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background-color:rgba(220,220,240,0.4); border-radius:3px;"> <b>Subject:</b>Re:
Proposal to start a new implementation of Thunderbird based on
web technologies<br>
<b>From:</b>Gervase Markham <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:gerv@mozilla.org"><gerv@mozilla.org></a><br>
<b>To:</b>The Wanderer; Tb-planning <br>
<b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, 12/04/2017 16:16:49 16:16 GMT ST
+0100 [Week 15]<br>
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<pre wrap="">On 12/04/17 15:04, The Wanderer wrote:
> Will this rewrite take those people into account, and either provide
> options for such UI variations, or make sure that it remains feasible to
> hack the UI locally (by whatever means) to achieve that result?
Oh, goodness, no. One massive advantage of producing a new product is
that you don't have to carry over all the UI configuration baggage of
the old one! This should certainly not be a goal; if it happens to
become possible in some way, fine, the people who want it can make the
effort to make it happen.
Gerv</pre>
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I don't know about UI hacking, but some entry point for a
(completely fresh) Addons infrastructure sure would be nice. I
wouldn't mind completely rewriting my addons if there was a chance
of entering new markets. <br>
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Certainly overlays were a neat thing, and userChrome.css was one of
the biggest advantages Firefox / Thunderbird had over programs of
other origins.<br>
<br>
Axel<br>
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