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<p>For general UI discussions we have the ux list -
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/ux">https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/ux</a><br>
When you have more concrete suggestions, file a bug in bugzilla.</p>
<p>The compose area is getting some love soon, follow bug 440377.<br>
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<p> -Magnus<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04-10-2019 23:58, Richard LEGER
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<div>Hi,</div>
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<div><b># Where/How/Who</b></div>
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<div>Generally, where is the right place to discuss anything
related to the User Interface (UI) of Thunderbird, to
possibly submit suggestions/mockups in term of
layout/styling changes? Creating a bug request as new
feature/enhancement in the Thunderbird > Theme area? </div>
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<div>Who shall I get in touch with to discuss such possible
improvements and possibly get help to trial some of them
out perhaps in some way?</div>
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<div><b># Recipient input layout/style/features</b></div>
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<div>Few years back there were a discussion here <a
href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1042780"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1042780</a>
about "Clean up styling for the new compose header UI styles
(recipient input area) " see some mockups published in bug
report here <a
href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=8507360"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=8507360</a>
and here <a
href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=8524840"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=8524840</a>
among others as well as discussion of allowing
multiple recipients in To, Cc, Bcc fields... such
styling/feature to be integrated in TB core...</div>
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<div>Is it still in the pipeline as possible improvement for
Thunderbird? What are the progress on this if any?</div>
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<div><b># Slight UI layout revamp of the main window</b></div>
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<div>I would like to suggest also to revamp slightly the main
window user interface to regroup essential action buttons
all in one smaller area (instead of apart here and there as
currently) accessible at ALL time from anywhere/anytime
while simplifying... as part of TB Core...</div>
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<div>For example the tab area in main Thunderbird windows
could look like this text mockup:</div>
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<div><b>[TM]</b>[M][A][C][T][AS][S][Tab1][Tab2]........................................[TabX][-][□][X]<br>
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<div>---^-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div>
<div>Main Content...</div>
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<div>Where each <b>[letter/word]</b> represent an already
existing <b>icon</b>/action button:</div>
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<div><b>[TM]</b> = <b>Thunderbird Menu</b> icon (the three
horizontal bar icon)</div>
<div><b>[M] </b>= <b>Mail </b>icon (that would act as the
Mail tab currently name Home) - this tab would always be
active like currently.</div>
<div><b>[A]</b> = <b>Addressbook </b>icon (click on it would
open the addressbook window that eventually could be
integrated as a tab as well at some point perhaps instead of
a separate windows - Also Addresbook work could be replaced
by <b>Contacts</b> instead to fit what most people use now
a days)</div>
<div><b>[C]</b> = <b>Calendar</b> icon (that would act as
calendar tab when activated by a click on it)</div>
<div><b>[T]</b> = <b>Tasks</b> icon (that would act as
calendar tab when activated by a click on it)
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<div><b>[AS]</b> = <b>Advanced Search</b> icon (click on it
would open the Message Advance Search window that
eventually could be integrated as a tab as well at some
point perhaps instead of a separate windows). For this one
another possible alternative could be to "Integrate 'Search
Message...' window into the main UI + Add button for quick
toggling between folder view and search view + Extend
features" as described previously here <a
href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1102861"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1102861</a> and
mocked up here <a
href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=8532502"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=8532502</a>
and here <a
href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=8532503"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=8532503</a></div>
<div><b>[S]</b> = <b>Settings</b> icon (that would act as
Settings tab when activated by a click on it)
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<div><b>[TabX] </b>=<b> Tabs</b></div>
<div><b>[-]</b> = <b>Minimise</b> Window icon</div>
<div><b>[□]</b> = <b>Maximise</b> Windows icon </div>
<div><b>[X]</b> = <b>Close</b> Thunderbird main window
(ideally should be equivalent to File > Exit but that is
another matter)</div>
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<div><b>Alternative HTML Alt/Title</b> text could be used when
<b>mouse over</b> on each icon to get a <b>description</b>
of what each one represent. To keep it intuitively
comprehensible for people what each icon means.</div>
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<div>Just some suggestions that could be discussed elsewhere
where ever more appropriate than on the mailing list...</div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
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