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<p>Hey Matt,<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/11/2019 5:04 PM, Matt Harris
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:6063963c-b85d-5bfc-917c-d958135caeae@gmail.com"><i>The
Gaia mail app from Firefox O/S would make a logically starting
point for a mobile email app, designed to run on a phone using
a Linux O/S and with a lot of the same server side dependencies
as Thunderbird, ISPDB etc and already including activSync. But
I for one am not expecting anything serious in the way of effort
here for a quite significant timeframe, especially as the
browser that would have to be used internally is not Firefox.
But I must reiterate, I see it as a future project, not
something that should be on any sort term forward plan, but
something Thunderbird should be committed to doing. Lets get
the Desktop fixed up and humming along before we bite off bigger
and perhaps more difficult fruit but lets not forget what
computing devices our users actually own and use.</i></blockquote>
<p>Magnus and I were actually discussing this the other day. I'm not
sure if some participants in this thread are actually reading what
I'm saying. But we should find identifiable places where work can
be done on current Thunderbird that will be reusable in the event
that we begin writing a mobile app in the future.</p>
<p>Also, in regards to other parts of this conversation - I think
that it is important that we address mobile platforms because they
appear to be becoming more desktop-ish as time goes on. For
instance, the Google Slate tablet is also a laptop and runs both
Chrome OS apps and Android apps. I think those users would fall
into the group who might be interested in Thunderbird.</p>
<p>Finally, we should look at addressing Android in some way because
it is the most widely used consumer operating system in the world.
I'm not saying we have to get there this year - but I think we
should find a way to give those users the power and flexibility
that Thunderbird offers.</p>
<p><b>Of course, this is all just my opinion - we as a community
have to decide if we want to spend our efforts on mobile or any
of the other platforms we've discussed.</b></p>
<p>Ryan<br>
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