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<p>Dear Eyal,</p>
<p>the whole point would be to extend the APIs so far that we do
not need to use XPCOM anymore in order to access filters,
emails, folders, search functions, actions and files. Then they
would have a full right to the name. These APIs obviously have
to be much more specialised and will have some privileged access
(for instance it should be possible to open local files for
attachments / inserting images from Composer, and we should be
able to load / save larger amounts of data at least as JSON
format - that's why I like to see Thunderbird's emphasis as a <b><u>desktop</u>
</b>program). <br>
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<p>Desktop programs should work offline, (everything outside of
sending and receiving mail and that is a LOT) that;s why "web"
feels so wrong to me. Over the years I haave come to see
Thunderbird as a database fat client with some excellent
additional interfaces to the outside world. ymmv.<br>
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<p>Axel<br>
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<div id="mySignature"> <b class="myName"><a
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background-color:rgba(220,220,240,0.4); border-radius:3px;"> <b>Subject:</b>Re:
Fwd: Buggy add-ons causing malfunctions of Thunderbird -
Policy to disable them, do we have one, do we need one?<br>
<b>From:</b>Eyal Rozenberg <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:eyalroz@technion.ac.il"><eyalroz@technion.ac.il></a><br>
<b>To:</b>Thunderbird Planning (Moderated)
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:tb-planning@mozilla.org"><tb-planning@mozilla.org></a>; Ryan Sipes
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ryan@thunderbird.net"><ryan@thunderbird.net></a> <br>
<b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, 12/5/2018 19:21 GMT ST +0000 [Week
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Wouldn't the use of "MailExtensions" blur the fact that WebExtensions
are crippled extensions which are barely suitable for web browsers?
On 05/12/2018 21:10, Ryan Sipes wrote:
> I actually agree. I've heard many members of the community tell me that
> they dislike "WebExtensions" and it doesn't really represent what we're
> doing here.
>
> That's my two cents.
>
> Ryan Sipes
> Community Manager
> Thunderbird
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> On 12/4/18 9:58 PM, Ben Bucksch wrote:
>> Axel Grude wrote on 04.12.18 11:38:
>>> I am a little unhappy about the brand "web"-extension.
>>
>>
>> Good point. Let's call it MailExtensions :-)
>>
>> Ben
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