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<p>I would like to nominated my Add-on QuickFolders, which is one
of the highest rated "Pure mail" Add-on on Thunderbird. <br>
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<p>Extension Name: QuickFolders - I am the developer, took it over
from Alexander Malfait 9 years ago.</p>
<p>It has wide consumer appeal (about 20k permanent users) and has
gotten a lot of user engagement - I am getting mails weekly /
daily of my users with both praise and suggestions for
improvement. It has been featured in c't magazine as part of the
best Thunderbird add-ons on their cover mount DVD Rom 13/2009.
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<p>As it augments navigation for users who like a folder based
hierarchy (many folders) I believe it is the most superior way
of navigating / managing many emails. It's basic premise is to
stop using the folder tree for navigation and not being reliant
on filtering for finding emails. One thing that is not optimal
is vertical scrolling when dragging emails, so QuickFolders
helps by using a multi-dimensional, menu-based paradigm. On top
of that the concept is very easy to grasp. It fully support drag
and drop for folders and emails, highly simplifying moving of
folders and emails.<br>
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<p>It has been since copied by Postbox and gmail (tab-based views
/ favorite folder bar), but not to the extreme configurability
given by QuickFolders. On top of that it includes folder icon
customization, a reading list and a quickMove / quickJump
feature (similar to Nostalgy) for keyword based navigation.
There is a full support site with email which is usually
answered within the day (typically within 3 hours) and a bug
database on mozdev.org. <br>
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<p>I have also added a number of educational videos demonstrating
the functionality at on my Thunderbird Daily YouTube channel:<br>
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<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAu5hyoyLEA&list=PLApv7QYQO9nR_ySMlAYd_wlhei-MRND89">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAu5hyoyLEA&list=PLApv7QYQO9nR_ySMlAYd_wlhei-MRND89</a></p>
<p>where I also highlight some of my other Add-ons
(SmartTemplate⁴, quickFilters and QuickPasswords).</p>
<p>The main reason why I can dedicate so much time to the Add-on
is the fact that I started to monetize it after getting a few
larger donations. Apparently people do connect a large value to
this (a few 50$ donations for a "free as in beer" Add-on
convinced me that I should take it more seriously). I am of the
firm belief that only monetization can solve the problem "long
term interest" for large complex software projects that are
forced to be updated regularly. I have supported many Add-on
authors in their project and find there is a proclivity to give
up if there is no monetary gain involved.<br>
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<p>thanks for considering my suggestion,<br>
Axel<br>
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<div id="mySignature"> <b class="myName"><a
href="mailto:axel.grude@gmail.com">Axel Grude</a></b> <br>
Music Production and Composition <br>
Thunderbird Add-ons Developer <span class="AddonList">(<a
href="https://addons.thunderbird.net/thunderbird/addon/quickfolders-tabbed-folders/">QuickFolders</a>,
<a
href="https://addons.thunderbird.net/thunderbird/addon/quickfilters/">quickFilters</a>,
<a
href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/quickpasswords/">QuickPasswords</a>,
<a
href="https://addons.thunderbird.net/thunderbird/addon/zombie-keys/">Zombie
Keys</a>, <a
href="https://addons.thunderbird.net/thunderbird/addon/smarttemplate4/">SmartTemplate⁴</a>)</span>
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Visit my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/thunderbirddaily">YouTube
Channel</a> for email productivity tips <img
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