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<p>Here's my personal vision for Thunderbird:</p>
<p>1. What specific qualities do you like about Thunderbird?</p>
<ul>
<li>Decentralized</li>
<ul>
<li>No single entity should control the communication, or even
be able to stop or watch it.</li>
<li>I want to run my own servers and use only them.</li>
<li>Compare Privacy above</li>
</ul>
<li>Standards</li>
<ul>
<li>Human communication needs to stay free. Free from control of
any particular party.</li>
<li>Everybody must be able to use their own software or hardware
as they please.</li>
<li>Allows innovation</li>
<li>Allows to adapt to uncommon needs<br>
</li>
<li>E.g. IMAP, POP3, SMTP, MIME<br>
</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Open-source - for all its qualities of free software:</li>
<ul>
<li>allowing anybody to improve it, or alter it to their needs<br>
</li>
<li>allowing me to inspect the code that I'm running, for
security purposes</li>
<li>being the owner of it, I can change it, and I can keep it
forever.</li>
</ul>
<li>Privacy</li>
<ul>
<li>I do not want my personal data communication in the hands of
anybody else, including companies like Google. I want them on
my computer, only, with the computer physically next to me.</li>
<li>My software and services must not collect information about
it. I am a human, not a cow that can be tagged and tracked.<br>
</li>
</ul>
<li>Security</li>
<ul>
<li>I.e. absence of security holes. A security hole means the
attacker can access all files on my computer, even those
outside of emails - that must not happen.<br>
</li>
<li>All my files and data are on my computer. Nobody -
absolutely nobody - has the right to access it without my
permission.<br>
</li>
<li>See open-source</li>
</ul>
<li>Flexibility</li>
<ul>
<li>Email is - apart from the browser - my primary work tool and
organizes my day. I spend many hours every day in my email
client.<br>
</li>
<li>I need to be able to configure and use the email client as I
wish.</li>
<li>I need features like filters and multiple identities to
handle all the email.<br>
</li>
</ul>
<li>Performance</li>
<ul>
<li>I get hundreds of emails per day. I need to quickly open,
read, close, delete or move them.</li>
<li>I want mouse usage, drag&drop, keyboard shortcuts</li>
<li>I have folders with 20000 emails (and some with 300000
emails), they need to open and scroll fast.</li>
</ul>
<li>UI<br>
</li>
<ul>
<li>I want the UI to be efficient, not waste screen space</li>
<li>UI should be lean, get out of the way, but still have the
commonly used features available quickly.</li>
<li>Too little means I need extra work to do what I need. Too
much means I have mental overload and can't find anything.
Needs the right balance.</li>
</ul>
<li>Works on Linux (and Windows)</li>
</ul>
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</p>
<p>2. Where do you see Thunderbird in 10 years?</p>
<ul>
<li>Code revamp</li>
<ul>
<li>Based on web technologies (but *not* a website, but a
desktop app)<br>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Clear, minimal, stable APIs, using observers<br>
</li>
<li>Easier to adapt, e.g. phone integration</li>
<li>UI is a very slim layer, allows to be replaced with
alternative UIs without much effort, and maintainable.<br>
</li>
</ul>
<li>Version for smartphones (Android. If possible also iPhone.)
with a different UI that's adapted to the screen size and
touchscreen. Slightly different UI (e.g. with folder list, or
more msg list columns) for tablets.</li>
<li>Address book synchronizes between desktop Thunderbird and
Android system address book. I can add a contact in TB address
book on desktop, and see the contact on my phone's dialer, and
vise versa.</li>
<li>Virtual folders, e.g. combined inbox, or filtered for tags, or
several criteria at the same time. Unlike current
implementation, but in real-time (instant updates in all cases)
and light-weight (in RAM only).<br>
</li>
<li>Automatic filters<br>
</li>
<li>Picture sharing</li>
<ul>
<li>Interact with file sharing servers of major email providers,
without any manual setup<br>
</li>
<li>up/download with TB UI<br>
</li>
<li>Gallery UI</li>
<li>Share with others<br>
</li>
</ul>
<li>WhatsApp protocol support<br>
</li>
</ul>
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