanks,<br>
Axel<br>
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<div id="mySignature"> <b class="myName"><a
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Music Production and Composition <br>
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Mozilla Addon Reviewer<br>
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to end users<br>
<b>From:</b>Ben Bucksch <a
href="mailto:ben.bucksch@beonex.com"><ben.bucksch@beonex.com></a><br>
<b>To:</b>Tb-planning <br>
<b>Sent: </b>Monday, 20/03/2017 23:51:10 23:51 GMT ST +0000
[Week 12]<br>
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Thank you, everybody, for electing me into the TB council.<br>
<br>
One thing that we can do better is to reach out to end users. Some
people are already working hard to give end users support. Thank
you for that!<br>
<p>We should also try to find new users. Most people I know just
use either webmail or a smartphone app to read mail. They know
what an email client is. Once I installed Thunderbird for some
"mom and dad" type users, they were overjoyed: "I don't have to
log in anymore. I just open Thunderbird on my computer and boom!
All my emails are there!" and "I have my 2 emails accounts both
in the same place. No need to check several websites. That saves
so much time". For me, the 3 key reasons are:</p>
<ul>
<li>efficient use</li>
<li>privacy</li>
<li>user empowerment</li>
</ul>
<p><br>
</p>
<h2>How can we reach new users?<br>
</h2>
<p>I have some ideas, but hopefully, you have more:<br>
</p>
<ul>
<li>Introduction tutorials for new users of Thunderbird, e.g.</li>
<ul>
<li>On the website, as explanations of the advantages of
Thunderbird for end users. Not just the power user features
like advanced filtering, but what Mom and Dad users get from
an email client.</li>
<li>As videos on YouTube or WebM</li>
</ul>
<li>A blog, Twitter account, Facebook: Posting new good
developments of Thunderbird. E.g. the vote of the new council,
any requests for contributors when we identified a need etc.
Any new features, releases we did.</li>
<li>Organizing "onboarding parties", where existing local users
and community members think of ways to make Thunderbird and
the concept of an email client (in contrast to webmail) and
its advantages known to a new group of users. Each group could
find their own ways of doing that. We'd establish a mailing
list to let these different regional groups can exchange
experiences and ideas and material.</li>
</ul>
<br>
Questions:<br>
<ul>
<li>How else could we get new Thunderbird users? Do you have any
other ideas?</li>
<li>Who would like to get active, in one of the above tasks? It
shouldn't just be a spur of the moment action, but a
continuous nurturing of the communication channels.</li>
</ul>
<br>
We've discussed this in the past, and there've been people already
itching to help with this. This is great! Those of you who want to
help, please reply with what you want to help with. If you have
already pertinent experience, please include it.<br>
<br>
Ben<br>
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