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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/6/2018 3:27 PM, Philipp Kewisch
wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Hi Folks,
thank you for all the valuable input so far, I think this has been a
helpful exercise. We've gone pretty deep into discussing some of the
opinions that have come up. Doing so has its value, and all of what I've
read contains discussion points that I think need to be talked about.
Still, I think we need to start with a more high level approach for now.
What I would like to make sure is that we get a diverse set of answers
to the following original questions that Ben brought up:
What specific qualities do you like about Thunderbird?
Where do you see Thunderbird in 10 years?</pre>
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<p>To answer the question somewhat obliquely, I don't think mobile
support is a good goal for Thunderbird. Instead, we should focus
on qualities that make a desktop email client more useful and more
usable:</p>
<ol>
<li>Implement CardDAV. It's embarrassing that we haven't done this
yet.</li>
<li>Improve performance, particularly on large (10,000's of
emails) mailboxes.</li>
<li>Focus on synchronization capabilities rather than developing a
mobile email client.</li>
<li>Experiment with innovation in security and privacy features.
These have long been Mozilla's forté, and it's an area where
many competitors simply can't compete.</li>
<li>Experiment with more messaging protocols than just email. A
one-stop place for managing several different firehoses of
information is a very compelling proposition, and, similarly,
the number of products who can even begin to compete here is
very few.</li>
<li>Ensure that messaging protocols remain open.<br>
</li>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Joshua Cranmer
Thunderbird and DXR developer
Source code archæologist</pre>
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